Show A BAD STORY One of theDanmarks PrJienseis Tells How t Unseaitorthy the Skip Was EwYonK April 23Olof Wuslund one of the few English speaking people in the party of the Danuiorlcs passengers which arrived here today said that before the accident occurred one of the Norwegian emigrants told him he had overheard a conversation con-versation in the officers quarters One of the ships officers said to the others in the apartment that he thought the vessel would never reach Now York Her machinery was in bad order and had not received the I care it should have had before the steamer started Her pumps were broken and incase in-case of accident would be found of litle service srce Im afraid the Danmarks officer is re psrted to have said well meet the fate of the Geiser The Geiser was the vessel of the sao line sunk off Nova Scotia by a collision col-lision with the Thingvalla a year ago Wuglund further said the vessels coal boxes were afire on two occasions before the machinery gave out The first fire occurred oc-curred 1 oclock on the night of the 29th of March The second at 3 30 in the afternoon of the following day The passengers heard of both fires and showed more uneasiness over this comparatively slight accident than when the vessel became totally disabled dis-abled Vyuglund is loud in his praise of the captain and crew of the Missouri which rescued the Danmarks passengers |