Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-23

the time. The wind increased in vio-
| lence as the night wore on. Everything
possible was done to make the passen-
gers comfortable. Awnings and sails
were brought out and used as a
partial protection to the panic
stricken emigrants. The gale kept
increasing in fury, and there was tre-
mendous sea running which continually
broke over the vessel and, taken alto
gether, things looked dubious. 1t must
be remembered that we were very short
of provisions, and this storm. st the very
outset of onr journey toward St.
Michael's, made us fearful of
reaching that port safely. By day.
light of April Sth, however, the gale ma
terially decreased, and we were able to
make fair progress, and on April 10th,
we arrived at et.Micf q -fs On April 11th
we landed $40 of the passengers and crew
of the Dannemark, including Captain
Knudsen, at st. Michaels, on the same
day.
We sailed from st. Michael's with 365
people from the Dannemark, includ-
ing eight of the crew of that ves-
sci. We had fine weather all the way to
Philadelphia, and remarkably small
amount of sickness on board, considering
the crowded condition of our boat"
JOLLY CAPTAIN MURRILL.
There was never a jollier tar aboard
ship than Captain Hamilton Murrill, of
the Missouri, appeared to be to-day. He
was the lion of the day indeed. and
through all the excitement and bother
incident to so great a responsibility
as he has had upon his shoulders
for the past sixteen days, he was
the same affable, big-hearted mariner,
who hau kind word for everybody and
whose modesty never for one moment
forsook him. The steamer picked up on
her way up the channel several tug-loads
of representatives of the Thingvalla line,
of Peter Wright and Sons, agents, and
of the leading newspapers of the country.
Everybody was hurrying to and fro,
getting what little of their possessions
they had been able to save from the
sinking steamer, and all displayed upon
their ruddy faces every sign of joy at
reaching terra firms sound and we'll. ALI
of them had the same story to tell in refer
ence to their treatment on either the boat
Dannemark or the Missouri, and all
were unstinted in their praise of the
valor and chivalry displayed, which, to
their minds, made up largely for the
enforced delay in their voyage.
FEAsTING THE RESCUED.
From early morning crowds began to
gather at the piers along the river front
below where the Missouri landed her
human cargo, and when she reached the
first of these docks she was salnted in
every possible way, answering with her
heavy and sonorous whistle. When the
boat finally touched at her pier, the work
of disem barking was an easy task, and
directly from the ship the passengers
were conducted to well-laden table,
fully 200 feet in length, of which they
had their Ill of the good things pro-
vided, treat they had not looked for,
but which was made doubly welcome.
NEW SHIP FOR CAPTAIN MURRILL.
Just before arriving at the pier, for
lists agent boarded the ship and, search
ing out Captain Murrill, presented him,
on behalf of several prominent ship-own-
ers and citizens, with handsome floral
ship, the hull and rigging being COM
posed Of pink roses on sea of ever
green's, and trimmed with silvered sails.
The floral tribute to his bravery and
humanity was an excellent specimen of
the art of floral design, and was ad-
mired by everybody who was fortunate
enough to catch glimpse of it.
THE PASSENGERS FORWARDED.
PHILADELPHIA, April 23.-To-night, at
IL O'Clock, special train on the Penn
sylvania Railroad conveyed nearly 800 of
the passengers towards their destina-
tions in the West and Northwest. The
remainging 65 or thereabouts, who were
destined for points in the East, also
left tonight over the same line. The
majority of those bound West are going
to Minnesota, Dakota and other points in
that section, while few go as far as
Washington Territory. They will be
accompse;ed by agents of the Thing
valla liGe, and will be reprovisioned at
Chicago.
BIDDING THE CAPTAIN GOODBYE.
The final leave-taking between Cap
tain Murrill and the passengers on the
Dannemark was affecting. For all of
those who grasped his hand, the master
had smile and kind word of we'll
wishing. Captain Murrill could not
state the value of his cargo which had
been thrown overheard. The entire cargo
was valued at $150,000, but only por-
tion of it was thrown overheard, "al-
though" said the Captain, chad it been
necessary l would have thrown every
pound of our cargo overheard. That
which was jettisoned consisted prlnci-
pally of bales of rag waste and other light
but bulky stuff, stored between decks. !"