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SHIP WRECK FIFTY YEARS AGO

We have been requested to publish the following letter, recently received by a citizen of this city from a friend residing in Pennsylvania, describing a ship wreck in which both were actors, which happened fifty years ago: Lancaster, Pa., December 21, 1882

My Dear Friend --
I just feel as though I would like to talk with you for a little while, although you and I have not met but once or twice in the last fifty years. But I suppose you remember a party of immigrants leaving Havre, a seaport in LaBelle, France, a little over fifty years ago, on board the ship Pennsylvania, and as we were wafted out of the harbor with a fair wind and tide, and how all things went well with us, barring the settlement that had to be made with old Neptune? But as all things must have an end so it was with sea-sickness. As we thought then we had a good time, and we had. Do you remember, one day a Frenchman, who was on board, was walking from the cook-house, with a large wooden dish of dumplings (knepf) that he had baked, and as the ship gave a sudden lurch to one side, he fell and spilled his dumplings on the deck, you and I, and several other of the little chubby Dutch boys eat them up and thought they were good.

There are many other incidents that happened, but the grand one that I want to call your attention to was the Sunday morning of December 2d, 1832, when our ship struck the sand bank, as we were laying as we thought secure in our berths, and when she struck what a terror seized the ship's company, as she rebounded as it were to gather fresh strength until she finally stuck fast; and then the able-bodied men were ordered out on deck to assist the crew to throw overboard the water casks, etc., and cut away the masts to lighten the ship to get her off the sand. All the while the old men, women and children were in the hold in midnight darkness, and as we hard the tramping of the men on deck, the rattling of the chains, the commands of the officers, and the blows of the axes, it was a time that can never be forgotten.

I remember well then the hatch was opened and we saw daylight, and the little black man came down the stairs and opened the lower hold and there was the water nearly to the floor of our cabin, and he ran up the stairs and report what he saw. We were immediately ordered on deck. It would not take long to obey that order but before we could get up the last one, I had to wade in water, and when we reached the deck were met with the waves breaking over the ship, each little family set down in little groups expecting that every wave would wash them overboard. Then they hoisted the boats over, but how soon they were swamped and our means of escape cut off. Rafts were hastily constructed, and ropes given each one to lash themselves to the frail rafts, in the event the ship went to pieces.

But He who rules the might deep says to the waves, but still had decreed otherwise, and thus we lay all that long day, and as night approached and the gloom thickened around us, wet, hungry and in despair. I well remember of a lad asking his mother -- Oh! mama, das salts ist bitter, (Oh, mama, the salt is bitter), his teeth chattering together. There is no use talking, prayer is the last resort when danger is nigh. It don't matter how hard, or how unbelieving the human race becomes, when danger threatens they are ready to ask God to have mercy upon them, and if you can remember as I do you can call up the forms of some of the sailors as they fell upon their knees with their hands stretched heavenward crying to God for help, the tears chasing each other down their bronzed and weather-beaten faces.

When the captain deserted us and put off in the small boat, I seem to see the little thing on the crest of a large wave and then sink in the trough of the sea. The mate came back and then quickly left for help. With what gladness we hailed daylight on the morning of the 3d and found the wind had gone down, and soon after a vessel came in sight. Then they killed the hog which was left from the captain's stores and roasted it, but how they did it is a mystery to me to this day, and distributed it in pieces among the famished people. The piece I got though raw was good.

Then the work of taking us off the wreck was commenced by the black sailor who stood in the bow of the ship, hold us under the arms and drop us into the arms of another sailor who stood in the bow of the small boat, who stowed us away and took us to the brig, where we were put to bed and fed on gruel, small quantities at a time. How quickly all this was done? And none too soon, for we were hardly off before the wreck split open from stem to stern and sank, and that was the last seen of what had been our home on the mighty days so long.

Do you mind when we drew near the wharf at Charleston, S.C., and how the shores were lined with people who had heard of the wreck. We were then into carriages and taken to a large building which had been built be some gentleman for charity and being unfurnished we slept on beds made up on the floor the first night, but the next day bedsteads were brought, and we were fed and clothed with the greatest kindness. I remember a small gentleman who came with a large basket of ginger cakes, (they were the old fashioned kind, thick and good) and gave each one four of them with a silver coin; and the children of the rich brought fire-crackers to amuse us little Dutch boys, how we stick them in the sand and touched them off. I mind this for when I got down on all fours to see why mine did not go off and to blow it, it went off and burned my eyebrows and lashes off and filled my eyes with sand. After being thus cared for we were started for Philadelphia, Pa., our original destination, and on reaching the Deleware we were froze up for six day, making a delay of as many days to make the trip, and finally landed, beggars in a strange land.

You are the only man I have since met who was on that wreck, outside of my own family. I trust you will not think I have done wrong in thus reminding you of the
days of long ago. -- S. H.

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Mary Saggio
Ozaukee County Coordinator
WIGenWeb Project

Contributed by Mary Saggio



From ROMAN CITIZEN (New York) 31 July 1885
HAYES - Panama Canal, TIMOTHY F. HAYES, WIFE & CHILD.
(obit follows)

A Family Destroyed.
Tidings have been received by Misses Anna A. and Mary Hayes, who reside at No. 88 Court street in Rome, NY, that their brother, Timothy F. Hayes, his wife, and child of eighteen months, came to sad and untimely deaths a few weeks since. Mr. Hayes was captain of a dredging vessel at Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama, and he fell a victim to a stray shot fired by one of his own sailors. On the night of the 3d of July, 1885, he was called on deck to settle a disturbance between his own men, and when he reached the deck the bullets were flying in every direction. One of them struck him, inflicting a wound of which he died next day. His wife followed him on deck with her child in her arms, and in the confusion she fell in the well of the vessel and both were drowned. The unfortunate man was permitted to look upon the remains of his loved ones just before the grim messenger summoned him away.
Capt. Hayes came to Rome with his parents when a child of three years, and remained here till after he attained his majority. At his death he was 34 years old. He was a locomotive engineer, and the last nine years of his life were passed in the south and south-west. His wife was a Miss Roach, of Callao, Peru, where her mother still resides. Much sympathy is felt for the sisters who are thus called to mourn the sad death of a beloved brother.
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From ROMAN CITIZEN (New York) 11 Mar 1887
The British steamer Egypt, bound from New York to Lisbon with 63,000 bushels of wheat, sank at sea last Saturday. The bark Hannah Blanchard, which arrived in New york on Wednesday, came up just before the Egypt went down, and took off the captain and crew of 29 men, whom she brought to New York.

From ROMAN CITIZEN (New York) 1 Apr 1887
Terrible Disaster at Sea
St. Johns, N.F., March 31 --The latest reports that have reached here regarding the loss of the sealing steamer Eagle are that the vessel with her crew of 250 men ran on the shoals near Funk Island off Bona Vista Bay, and that her boiler exploded, completely wrecking her. Some of the debris, such as the deck ladders, the forecastle deck and cooking gear, with the steamer's name on, has been picked up on the ice. Particulars of the disaster are lacking.
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From ROMAN CITIZEN (New York) 29 Apr 1887
The Harvest of Death.
Cooktown, Australia, April 28 --The steamer Benton on Singapore was sunk in a collision with a bark off the island of Formosa. There were 150 persons drowned. No Europeans were lost.
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From ROMAN CITIZEN (New York) 29 Apr 1887
London, April 28 --A dispatch from Perth, the capital of Western Australia, says: "A hurricane swept the northeast coast on the 22d inst. The pearl fishing fleet, numbering forty boats, was destroyed and 550 persons perished.
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From ROMAN CITIZEN (New York) 24 June 1887
The tide of European travel has set in. During the past week and up to date John M. Shehan, Will Glenn, J.A. Kennedy, Mrs. Julia M. Williams, Miss Cornelia and Master Norman Williams, Richard Curran, Clarence Owens, Miss Bessie Pratt and Miss Daisy Tallman have started for the old country.
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From ROMAN CITIZEN (New York) 4 Nov 1887
Fifteen Lives Lost.
San Francisco, Oct. 31 --The Derry Castle, belonging to Limerick, left Geelong for Talmouth with wheat on March 20th. No trace of her could be found in any port and she was posted as missing by Lloyds. On Sept. 22 eight survivors of her crew reached Melbourne on the sealer Awarza. They stated that the missing bark had been cast away on Enderly Island, one of the Auckland group, eight days after commencing the homeward journey. The captain, both mates and ten seamen were drowned in trying to reach the reef. The survivors finally succeeded in reaching the island where they suffered great privations. They succeeded in patching up a boat, in which two of the party succeeded in reaching Port Ross. Here aid was obtained and the rest of the party were taken to that place on July 19th.
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The New York Times: April 13, 1889; pg. 1; col. 7.
DESERTED AND SINKING
THE DANMARK ABANDONED IN MIDOCEAN
THE STEAMER FOUND, BUT NO CLUE TO THE MANY PASSENGERS AND CREW, BETWEEN 700 AND 800 IN NUMBER. Queenstown, April 12.--The Inman Line steamer City of Chester, Capt. Bond, from New York April 2, for Liverpool, arrived here today.

She reports that April 8, in latitude 46 degrees north, longitude 37 degrees west, she passed the Danish steamer Danmark, from Christiania, Copenhagen, &c., for New York. The Danmark had been abandoned by her crew. Her stern was level with the sea, and her bow stood high out of the water. She was apparently sinking.

The Danmark was a vessel of 2,260 tons, and belonged to the Thingvalla Line. She was commanded by Capt. Knudsen. She was formerly the Belgian steamer Jan Breydel. She was a bark-rigged vessel, and was 340 feet, 40 feet in breadth, and 26 feet deep. She was built at Newcastle, England, in 1880.

The Danmark had 549 passengers aboard when she left Christiania.

Very meagre was the news which reached this city yesterday as to the loss of the Danmark. Funch, Edye &Co. of 27 William street, agents of the Thingvalla Line, to which the lost steamer belonged, received their first intimation of the disaster through a cable dispatch received by the Maritime Exchange early in the morning and at once cabled the home office at Copenhagen for fuller particulars.

The only reply received by them was the following cipher cable, which was handed Mr. H. W. O. Edye late in the afternoon:

"City of Chester, at Queenstown, reports passed derelict steamer Danmark, Monday, April 8. Decks aft and sails in pieces. Cream funnel, black top, broad white band in centre with black star. Latitude 45 degrees 55 minutes north, Longitude 37 degrees 16 minutes west."

This dispatch set at rest the belief that perhaps the vessel passed by the City of Chester was the Denmark of the National Line, which is due here in a couple of days, for the description is exactly that of the Danmark.

Further than this confirmation of the earlier dispatch absolutely nothing about the abandoned vessel was heard by her agents yesterday. All of the passengers on board, of whom there were 650, were steerage passengers--immigrants--so far as is known, and very few of them have friends in this city. Therefore the office of the agents was not filled with anxious inquirers after friends on board. Only one man, whose name was learned, made inquiries in that direction, and he was Morris Stover, a farmer from Massachusetts, who had come to this city to meet his sweetheart, Marie Muller, to whom he was to have been married just as soon as she reached here on the Danmark. Stover was overcome when he heard the news, but he finally left the place with a strong feeling of hope in his breast.

Of the identity of the seven hundred or more persons on board the Danmark practically nothing could be learned here yesterday. Mr. John Rath, the General Passenger Agent of the line, received a cable just after the steamer's departure from Chistiansand saying that the number on board was 650, and that is all that is known about them except that the majority were Scandinavians, Norwegians, and Danes, all poor people who were to seek their fortunes in this great refuge for such people.

And of the crew almost as little is known from the fact that it is made up on the other side, where the record is kept, and where only the names of the men are registered. The number of men employed on the steamer, however, is between 50 and 60, and the Captain is Capt. C. B. Knudsen, an old and experienced seaman. The name of his first officer is Rund, and there the knowledge of the New York agents of the make-up of the crew ends.

That any of the persons aboard the Danmark were lost is not believed. It is argued that the very fact of the steamer's being seen afloat, be she ever so waterlogged, is sufficient evidence to warrant the belief that everybody was saved. So long as there was anything on which to stand no one on the ship would leave her except they were very sure of being picked up. There is no reason to believe that the Danmark had been in collision with any other vessel, and even if she had, somebody would have remained to tell the tale. It is believed that the vessel, having become disabled through some cause as yet unknown, her crew and passengers were taken off by some steamer which has not yet reached her port, and that they are all safe and well and will be heard from in the course of a very few days, either in Europe or in America. The Danmark was fully equipped with small boats and life rafts, and it is not believed possible that under the circumstances any lives could have been lost.

Putting aside the possibility of a collision having occurred, several theories as to the accident which actually befell the Danmark have been advanced. In the light of the information conveyed in the cable message to Mr. Edye, the most probable of these theories is that the vessel was disabled by the "racing" of her screw. This is an accident not uncommon to ocean steamers, and only occurs during heavy gales. The vessel in such a storm pitches heavily, and her stern being raised at times high in the air, the screw is lifted out of the water and relieved of the strain and impelled by the same tremendous power, whirls around with such rapidity as to break the rod. The theory in this case is that the Danmark was caught in one of the northeasterly gales which have prevailed recently and had her screw broken and hurled with such force against her hull under the water line as to crush it in; that being unmanageable, owing to the loss of her screw, she drifted about, gradually becoming waterlogged, and that finally her passengers and crew were taken off and she was left to her fate.

The Thingvilla Line has been very unfortunate within the past few months in its vessels. Last Autumn two of its steamships-the Geyser and the Thingvalla--came in collision near the Newfoundland banks and the Geyser was lost, taking down with her over one hundred of those aboard her. The Thingvalla was badly injured, but succeeded in reaching shore, and was subsequently made whole again at considerable expense.

The Danmark is an iron vessel of tonnage of 3,414 tons gross and 2,547 tons net. She is 340 feet long, of 40 feet beam, and of 26 feet depth of hold, She was built at Newcastle, England, in 1880, by C. Mitchell and Co., for the White Cross Line and was first called the Jan Breydel. She was a three master, with three decks and an awning deck, and had five water-tight bulkheads. Her engines were the old compound cylinder engines, with a piston stroke of 48 inches. She was regarded as a first-class seaworthy vessel, and is ranked in British Lloyds as 100 A1--the highest rating.

The Thingvalla Company had been negotiating for her purchase and after the loss of the Geyser they completed the negotiation. The price paid for her is not divulged, but something like $150,000 was spent in putting her in complete repair, and she is now said to be worth $325,000. She is fully insured.

The vessel was refitted at Copenhagen and made her first trip in her new form from that port to New York in November of last year. She returned in December, and since Jan. 1 of this year remained at Copenhagen until she was made ready for this, her third and her unlucky, voyage.

She sailed from Stettin, Copenhagen, Christiania, and Christiansand, leaving the last named port on March 26, and she was to arrive here on last Wednesday or Thursday. Her cargo, which was not a heavy one, consisted in the main of dextrine, wood pulp, speiter, chicory, skins, and rags, and it is presumed was fully insured.

The steamship Eider of the North German Lloyd arrived yesterday, but her master had heard nothing of the Danmark's accident. The Aller of the same line, is due to arrive this morning, and the Thingvalla agents expect to get some news by her. She carries the United States mail, in which, in all probability, will be the full passenger list of the Danmark.
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The New York Times; April 14, 1889; pg. 3; col. 4.
THE DANMARK MYSTERY
STILL NO NEWS OF PASSENGERS OR CREW.
THE AGENTS OF THE LINE TO WHICH THE ABANDONED SHIP BELONGED BELIEVE THAT NO LIVES WERE LOST.

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of seven hundred or more persons on board the steamship Danmark, whose deserted hulk was seen in midocean on April 8, remains as deep as it was when the news of the disaster first reached this city. No trace of the missing people has been discovered, and as steamer after steamer which might have rescued them reaches her port without tidings the conviction grows that if they were rescued by any vessel it was by a sailing craft which has not yet had time to reach her destination.

The Brittanic, which passed the spot where the accident to the Danmark probably occurred, reached her dock here yesterday morning, but nothing of the lost vessel or of her occupants had been seen by anybody aboard her. Almost at the same time the Aller, on which boat it had been confidently expected the survivors of the Danmark would be brought to New York, steamed up the harbor, but she was equally barren of news.

A number of anxious people made inquiries yesterday at the office of Funch, Edye and Co., and of Mr. John Roth, the passenger agent of the Thingvalla Line, at 13 State Street, as to friends on board the Danmark, but of course got no information. They were all comforted, however, by the assurance of the agents that no lives have been lost, and that the wrecked voyagers would turn up all right at some port within a very few days. Henry Zimmerman, an old German, reached here yesterday from his home at Lockport, N.Y., to meet his wife and two children, who had sailed on the Danmark, and his first intimation of the loss of the steamer was when he reached Castle Garden. Then the old man covered his face with his hands and wept like a child. He, too, was given encouraging assurances.

Late in the afternoon a report reached New York that the steamer Island, also of the Thingvalla Line, which was sighted off Fire Island at about 11 o'clock, had on board the crew and passengers of the Danmark, and the report spread rapidly through the lower part of the city and created some excitement. But the report was unfounded. Not until she reached Quarantine did anybody on the Island know of the loss of the sister ship.

In the mail brought by the Brittanic to Funch, Edye and Co. was the passenger list of the Danmark sent from Copenhagen. It contained the names of something over three hundred persons who had boarded the vessel at that place and at the ports at which she had previously stopped. Those who got on at Christiania and Christiansand were not registered on the list. The bulk of the names were those of emigrants whose destinations in this country were not known.

The steamship Waesland, from Antwerp, anchored off Quarantine at 11 o'clock last evening. Her officers had no news to give regarding the Danmark. Nothing had been seen of the wrecked steamer or crew.

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13 Apr 1889 (2) London, April 13.-- A dispatch to Lloyds from Copenhagen stated that the steamer Danmark had on board 628 passengers and 54 officers and crew. Another dispatch from Copenhagen, however states that there were on board the steamer 368 passengers from Copenhagen, 131 from Christiania, 79 from Christiansand, 75 from Maimo, and 14 from Gottenburg. There were 26 cabin passengers on board, including five children.

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Captain Bond of the Inman Line steamer City of Chester, which sighted the abandoned steamer Danmark, believes that the passengers and crew of the Danmark were rescued. He bases his belief on the fact that the Danmark's boats were gone. A chain cable was seen hanging over the bow of the Danmark, and this leads Capt. Bond to believe that she had been in tow of another vessel.


The New York Times; April 16, 1889; pg. 4; col. 7.
NO TIDINGS FROM THE DANMARK
Many dreary hours were spent yesterday in waiting for news from the 700 people on the lost ship Danmark, but none came. Three vessels which passed near the spot where the Danmark must have been wrecked reached this city yesterday without bringing any tidings, and the belief now is that the Danmark's passengers and crew will first be heard of at either some European port or at some town in the Azores. Three steamers, however, any one of which may bring news of the missing people, are yet to arrive here. They are the Denmark, which left London on March 30, and is three days overdue; the Helvetta, which left Liverpool March 28, and was due yesterday, and the Werra, which left Southampton April 7, and was also due here yesterday.

That all of the people on the Danmark were saved has not yet been doubted. Every circumstance of this somewhat mysterious case points to that conclusion, and the supposition now is that they were taken off either by some large sailing vessel which may take a week longer to reach her port, or by a steamer on her way to the Azores. If the latter is the case it may be a long time before anything is heard of the people for there is no cable communication with any of the Azore Islands, and news would necessarily reach this city by way of the mail.

At the hydrographic Office no record has been preserved or obtained of storms which have traversed the Atlantic during the present month, but it is known that heavy northeasterly gales have been experienced by all the transatlantic steamships during the past few weeks, and the Danmark, it is believed, must have gotten into the worst of these.
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Minneapolis---April 15,--The Journal's Hudson (Wis.) special says: "Miss Ingebnet Lofgrin of this city and Miss Bertha Eickstrom, sister of Mrs. Emil Olund also of this city, were among the passengers of the ill-fated Danmark. Miss Lofgrin and Mrs. Olund were members of the famous Swedish Ladies Quartet during its tour of this country. Both ladies had made engagements to sing in a church choir in Minneapolis.
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The New York Times; April 17, 1889; pg. 2; col. 1
STILL NO NEWS OF THE DANMARK.
No news of the missing Danmark passengers was brought by incoming vessels yesterday. The steamship Darial, which arrived from Newcastle, reported something which may possibly suggest the cause of the disabled condition of the Danmark, however. Capt. Morris of the Dariel says that in latitude 48 degrees north, longitude 44 degrees, 40 minutes west he saw an immense iceberg 600 feet long and about 150 feet high. The temperature of the water as reported by incoming vessels seems to point to the fact that a number of icebergs are in the neighborhood of the forty-sixth parallel and of the thirtieth to fortieth degrees of longitude. If the Danmark struck one of these great masses of ice there is little room for doubt that it reduced her to a sinking condition.

The general suppostion now is that the passengers and crew have been taken up by a sailing vessel. In this case the Azores, about four hundred miles away, were the nearest land and thither they probably go. It would take some time longer to get news of their fate if this had in fact happened.
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The New York Times; April 18, 1889; pg 8; col. 5.
STILL A MYSTERY
Another day has passed without any news of the fate of the passengers and crew of the Thingvalla steamer Danmark. A hoax was foisted upon the public yesterday by the report that they had been rescued by a foreign steamer engaged in the fruit trade. The story had its origin, as near as can be learned, in a Castle Garden boarding-house runner, reporting that a fruit dealer had received a cablegram to that effect. The Thingvalla Steamship Company's representatives are very indignant about it.

The National Line steamship Denmark, from London March 30, which, it was thought, might bring some news, arrived yesterday and reported that she had not sighted any wreckage of any kind on the way over.

The Danmark's agents, Funch, Edye & Co., have only one hope left, and that is that the passengers have reached the Azores, either in their boats or by some vessel which may have picked them up.
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The New York Times; April 21, 1889; pg. 1; col. 6
HOPES FOR THEIR SAFETY.
LIFEBOAT FOUND BELONGING TO THE ABANDONED DANMARK

London, April 20.--Capt. Blacklen of the British steamer Minnesota, at Tilbury-on-the-Thames, from Baltimore, reports that April 11, in latitude 45 degrees,18 minutes north, longitude 37 degrees 50 minutes west, he passed a lifeboat, painted white, with the words, "Danmark, Copenhagen," in black letters on the stern. The sea was rough at the time. In the boat were one oar, three rowlocks in position for use, and one boathook. A tarpaulin laid along the bottom of the boat , which was half full of water. The painter was coiled in the head sheets. Pieces of cigar boxes were also seen in the boat. There was every appearance that the people who had been aboard had been taken off.

Queenstown, April 20.-- A number of ocean vessels have arrived at this port within the past few days. They report that they have seen nothing of the Danmark or her passengers.

The sighting of a lifeboat of the Danmark, April 11, in the position reported by the Captain of the Minnesota does not seem to throw any light on the mystery concerning the fate of her passengers and crew. It was at first reported, yesterday, that it was April 4 that the lifeboat was seen, and in this case there might have been reason to believe more strongly than ever the theory advanced by Funch, Edye & Co., that the whole ship's company had been saved and carried to the Azores.

The position in which the Minnesota did sight the lifeboat three days after the Danmark herself was sighted by the Captain of the City of Chester is to the south and west of the place where the Danmark was and about sixty or seventy miles distant. How the lifeboat could have got that distance from the Danmark in three days against the current of the Gulf stream, which there sets to the North-east, seems to be explained only by the fact that a rescuing vessel, taking a westerly course, had towed the lifeboat for a time and then cut it adrift. Anything but the merest speculation, however, cannot be made. Fayal is the nearest mail steamer port to the supposed scene of the Danmark's abandonment, and thence mails go semi-monthly to Lisbon. The last boat left Fayal April 15 and is due today or tomorrow in Portugal. It would be possible for a sailing vessel to make Fayal from the point at which the accident seems to have happened in the time between April 3 and 15. If such a thing has occurred, news should reach here to-day or to-morrow, telling the story of the disaster.

Passenger Agent Rath was very much excited yesterday afternoon to get a dispatch from Castle Garden saying that the Danmark's passengers had been saved and were on board the steamship Oranmore coming toward Baltimore. The dispatch came from Baltimore and said that the Oranmore had gone ashore coming up the bay, and had signalled for assistance, adding that the Danmark's passengers were on board. Another dispatch quickly denied the truth of this, however.

The Saale's Captain, reported to his agents yesterday that April 15, latitude 46 degrees, 50 minutes north, longitude 37 degrees and 52 minutes west, he saw the City of Berlin picking up a yellow lifeboat. This was not the color of the Thingvalla's boats, and as the City of Berlin on her arrival at Queenstown made no mention of it, there does not seem to be any connection between it and the Danmark affair. Some hope was expressed among shipping men yesterday that the steamship Missouri, now over due at Philadelphia, may have been the ship to pick up the long-lost passengers. There seems to be some ground for this hope, since the Missouri, though a slow ship, has now been out a longer time than usual. She left Liverpool March 28 and passed the Lizard March 29, having thus been out twenty-three days.
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The New York Times; April 23, 1889; pg.1.
STORY OF THE DANMARK
LANDING OF THE RESCUED IN PHILADELPHIA
THE DISASTER DESCRIBED BY CAPT. MURRELL OF THE MISSOURI AND THE LOST STEAMER'S PASSENGERS.

Philadelphia, April 22.--- The steamship Missouri, with 365 of the people from the wrecked steamer Danmark, arrived at the American Line Steamship dock at 6 o'clock this evening. All were well on board with the exception of three persons, who are ill, but doing well. All of the Danmark's passengers look hearty and bright, and show no signs of the hardships which they must have endured. Among those on board from the Danmark's crew were Purser Hempel, Ship's Physician Jespersen, Cook Albert Johnson, Stewardess Mrs. Neilson, Baker John Lunchrist, Butcher Peter Benson, Emigrant Stewardess Mrs. Christianson, and Walter William Dewait, eight in all. These were the only members of the Danmark's company who came on board the Missouri.

General Passenger Agent John Rath of the Thingvalla Line came from New York to make provision for the comfort of the people from the unfortunate Danmark. He stated that all would be forwarded to their destination from this city, if satisfactory arrangements could be made. Nearly all the emigrants are bound for points in the West. Following is a complete list of the cabin passengers of the Danmark brought by the Missouri to this city, together with their hailing places:

H.T. Hansen, Elida Hansen, Oleth Hansen, Throlf Hansen, Hans Hansen, Oleth Leiberg, Fredrick Harzberg, Otto Stubbs, Josephine Schistad, Hella Hansen, Jennie Hammer, Kaven Sodnek, Doratha Seifert, all of Christiania; Gilbert Tispersen, E. A. Hempel, Carl Hansen, Bergette Hansen, William S. Dewald, Jornas Bengtson, Alvik Bengtson, Johanna Nelsen, Therese Samsen, Antoid Thiel, Marie Lund, Helga Lund, Minna Lund, Ingehord Lafgreen, Benedicta Pevsan, Cyrus Peterson, and Wilhelm Peterson, all of Copenhagen.

Capt. Hamilton Murrell, was commander of the Missouri, makes the following statement:
  "We left London with a general cargo for our first trip to Philadelphia on March 28. We had a fair passage up to 1:20 P.M. of April 5, when we sighted the steamship Danmark flying a signal of distress. The wind at the time was blowing strong from the west. We bore down on the steamer and found her disabled. Capt. Knudsen, her commander, reported that the tail end of his shaft was broken, and he wished me to take his passengers to New York. Owing to the state of the weather, and because of the fact that I was not prepared to accommodate such a number of people, I declined to accede to his request, but offered instead to tow his vessel to the nearest port. This offer Capt. Knudsen accepted, and at 3:20 P.M., or two hours after we first sighted the Danmark, we packed a tow rope on board that vessel and preceeded slowly, turning to the sea and wind, and heading northwest for St. John's, New Foundland, which I considered the best port to make under the circumstances.

  "The wind blew with tremendous force all night, and progress was most difficult. On April 6, at 5:30 A.M. finding that I could make no progress in a westerly direction, and seeing ice to the windward, I decided to abandon my hope of reaching St. John's and determined to make for St. Michael's, some of the Azore Islands. I signaled my determination to the Captian of the Danmark, and he agreed that this was the best course to pursue and one hour later we squared away for St. Michaels. at 7 A.M. the Danmark signaled us:

  "We are leaking considerably. There are now three feet of water in the aft hold, and it is gaining rapidly."

  " I asked what I should do, and the signal came, "Keep on towing."

  "At 9:20 A.M. the Danmark again signaled us. This time the signal read: "The Danmark is sinking. We must abandon the ship. Will you take our passengers?" Without a moment's hesitation I signaled back: "Yes, I will take all on board and do the best I can." I then cut the tow line, and we dropped down to the Danmark.

  "In the meantime seven of the sinking steamer's boats were manned by the crew of that steamer and the work of transferring the passengers began. A heavy swell was running during all of this memorable day, making the work of removing the people from the sinking ship one of great difficulty, and it was only by the hardest kind of work that we were able to avoid accidents both to the people and to the boats. The women and children were removed first and after them the male passengers and crew. The officers of the Danmark remained on board their vessel.

  "At 2 P.M. we finished the work of transferring the passengers, having consumed nearly five hours, and getting everybody with the exception of the officers safely on the Missouri without a single accident of any kind. About one hour later the barometer began falling. The weather was coming in thick and looking dirty, and I sent word to Capt. Knudsen and his faithful officers to leave the ship and come on board the Missouri, and after getting some provisions from the Danmark, which had now settled very perceptible in the water, that vessel was finally abandoned, Capt. Knudsen being the last to leave his ship.

  "I then counted heads and found that we had on board, in additon to our own crew of 45 men and 4 passengers, 669 cabin and steerage passengers and 69 of the officers and crew of the ill-fated steamer. After we had taken everybody from the Danmark we pulled the plugs out of the bottoms of that vessel's boats which we had used and left them to sink to the bottom of the Atlantic, and I can't understand how the Minnesota picked up one of these boats six days later. Our last view of the Danmark showed that the vessel to be rapidly going down, her stern being almost even with the sea, and the water was breaking over her. We threw overboard most of our cargo between decks, consisting principally of bailed rags, in order to make room for the accommodation of the large additon to our passenger list.

  " On looking over our provisions we found, after a careful estimate of the number of mouths we had to feed, that we had only enough food on board to last three days, and I decided to make all possible haste to reach the port of St. Michaels, which was 720 miles away. The cabin passengers of the Danmark were given accommodations in the Missouri's passenger cabins, and the officers gave up their cabins for the use of the women and children.

  "On April 7 at 1:20 A.M., about ten hours after the transfer was made, Mrs. Linnis, aged 18 years, a pretty little Danish woman, who was on the way to America to meet her husband, gave birth to a girl in my cabin. The little stranger was christened Atlanta Missouri. The child was born during a howling storm, which rocked the vessel and caused the sea to break over us.

  "We had started for St. Michaels with all on board at 5 P.M. of the 6th. The weather was very threatening at that time, and the wind increased in violence as the night wore on. Everything possible was done to make the passengers comfortable. Awnings and sails were brought out and used as a partial protection to the panic-stricken emigrants, who for the first time showed signs of fear. All through the trying times which had preceded this storm they acted admirably. The gale kept increasing in fury and there was a tremendous sea running, which was continually breaking over the vessel, and taken altogether, things looked dubious.

  "It must be remembered that we were very short of provisions, and this storm at the very outset of our journey toward St. Michaels made me fearful of reaching that port safely. By daylight of April 8, however, the gale had materially decreased, and we were able to make fine progress. The 9th went by without incident and at 9:30 A.M. of April 10 we arrived at St. Michaels. At 6 P.M. of the same day we sailed from St. Michaels with 365 people from the Danmark, including 8 of the crew of that vessel, who were allowed to come with us.

  "We had fine weather all the way to Philadelphia and a remarkably small amount of sickness on board, considering the crowded conditions of our boat. We have now three cases in the hospital--Carl Jensen, a Norwegian, bound for the West, who has a severe carbuncle on his face; a baby, ill with pneumonia, and a Scandinavian who has some trifling ailment. All the officers cheefully gave up their quarters for the use of the women and children, and the best of good nature has prevailed the entire trip. We had plenty to eat on the voyage from St. Michaels here, having taken on a supply at that place amply sufficient to last us."

  There was never a jollier tar aboard a ship than Capt. Hamilton Murrell of the Missouri appeared to be today. 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 had a kind word for everybody, and whose modesty never for once forsook him. To hundreds who showered their congratulations upon him he had a bright smile and "Oh, well, anybody would have done the same; I'm only sorry I couldn't do more."

The trip of the Missouri up the Delaware River was a pleasant one throughout, and when she landed at her dock at 6 o'clock the Captain was almost sorry that his humane mission was at an end. The steamer had picked up on her way up the channel several tug leads, representatives of the Thingvalla Line, of Peter Wright and Sons, and 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 although they were for the most part strangers in a strange land, among a people whose tongue was unknown to them, they displayed upon their ruddy faces every sign of joy at reaching terra firma sound and well. All of them had the same story to tell in reference to their treatment on either boat, the Danmark and the Missouri, and all were unstinting in their praise of the valor and chivalry displayed, which to their minds made up largely for the enforced delay in their voyage.

From early morning, crowds began to gather at the piers along the river front below where the Missouri landed her human cargo, and when the vessel reached the first of these docks she was saluted in every possible way, always answering with her heavy and sonorous whistle. When Greenwich Point, where the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has its coal-shipping piers, was reached every locomotive in the yards sent up a long-continued salute, which was taken up by the tugs and river craft in the stream, and it was thoroughly appreciated by the belated passengers, who, apparently too amazed or too joyful to answer in any other way, hauled out their kerchiefs and waved them long and energetically.

Before this point was reached the boat was boarded by the Rev. C. M. Hom, who represented the Swedish Society of Philadelphia. He went about the decks cheering in their native tongue the passengers, who, in many instances, were worrying over the loss of all their earthly possessions save what they had upon their backs. His words had a splendid effect upon them, and he was untiring in his efforts to render every assistance at his command. In this good work of caring for them he was not alone, however, as General Passenger Agent John Rath of the Thingvalla Line, N. Keffer of the passenger department of the same line, and A. E. Johnson of the firms of A. E. Johnson & Co., of St. Paul and A. Martensen & Co., of Chicago, General Northwestern and general Western Agents of the line, respectively, were there, and devoted all of their energies in that direction. When the boat finally touched at her pier the work of disembarking was an easy task, and directly from the ship the passengers were conducted to a well-laden table, fully 200 feet in length, at which was made doubly welcome after their thoroughly kind treatment on the British vessel.

Just before arriving at the pier a florist's agent boarded the ship, and searching out Capt. Murrell presented him, on behalf of several prominent ship owners and citizens, with a handsome floral ship, the hull and rigging being composed of pink roses on a sea of evergreens and trimmed with silvered sails. It was a complete surprise to the Captain, but he recovered himself and accepted it in a few words, wherein his modesty again played a prominent part. "I thank-you," said he to those who had gathered around him, " for the officers and crew of my vessel for this offering, because I appreciate that this is not alone intended for me, but for the brave men who surround me. It has been said that there are no more British sailors, but I have been convinced on this trip that the British sailor still lives. I speak for my officers and men when I say that we are very gald indeed that we were able to do this much for these poor people, but any one else under the circumstances would have done the same. I thank you for myself , for my officers, and my crew for the kind way in which you have received us in Philadelphia, and I am happy to state that I have brought all here safe and well with the exception of one little baby, who, when the doctor sees it, will, I think, enable us to present a clean bill of health."

A cheer went up as the rosy-cheeked, weather-beaten Captain finished his little speech, and he retired to his quarters. The case of sickness referred to was that of Sigvard Martin, a five-month old girl, who has been suffering with pneumonia of rather a mild form, which is not likely to terminate unfavorably. She, with the youngster who was born within a few hours after the Danmark's passengers had been transferred and will carry through life a remembrance of her birth in the name of Atlanta Missouri Linnis, were the pets of the ship, not only among the passengers, but of the Missouri's crew as well. Capt. Murrell took a great interest in the youngsters, particularly Miss Atlanta Missouri, and when we asked to be allowed to see the child, which was in the second mate's quarters, he was obliged to decline with a smile.

"I can stand all this "pumping," as you call it," said he, " but I'm afraid our little baby might not survive the shock of seeing so many newspaper reporters. We guard her jealousy, you know."

Among the passengers were so few who could talk in anything but their native language that it was a difficult matter to obtain from them an intelligent story of the accident which befell the Danmark. All of those who could make themselves understood, though, had the same story in substance to tell. They seemed to think of nothing else but the bravery, the coolness, the kindness, and the heroic efforts made in their behalf by the officers of the ship they deserted and of the one which sheltered and succored them. These features of their narratives were so prominent that they had almost lost sight of causes which led up to their transfer.

Among the Missouri's human load there were four Americans who had gone over in that vessel as cattlemen when she sailed from Baltimore on Feb. 28 for Bedford, England, and they all returned in the same ship. Their names are Frank Suplee of Palatine, Salem County, N.J.; Robert Lear, John Murphy, and Capt. Swigler of Baltimore, the latter having gained his title in the civil war. Suplee tells a story that expresses perhaps, as much as could be expressed by any of the survivors of the Danmark's mishap:

"We left Tilbury docks, London, March 28," said he, "and had everything pleasant until about noon on Friday, April 5, when we sighted the Danmark in a disabled condition, She lay rather low in the water and looked to me as though she were sinking. We put out a boat, forty-five fathoms of chain, and about three hundred yards of rope, and proceeded to tow her, making about half speed, which would be about five knots. We supplied them with some few provisions, of which they were short. The next morning it was found that the Danmark's broken shaft had caused serious damage, and that she was in a sinking conditon. The Missouri began throwing overboard part of her cargo, the portion thrown over consisting of bales of rags and wool. The transfer of passengers was also commenced about the same time, and from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon the men worked hard at both jettisoning the cargo as fast as was found necessary and transferring the passengers in the meantime. The sea was rather rough, but everything went well, and by dark we had all of the Danmark's passengers and crew aboard, and under the circumstances they were made quite comfortable, it not even being necessary for our party of four to give up their bunks in the forward end."

Miss Bena Pearson, who lives on Capitol Avenue, Omaha, Neb., was one of the twenty-eight cabin passengers on the Danmark. She is an intelligent young lady and was returning from a visit to her native home, "When the crash caused by the broken shaft aroused us," she said in describing her experience to an Associated Press representative, "about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we knew that something serious had happened, but the officers and crew were so assuring in their declarations that there was no danger that we never felt that we were doomed. They would not tell us just what had happened, but we could guess we were in a dangerous plight. When the Missouri picked us up we were glad, but we were much more glad when we were taken off. Everybody was unusually calm for such a trying time, more particularly the officers and seamen of the Danmark, who did everything in their power to help us, and I am sure that no one could either expect or receive better or more considerate treatment than we did.

"When it was decided to transfer us we walked down the ladder to the open boats, and when we got to the Missouri they tied a rope around our waists and hoisted us up. They did it so tenderly and carefully that we experienced no inconvenience to speak of. Like most of the others, I lost everything I had except what I had on. No effort was made to get at the baggage, because it was out of the question, and only such things as hand sachels, bundles, and other packages easily portable were thought of. We were glad enough to save ourselves, although there was no time when I had the slightest idea of going down with the vessel. A few of the women in the steerage cried and displayed their fears in other ways, but there was nothing like confusion or panic, and I can only attribute the calmness of the passengers to the cool and calm efforts of the ship's officers and crew."

Many other stories were told by the ship wrecked passengers, but they were all of one tenor, and of words of praise for the coolness, bravery, and kindness of the Danmark's officers were spoken in great profusion. When the passengers were taken off, the Missouri headed at once for the Azores, and a delicate task was necessary to be performed at St. Michael, where it was absolutely necessary to leave a part of the 705 people. As in the case of transfer from one ship to the other, women, children and families were given the preference, and the Missouri, in accommodating this portion of the ship's load, managed to accommodate all of this class, so that those who were forced to turn back consisted of either unmarried men or married men who were traveling alone. There was no difficulty in securing a plentiful supply of provisions at St. Michael, but prices were exorbitant. There was no grumblin, however, Capt. Murrell cheerfully paying whatever was demanded.

Charles Lorup of Philadelphia, who had been on a visit to Copenhagen, was one of the steerage passengers, being accompanied by his wife. When the word was given for a transfer the wife dropped everything except a cage containing two pretty canaries, which she prized more highly than anything else, and she stuck to them tenaciously until she landed in this city.

In the great shed of the Red Star Line at the foot of Washington street a table leaded down with eatables had been spread, and as fast as the passengers left it they were provided with accommodations until tonight, when at about 11 o'clock a special train on the Pennsylvania Railroad conveyed nearly three hundred of them toward their destinations in the West and Northwest. The remaining sixty-five or thereabouts who were destined for points in the East also left tonight over the same line. A majority of those bound West are going to Minnesota, Dakota, and other points in that section, while a few go as far as Washington Territory. They will be accompanied by agents of the Thingvalla Line and will be reprovisioned at Chicago.

Gilbert Jespersen, the ship's surgeon of the Danmark, will go to New York tomorrow and thence to Chicago soon after. Capt. Murrell will be lionized for the next day or two as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by those who know him and of his gallantry. He brought the Missouri to his port today on her maiden trip, she having made but two voyages previous to this, and both from Baltimore. He is, though a man but twenty-eight years old, quite an old Captain, having followed the sea for some time before he was of sufficient age to receive his papers. He has commanded successively the Surrey, Michigan, and Maine of the same line, and has been remarkable free from mishaps in his career as a master. Tonight he went to Riverton to spend the night with his friend Charles E. Davis, who is the stevedore for Peter Wright & Sons. Tomorrow at noon, by invitation of the Maritime Exchange, he will hold a public reception at their building, and tomorrow night he will be the honored guest at the annual dinner of the Sons of St. Genete, which will be given in their hall at Thirteenth and Arch streets.

As to the death of Engineer Kaas of the Danmark, there was nothing to be learned. There were no witnesses to his tragc fate, and the only stories heard of him were simply matters of conjecture. Some suggested the idea of suicide on account of the accident to his vessel, but this theory does not obtain to any extent worth mentioning. The most plausible and most generally believed story of his death is that when he found the shaft had broken and was with every revolution tearing a larger hole in the Danmark's bottom, he made an effort to turn off the steam in order to stop the machinery. Perhaps in an unguarded moment, or a moment of excitement, becoming bewildered, he caused the accident which cost him his life. Whether it was the explosion of a steam pipe or the fast revolving broken shaft which was responsible for it will probably never be known.

A similar case, in support of this latter theory, is quoted by the officers of the Thingvalla Line as being that of the Cunarder Aurania, whose shaft broke a couple of years ago. The engineer, in order to stop the machinery in time to prevent serious damage, was compelled to place his life in jeoparpy, but he was successful, and for his daring he was handsomely rewarded by the passengers. The accident to the Danmark is believed to have brought about a parallel case, except that Engineer Kaas was so unfortunate in his efforts that his life was sacrificed.

Capt. Murrell could not state the value of the cargo which had been thrown overboard from the Missouri. The entire cargo was valued at $150,000, but only a portion of it was thrown overboard. "Although," said the Captain, "had it been necessary I would have thrown every pound of our cargo overboard. That which was jettisoned consisted principally of bales of rag waste and other light but bulky stuff stored between decks."

Copenhagen, April 22.---On receiving the news of the rescue of the Danmark's passengers King Christian drove to the residence of the wife of the Danmark's doctor to inform her of her husband's safety.

Everything was bustle and excitement at the office of Funch, Edye & Co. last night, but it was the excitement of joy and freedom from the terrible gloom and suspense which has hung over the place for several days. Up to a late hour the office was crowded with friends of the passengers of the Danmark, inquiring if their kindred and friends, whom they had almost given up for lost, were among those who landed at Philadelphia from the Missouri, and when the list of names was read off by Mr. C. B. Pettit of the firm, many expressions of satisfaction and joy were heard.

It was learned at the office of Funch, Edye & Co. that the passengers leaving Philadelphia at midnight would probably come through on the slow train, which arrives at Jersey City at daybreak. No intelligence as to any person having come in on the Missouri having arrived in this city was received up to a late hour last night.
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The New York Times; April 24, 1889; pg. 3; col. 1.
HONORS TO CAPT. MURRELL
MADE THE LION OF THE HOUR IN PHILADELPHIA.
A RECEPTION AT WHICH THOUSANDS GRASPED HIS HAND--DECORATED WITH A GOLD MEDAL.

Philadelphia, April 23.---"Oh, don't call it noble, it was only my duty, I'm sure," said Capt. Hamilton Murrell, as he was welcomed and congratulated at the Maritime Exchange by President William Brockle this afternoon.

Capt. Murrell has been lionized to an extent that is simply amazing. Long before the hour of noon, which had been set for the public reception, the spacious rooms of the Maritime Exchange, and the still more spacious street in front of it, contained thousands of people of all ages and of both sexes, who had, in some instances, traveled many miles to pay homage to the young captain. The cheers which greeted the good-natured and humane master as he entered the Exchange were deafening, and several minutes elapsed before a voice could be heard. It was exactly noon when Capt. Murrell was escorted to a commanding position in the main hall of the Exchange, and when the enthusiastic demonstrations had subsided for a moment he was introduced by President Brockle to the immense throng present.

District Attorney Genete S. Graham then stepped to the Captain's side and presented him with the only gold medal ever given by the Pennsylvania Humane Society. It was a handsome specimen of the goldsmiths handiwork, and its presentation by Mr. Graham on behalf of the society was one of the most pleasing features of the occasion. "In all my public life, " said the District Attorney, "nothing has ever given me so much pleasure as to stand by the hero of the sea, a savior of 700 lives." Mr. Graham recalled the trilling scenes in the storm-swept harbor of Samoa, the pathetic scenes attending the loss many years ago of the English man-of-war Birkenhead, and compared the heroism of Capt. Murrell with them. "Wherever the wires have carried this message," he said, " the world has paused for a moment to honor a man who is unselfish. In the everyday life of this world or ours selfishness is a prominent feature, and it does me proud, sir, to grasp the hand of a man who is so unselfish."

" I don't know how to find the words, " replied the Captain, "to tell you how I feel. I want to give my officers and men the credit for an act which was only a duty. There was nothing heroic about it. It was only an Englishman's duty, and I might be in the same plight myself some day. There was nothing heroic on my part. I only considered the cargo, and when human lives were to be saved the cargo was nothing, therefore it had to go."

When the Captain had spoken his few words and the cheering had subsided there was a rush to grasp his hand, and for nearly an hour he shook the hand of all those who were fortunate enough to get near him. Vice Consul Lars Westergaard of Sweden and Norway was introduced to the Captain and said, in a voice full of emotion:

"As Vice Consul of Sweden and Norway at this port I feel very deeply impressed with the great and glorious fact that under providence you were the happy medium that saved several hundred Scandinavians and Danes from the ill-fated steamship Danmark, as well as her Captain and crew. It is very pleasant for all of us here assembled to welcome you, to know that you, sir, proved the right man in the right place. And now allow me as Treasurer of this Exchange and on behalf of and in the name of the Directors of the Maritime Exchange of Philadelphia, to tender you an honorary membership of this Exchange, which please accept, and rest assured that we shall be glad to see you on this floor as often as it may suit your convenience to call."

After a few words of thanks Capt. Murrell was presented with a sprig of ivy which came from Westminister Abbey and a beautifully bound miniature copy of the Constitution of the United States. A telegram from Funch, Edye & Co., New York, as the representatives of the Thingvalla Line, addressed to Peter Wright & Sons, was read by President Brockle and was cheered unstintingly. It ran as follows:

"Kindly convey on the occasion of his reception at the Maritime Exchange to Capt. Murrell, on behalf of the Thingvalla Company, our heartfelt thanks for all he has done for the passengers and crew of the ill-fated Danmark. Better that all the acknowledgment that Capt. Murrell will receive, and so abundantly is entitled to may be considered the feeling he can entertain of having, with God's help, been the medium of saving so much life and nobly to have done his duty to suffering humanity. It is no disparagement of Capt. Murrell's desserts if we beg leave to include in our thanks the entire crew of the Missouri, who have from first to last so well assisted their commander in his work of charity and love. May God speed them all in their proceedings, and protect them from similar disaster, even though they should in time of need meet such noble friends as the Danmark found."

After the reception at the Exchange had been concluded the Captain was taken to the mayor's office, and was by Mayor Ditler, in a neat and fitting speech, welcomed to the city. He was introduced to the city officials, and from all of them received the kindest words of praise; but through it all he was the same blushing, modest, and unassuming young and plain Capt. Murrell.

Between now and Thursday, when the Captain expects to have his boat discharged and proceed to Baltimore, he will be a social lion. Already he has been obliged to decline many kind offers of entertainment and enjoyment. Tonight he attended the annual dinner of the Sons of St. Genete, and was the guest of the evening.

Capt. Robert C. Clipperton, the British Consul at this port, and Genete Crump, British Vice Counsul, called upon the Captain at the Maritime Exchange and had a few pleasant words with him, thanking him on behalf of her Majesty's Government for the service he had rendered the Danmark's passengers and crew.
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Baltimore, April 23.--Arrangements have been made by Baker, Whitely & Co., the general agents of the Atlantic Transport Line, which owns the Missouri, and a number of prominent citizens, to give a reception to Capt. Hamilton Murrell of the Missouri, the rescuer of the passengers of the Danmark, on his arrival at this city. Tugs have been chartered, and a distinguished party will go down the bay to meet him. The Missouri is expected to reach Baltimore on Friday or Saturday next.
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London, April 23,---Capt. Knudsen of the wrecked steamer Danmark, and three engineers belonging to that vessel, have arrived at London on board the steamer New York City. They are enthusiastic in their praises of Capt. Murrell and the officers of the steamer Missouri.
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Hamburg, April 23.-- The Hamburg American Packet Company's steamer Wieland, which sailed from Havre today for New York, will call at the Azores and take on board the passengers of the steamer Danmark who were landed there.
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23 Apr 1889 Copenhagen, April 23.--King Christian has intimated that he will confer a decoration upon Capt. Murrell of the steamship Missouri in recognition of his services in rescuing the Danmark passengers.

Sixty or more of the rescued passengers of the Danmark came to this city from Philadelphia yesterday morning in charge of the passenger agent of the Thingvalla Line. Part of them went directly to Brooklyn, where they have friends and countrymen, and the rest departed by various routes to other destinations. Before leaving New York, however, they partook of a substantial breakfast at the Hotel Danmark. A number remained here over night.

There were two cases of bitter disappointment amid the general exuberance of spirits which characterized the rescued emigrants. One was that of Morris Stover, the young Massachusetts farmer, who has already been mentioned as anxiously waiting for his sweetheart, Marie Muller. A careful inspection of the passenger list of those who had been brought to Philadelphia failed to reveal the name of his beloved, and he at last reconciled himself to the fact that Marie would come on later when the passengers left at the Azores are brought here. Huida Svenson, who arrived expecting that her intended husband, Jans Andersen of Wilkes-Barre would meet her, was another disappointed one. Jans did not appear, and she proceeded to Wilkes-Barre, hoping to find him there.

The passengers had nothing with them but the clothes on their backs. What they did have were unusually thick and heavy, and general appearance was given of having several suits on at once. They had apparently taken this mode of saving what personal effects they could.

Among those who came in from Philadelphia yesterday was the surgeon of the ship, Dr. Gilbert Jesperson. He remained in the city only a short time, and left for Chicago, where anxious relatives awaited him.
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The New York Times; April 25, 1889; pg 2; col. 3.
CAPT. MURRELL WEARIED OVERCOME BY THE HERO
WORSHIP OF WHICH HE IS THE OBJECT
Philadelphia, April 24.--Human endurance put an end to Capt. Hamilton Murrell's round of pleasure this afternoon, and the 1,400 orphan boys who had arrayed themselves in the chapel of Girard College to pay their respects to him suffered a disappointment. This morning the Captain was entertained at lunch at the Stock Exchange by the Board of Brokers, and met, among many others, A. J. Drexel and Genete W. Childs.

After the lunch he went to the Custom House and finished his official work, after which he was to have gone to Girard College, but an attack of vertigo made it impossible to fulfill his engagemnts and he retired to his quarters on board the Missouri to take a well-earned rest from the social whirl through which he has passed during his stay in this city. Tomorrow he will hold a public reception on board the Missouri, and in the afternoon will head his vessel for Baltimore.

The fund started last night for the Captain, his officers, and crew, as a substantial reward for their humane act, has already reached over two thousand dollars, and applications are being made for the privilege of subscribing at a rapid rate. It is probably that by the time the boat leaves here tomorrow the sum will have reached nearly five thousand dollars.

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Chicago, April 24.--Special trains on the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne Road brought 315 of the rescued passengers of the lost steamer to Chicago this morning. The Union Station was crowded with friends and relatives of the passengers, and there were many affecting scenes when they met and greeted their fellow countrymen, whom they had at one time almost given up for lost. Most of those who arrived today were bound for points further West, and, after a short delay, proceeded on their journey.

Funch, Edye & Co., Agents of the Thingvalla Line, have received instructions from the home office to settle the claims which may be brought them for the value of cargo jettisoned by the steamer Missouri at the time she relieved the sinking Danmark of her passengers. It is also understood that the company has compensated the Missouri for carrying the Danmark's passengers from Azores to Philadelphia.

C.B. Richard & Co., have been informed that the steamship Wieland, which left Hamburg April 21, will touch at the Azores to bring over the Danmark's passengers there. She will be delayed in reaching this port about two days. The Wieland is the same steamer that rescued the passengers and crews of the steamship Thingvalla and Geiser after their collision in August last.
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The Chicago Tribune, April 25, 1889:
PASSENGERS FROM THE DANMARK

They Arrive to the Number of 125--Affecting Scenes at the Depot.
Hansens, Andersens, Bjornsens, Swansens and Jansen's of both sexes, all ages, heights and avordupois, crowded the Union Depot yesterday morning. One hundred and twenty-five of the Danmark's steerage passengers with bag and baggage, or what was left of their belongings, had arrived on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. 'Twas bedlam intensified. All was confusion.

Some of the people were met by friends who had at one time given them up as lost. The meeting of these was affecting. Young people who came here some time ago to prepare a home for their parents met father and mother for the first time in years. Here stood a family group for all the world like an old painting, the paterfamilias in a blouse and a Luther Laflin Mills collar in the immediate foreground. Hob-nailed shoes incased his feet and his head was surmounted by the regulation cap, the tanned face seemed to take on dignity under an American sky. Near by stood the materfamilias with a group of little ones clinging bewildered to her skirts. The background of this homey picture was made up of lads and lasses from the land of the Midnight Sun. That light hair, which from time away back has crowned the head of the Scandinavians, marked both boy and girl. Both, too, had the blooming cheeks which Northern air alone furnishes. There was no particular display of "style" in the crowd, but there was enough health to ruin all the patent nostrum factories in a month. Not constructed with any special reference to the German were these people, but they looked as if they might plow up as many acres of Western prairie in a given time as any one.

Omnibus and baggage wagon were busy carting away man and bundles. The mother-tongue was used vigorously and continuously and it kept the driver from Ireland bustling to keep abreast of the times. Some drove away at once to homes or trains, and others sat about the depot until long after noon. Scarcely a quarter of the entire number remained in Chicago, the others departing for the Great West and the Northwest.
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The New York Times; April 26, 1889; pg 4; col. 6.
CAPT. MURRELL ON BLUE WATER
Philadelphia, April 25.--The decks of the steamer Missouri, prior to her departure for Baltimore this afernoon, presented a scene of gaiety and commotion. Capt. Hamilton Murrell, as an expression of his thanks for the honors conferred upon him since his arrival in this city, tendered a reception to the public on board the steamer between 9 and 12 o'clock. Long before 9 o'clock the streets leading to the Washington avenue wharf, where the Missouri lay, was packed with people, and in the three hours devoted to the reception a line of men, women, and children passed by the gallant Captain, who heartily grasped the hand of each. Many and ardent were the expressions of praise and good-will by those who grasped the hero's hand.

The Captain's last day in port was signalized by a bit of generosity on the part of himself and the officers of the Missouri, they contributing their entire share of the testimonial fund raised for them to the rescued passengers of the Danmark, who lost nearly all they had in the world on the sinking steamer. The portion which the crew was to have received will be distributed to them.

By noon the Captain had shaken hands with nearly four thousand people, and , seizing his opportunity when the line thinned, descended to his cabin for needed rest and refreshment, while the thousands slowly left the vessel.

Then the cargo's discharge began again, and when it was concluded, amid cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs, the handsome vessel swung from her dock and steamed away for Baltimore.
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26 Apr 1889 (2) The Chicago Tribune, April 26, 1889:
A Romance of the Lost Danmark
Miss Bjornson, a Pretty Heiress, After an Eventful Journey Meets Her Bethrothed.
St. Paul, Minn., April 25.--On the trains from Chicago today came a large number of the survivors of the lost steamer Danmark. The majority are bound for points in Minnesota, Dakota, and Montana, but several are going to the coast. Two Danes bound for San Francisco are being sent there via Winnipeg and Vancouver. They have no money, and the long journey around has well nigh discouraged them. On one of the trains this morning was a pretty young lady named Franklin Bjornsen, who had been one of the passengers on the ill-fated Danmark. She was unable to speak English, but through an interpreter her story was told. Miss Bjornsen is an heiress to Swedish property, and was engaged to a young physician in her own country. They concluded to seek a home in the new country of the great American Northwest, and the young man went on before to prepare the home. He located at Aberdeen, South Dakota, and after many months of waiting he sent for his betrothed. She hastened to respond to his letter and took passage on the Danmark. Her lover was not at the depot to meet her and she was for a time broken hearted, but on an afternoon train he arrived and their meeting was a touching one. After years of separation, after storm and shipwreck, they were finally united and happy. They will be married tonight and will then proceed to their home at Aberdeen.
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The New York Times; April 28,1889; pg.12; col. 3.
CLOSE PACKING

THE ENGINEER OF THE MISSOURI TELLS HOW THEY STOWED THE RESCUED.
Chief Engineer Arthur N. Cross has contributed to the Baltimore American and interesting account of the rescue of the wrecked Danmark's passengers in the course of which he says: " Our boats, one in charge of Mr. James Forsyth of North Shields, and the other in charge of Mr. Lucas of Swansea, did splendid work, as did those of the Danmark, whose boats were all manned and in charge of passengers who knew right well how to handle a boat, being men accustomed to sail on the American Lakes. There were about twenty babies, which we hauled on board in a coal basket one at a time. The women and men, to, were every one hauled up the ship's side out of the boats by a line with a bowline in it being placed under their arms. And hard work it was hauling them up, but all hands worked with a will, and by about 4:40 p.m. we had all the 758 people, passengers and crew safely on board without a single accident, in spite of all the heavy rollers that were still running. And now we had all of these 700 people on board and did not know what to do with them, our boat only being fitted for carrying cargo and cattle. But, fortunately we are fitted with condensers for making fresh water for the cattle, so that, with the all-important question of 'water' we had no difficulty, as we are able to make 4,400 gallons in twelve hours. Capt. Murrell set the example of distributing the people by placing five ladies in his own room aft, and taking the Danish Captain with him in his chart room on deck. The cabin was given to cabin passengers, and all the officers, engineers, and stewards gave up their rooms to women and children. About two hundred men were put in the fore hold on top of the cargo. We had a man, his wife, three children, and a young baby in our engine room storeroom; eleven women in the condenser recess, also in the engine room, and seven more lay on the engine room gratings. The rest of the women were made quite comfortable in the large alleys under the long bridge. The remainder of the men found shelter under the cattle decks, all spare sails and awnings being spread out for them to sleep on. They were all very well behaved, and soon became quite cheerful and grateful for being rescued. Every inch of available space in the ship was occupied, and it was a case of laying heads to heels all round. We are all very sorry for the Danish Captain, who, poor fellow, is in a sad way at losing his ship, but I am sure they had done all in their power to save her. The chief engineer was killed by the pump lever striking him on the head. The second engineer and assistants were much exhausted when they came on board with the long hours and the exertions they had made to save the ship. All of them expressed profound sorrow at the sad accident that had befallen their chief, whom they all greatly respected.
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The New York Times; April 28, 1889; pg. 5; col. 5.
CAPT. MURRELL KNIGHTED
Copenhagen, April 27.--Capt. Murrell of the steamer Missouri has been appointed a knight of the order of the Dannebrog by King Christian of Denmark, in recognition of his services in rescuing the passengers and crew of the Danish steamer Danmark.

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London, April 27.--The Captain and engineers of the abandoned steamship Danmark have officially certified that the Danmark's engines were in perfect order, except that they had to be stopped twice March 30 for trifling repairs; that on the morning of April 4 the stern pipe was found to be loose, and that in the afternoon the shaft broke. All reports to the contrary they deny in detail.

The New York Times; April 30, 1889; pg 1; col. 3.
CAPT. MURRELL STILL HONORED
Baltimore, April 29.--The popular reception for Capt. Murrrell and the officers of the Missouri at the Corn and Flour Exchange was held this afternnoon. Business on Change was suspended, and the doors were thrown open to the public at 2 o'clock. Capt. Murrell, accompanied by the officers of the ship, was met at the door by Mayor Latrobe and Charles D. Fisher, President of the Board of Trade, and escorted down a long avenue of cheering people to a raised platform.

The windows at the south end of the room and the rostrum were tastefully draped with British and American flags. There were a great many ladies present, and their bright costumes added brillancy to the scene. An address of welcome was delivered, and Capt. Murrell, after responding, shook hands with the ladies.
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The New York Times; May 1, 1889; pg 8; col. 3
HOW CAPT. MURRELL MADE THE AZORES
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA LEDGER, APRIL 30
It is an interesting fact that Capt. Murrell had no chart of the Azores Islands excepting a minute indication of their position upon one of the Hydrographic Office weather charts, and the port of Ponta del Gada, on the island of St. Michael, was made through the help solely of an advertisement on the back of a nautical almanac, calling attention to Bensoude's coaling station there. And Capt. Murrell has reason to remember Bensoude, by reason of the enormous prices the ship had to pay for everything it wanted. Welsh coals were bought at 30s a ton, and besides the high price Mr. Cross says he is confident that the 200 tons paid for only amount in actual fact to 160, besides being of poor quality. The bisquit for which Capt. Murrell paid 6 pounds at home they charged him for at the rate of 30 pounds a ton, and everything else in proportion. "These are current prices, Captain," was all the satisfaction which could be gotten. To this Captain Murrell replied: "I'll tell how you have treated us when we get to the States, and it won't do you any good, I can assure you."
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The New York Times; May 5, 1889; pg 2; col. 3.
ARRIVED LAST NIGHT THREE OCEAN STEAMSHIPS AT QUARANTINE---MORE DANMARK PASSENGERS

The steamship Wieland arrived at Quarantine last night with the remainder of the passengers of the sunken Danmark. There were 320 in all. Capt. Barens of the Wieland reports that his vessel had a pleasant voyage, leaving Hamburg for the Azores on April 21. He arrived at St. Michael April 27 and took on board the Danmark's survivors. All were in good condition, though of course without any baggage or clothing beside that which they had on their backs. The Wieland left St. Michael on the same day, having much more than doubled her original cargo of passengers. She arrived off Quarantine at 8:45 last night. The passengers will be landed this morning at Castle Garden. It is a curious coincidence that this is the second time the good ship Wieland has been the bearer of a large number of survivors from the wreck of a Thingvalla Line Steamer. The passengers of the Thingvalla and surviving crew and officers of the ill-fated Geyser were brought to this port by the Wieland in September last after the fearful collision between the Thingvalla ships.

The Cunard steamship Umbria, from Liverpool, arrived off Quarantine at 8:30 last night. Among her passengers is Lady Lonsdale, accompanied by her suite. Other passengers are Mrs. William Abbey, Robert W. Agnew, the Right Rev. John J. Keane, Thomas J. Leary, Anson Phelps Stokes, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woodhouse.

At 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the steamship Nevada of the Guion Line, which left Liverpool April 20 and Queenstown the 21st, was sighted off Fire Island, and she reached Quarantine at 11 o'clock. The news of her arrival was very welcome to those who had friends on board, as the steamer had been delayed an unusual length of time at sea, owing to the breaking down of one of her engines. She was spoken on April 23 by an outward bound vessel and reported in a crippled condition.
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The New York Times; May 6, 1889; pg 8; col. 4
THE DANMARK DISASTER
SOME MORE DETAILS BY PASSENGERS AT CASTLE GARDEN
Castle Garden was a scene of the liveliest description yesterday, the arrival of the remaining survivors of the Danmark disaster being hailed with the greatest of interest. They came over from the Wieland early in the day accompanied by 390 other passengers which the steamer had brought directly from Germany. They were met by a large number of friends and relatives.

One of the 320, however, had been fated never to see the shores toward which they had all started so joyously forty days ago. He was Rasmus Andersen, a Dane, thirty-two years of age. He was taken suddenly on Saturday with an apoplectic fit and died before land was sighted. His body was brought to port and will be interred by friends.

The story told by those who came yesterday does not differ materially from that of those who arrived at Philadelphia on the Missouri on Easter Sunday evening. They were all very much interested to learn if the Missouri had arrived safely, and were warm in their praises of Capt. Murrell's coolness and generous bravery.

John Nordie, a tall Danish youth of eighteen years, one of the crew of the Danmark, could speak English fairly well, and gave an interesting account of the trying experiences he had been through. He said that those on the Danmark were much worried several times before the final stoppage of the engines by temporary stoppings, and there was a general feeling of uneasiness. Then the fire broke out in the coal bunkers, and it took considerable time to extinquish it. It was night time when the accident finally happened which brought the vessel to a standstill. Then for a time there was a panic among the passengers, which was, however very speedily calmed by the officers. It soon became known that there were three or four feet of water in the ship's hold and that in spite of the working of the steam pumps and a hand pump it was increasing steadily.

At 10 o'clock the next morning the Missouri was sighted and came to their assistance. At the Azores they were treated with the greatest kindness. The Wieland was very much crowded by the 320 passengers taken on at St. Michael, and several of them were given first-class staterooms, the steerage accommodations being so fully taken up.
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The New York Times; May 25, 1889; pg 2; col. 1.
CURRENT FOREIGN TOPICS
The Lord Mayor of London today presented testimonials to Capt. Murrell and the other officers and crew of the Missouri, which rescued the passengers and crew of the Danmark. The Mayor also read a letter from Prince Bismarck, in which the rescuers were spoken of in highly laudatory terms.
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The New York Times; June 23, 1889; pg. 1; col. 3.
A GOLD MEDAL FOR CAPT. MURRELL.
Baltimore, June 22,--Capt. Hamilton Murrell arrived yesterday from Swansea via Philadelphia, on the steamship Missouri. He was met down the river by Mr. B.N. Baker, President of the Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Company, who presented Capt. Murrell with the handsome gold medal awarded him by the Life-Saving Benevolent Association of New York. First Officer Gates, Second Officer Forsyth, and Third Officer Lucas were similarly honored by the same association. The picture of the rescue, by Lewis Muller, a present from Danish residents of Baltimore and Washington, will be presented to Capt. Murrell on Monday.
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The New York Times;June 25, 1889; Pg. 1; col. 7.
HONORING CAPT. MURRELL
Baltimore, June 24.--On board the steamship Missouri this afternoon a party gathered bent on further honoring Capt. Hamilton Murrell. Mr. Harold Jackson, the Danish Consul at this port, in transmitting to Capt. Murrell the insignia of the Danish knighthood, said to him:

"His Majesty the King of Denmark commands me to represent him on this occasion and present to you the insignia of knighthood of the Order of Dannebrog. His Majesty also desires me to convey to you his most gracious thanks for your noble and heroic act.."

A number of Danes, residents of Baltimore, Washington and New York, were present, and as a tribute of their respect and admiration for Murrell's heroism, presented him an immense oil painting of the world-famed scene of the transfer of the passengers and crew from the sinking steamer Danmark. A letter of regret from Gen. Christensen, Royal Danish Consul at the port of New York, was read:

On the deck of the Missouri, opposite the painting, was an engrossed copy of resolutions passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and just sent to Capt. Murrell.

These resolutions honor and commend him for his heroic rescue.

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