| Show VIVID description BY THE CAPTAIN A born during i howling storm 22 the steamed ship missouri with people from the wrecked steamer danemark danmark Dan mark ar rived at the american line dock this evening all 0 the Dani narks passengers look hearty and bright and show no signs of the hardships which they must have necessarily endured the general passenger agent of tho Thing valla line stated 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 philadelphia april 22 captain hamilton murrall commanding the missouri furnishes tho following statement we left london with a general cargo for our faist trip to phil delphia march on april ath wo sighted the danemark danmark flying big nala of distress we bore down on the steamer and found her disabled captain knudsen her commander reported the tail end of her shaft broken and he wished me to take the passengers to new york owing to the of the weather and because of the fact that I 1 was not prepared fco accommodate a number of people I 1 declined to accede to his request but offered instead to tow his vessel to the nearest port this offer captain knudsen accepted the vessel proceeded slowly headin sr northwest for st johns N F which was considered the best port lo 10 make under the circumstances the wind blew with tremendous force all night this made progress most difficult april ath at a m finding we could make no headway in a westerly direction and seeing ice to the windward I 1 decided to abandon any hope of reaching st john and deter I 1 signalled signal led my determination to the captain of the denmark and ho agreed that this was the best course bo pursue at 7 a m tho danemark danmark signalled signal led wo are leaking considerably there is now three feet of water in the aft hold and gaining rapidly I 1 asked what to do and the signal came to keep on towing two hours later tho danemark danmark again sig balled us the danemark danmark is banking bin king we must abandon the ship will yon take the passengers without a moments hesitation I 1 signalled signal led back yes I 1 will take the passengers on board and do ithe best 1 can 1 then cut tho line and we dropped down to the danemark danmark Dan mark chief officer glen of that vessel came on board the missouri and informed me of the condition of his ship he said that captain kardson had decided that it was for the best interest of those on the ship and it would bo better to abandon her and get all the people on board the missouri while there was plenty of tima was during all of this terrible day making the work of removing the people from the sinking ship one of great difficulty and it was only by the hardest work we were able to avoid an accident both to the people and the boats tho women and children were re moved first and after them the male passengers and crew at 1 p tn wo 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 an hour later the barometer began falling and I 1 sent word to captain knudson and the officers to leave the ship and come aboard the missouri and after getting some provisions from the danemark danmark Dan mark which biad now settled very precept ably in the water that vessel finally settled captain knudson being the last to leave the ship t found we had in addition to our crew of forty live men and four passengers babin and steerage passengers and sixty nine of the officers of the crew of the ill fated steamer our last view of the danemark danmark showed the vessel to be rapidly going down her stern being almost even with the sea and the water breaking over her we threw overboard most of our cargo on deck consisting principally oi bales of rags in order to make room for the accommodation of the large addition to our passenger list on looking over our provisions we found the number of mouths to be fed and that wo only had enough food on board to last three days and decided to make all possible haste to reach the port of st michaels which was miles away on april 7 at a m about ten hours after the transfer was made mrs linney aged 18 years a danish woman who was on her way to america to meet her husband gaye birth to a girl in my cabin the little stranger wis christened atlantic missouri the child was bom 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 ath the weather was very threatening at the time the wind increased in violence as tho night wore on svery thang possible was done to make the passengers comfortable awnings and sails were brought out and used as a partial protection to tho panic stricken emigrants the gale kept increasing m fury and there was a tremendous sea running which was continually contino ally breaking over the vessel and taken altogether things looked dubious it must be remembered we were very short of provisions and this storm at the very outset of our journey towards st michaels made us fearful of reaching that pork in safety by daylight of april jtb however the gale materially decreased we were able to make fair progress and on april we arrived at st michaels april alth wo lauded of the passengers and crew of the danemark danmark Dan mark incudine inc captain ebud son at st michaels on the same day we sailed from st michaels with people from the danemark danmark Dan mark including eight of the cew of that vessel we had fine weather all the way to philadelphia and a remarkably small amount of sickness on board considering the crowded condition of our boats |
