Show THE DENMARK the following account of the arrival at philadelphia of the passengers of the lost ship denmark is COW con bained in the press dispatches of oi april 22 the missouri with people from the wrecked steamer dear denmark k arrived at the american line cofflin jock dock this all of 0 banys evening ev efting the denmark passengers look hev hearty and bright and show no signs of the hardships which they must have necessarily endured the general genew passenger agent of the line stated that all would be forwarded to their destination from the city if satisfactory arrangements could be made nearly all the aint emigrants are bound for points in the west C captain a in hamilton murrill con COM man mander or of the missouri fur furnisher nishO the following statement e we left london with i a I 1 general goforthe car cargo for the first trip to PI philadelphia bladel march on april ath we e sigh sighted td the denmark flying r a signal of distress we bore down on the steamer and found her disabled disabito captain knudson the commander sha reported the talland of his shaft broken and he wished me to take his bis passengers to new york owing to the state of the weather and because of the fact that I 1 was not pre prepared er to accommodate such a num number 0 or f i people I 1 declined to accede to nis his request but offered instead to tow I 1 his vessel to the newest nearest port this T offer captain knudson accept the vessel proceeded slowly heading northwest for st johns N V F which was considered the best port to bo make under the circumstances the wind blew with tremendous I 1 force all night this made progress most difficult april ath at a in finding I 1 could make no headway in a westerly direction and seeing lee ice to windward I 1 de aided to abandon any hope or of reaching st johns and determined to make for the azores islands sl ands I 1 signaled my determine tion to the captain of the den denmark ark and he agreed that this was the W best course to pursue at 7 a m we the denmark signaled we are leaking considerably there is now three feet of water in the arthold aft hold abo gaining rapidly I 1 asked what to w do and the signal came keep towing two hours later the denmark again signaled us I 1 the DOW dett mark is sinking we must abandon the ship will you take the passengers 11 without a moments best tation I 1 signaled back yes la 11 I 1 take ake all on board and do the best can I 1 then cut the tow line ilde aw we dropped down to the den chief officer glen of that at v came on board the missouri and vr iw formed me of the condition of oisa 1210 ship he said mad captain knudson decided for the best interests of those I 1 on his ship it would be better v 10 abandon her and get all his i P on inboard onboard board the Asa missouri ouri while chete r was plenty of time A heavy swell was running during all of this ter tc day making the work of 01 rw moving the people from the sina siukin a ship one of great biffi difficulty alty and ana orr 1148 aa only by the hardest work that we e blare able to avoid an accident both wh to the people and boats the women omen and children were removed mt and after them the male gs m and crew at 2 p m we fin med the work of transferring lue 8 passengers having consumed ly five hours and getting everybody ory body with the exception of the off officers leers safely on the diuri without a single accident A hour later the barometer corn com Ofin ced falling fallin and I 1 sent word to 0 plein K Knud nu son and his officers to le ve vb the ship and come aboard the jaw faour U ft and after getting some pro visions Mons from irom the denmark which had akl now settled very perceptibly in the lu water that vessel finally settled t captain bain knudson being the last to jve the ship I 1 found that we had lu 4 addition addition to our crew of 45 mer men assi tour four passengers cabin and dearm ge passengers 69 wa and acl crew of the ill fate steamer our vur last view of the denmark showed the ue vessel to be rapidly going down hr astern stern being almost level with the ae sea rea and water breaking over her we te threw overboard most of our 80 on the decks consisting prin of bales bale s of rags in order to jeroom ke room for the accommodation odthe the large addition to our xi list hat on looking over our pro wons ons we found with the number youths mouths we had to feed we had only y enough food on board to last three enree days and decided to make all ROM ible haste to reach the port of ot nicholas which was miles ovay ay on april ath at am out ten hours after the transfer transfer was as made mrs linney lidney aged 18 year s A danish woman was as on her way to amerita to ther her husband gave birth to a arl ilk my cabin the he little stranger 48 christened atlanta missouri he oe child was born during a howling bowling storm which rocked the vessel nu caused the sea to break over us we ye had started for st michaels with ah on board at 5 p m of the ath the the ai leather weather was very threatening at time the wind increased in in ence as the night wore on athing ing possible was done to to ake the passengers comfortable aings and sails were brought out used as a partial protection to ue panic stricken emigrants the P aa 10 kept increasing in fury and to 91 was as a tremendous sea running which uch was continually breaking th oer the oe vessel and taken altogether 88 looked dubious it must be bared we were very short of provisions and this storm at the outset teet of our journey towards michaels made us fearful of d 01 that port in safety by ight of A april 1 I ath however the e material materially y decreased and we ere able to make fair progress and oya on aar apr I 1 oth we arrived at st kich aels april luh we landed of th e passengers and crew of the e de denmark amark including captain aaen at at st michaels on the aes day we w sailed from st mich awk aith people from the den of or incle ding eight of the crew ej th mat 1 ta t vessel we had fine weather t ito rem ice way to philadelphia and a ar kably small amount of id sickness ekness on board considering the crowded condition of our boats just before arriving at the pier a florists agent boarded the ship and searching out captain murrill presented him on behalf of several shi ship owners and citizens with a hant handsome floral ship the hull bull and rigging being of phak roses rosee and a sea of evergreens ever greens and trimmed with silver sails the floral tribute to his bravery and humanity was an excellent specimen of the art of floral design and was admired by ev everybody who was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of it there was no never ver a J jollier ollier tar aboard a ship than captain hamilton murrill 3 of the missouri appeared to be today he was the lion of the day indeed and all the crew with all the excitement and boar bother incident to so great a responsibility as he has had upon his shoulders for the past sixteen days he was the same affable bighearted big hearted mariner who had a kind word for everybody and whose modesty never for once forsook him the steamer picked up on her way up the channel several tug loads of representatives of the Thing valla line of peter wright fe sons the agents and of the leading newspapers of the country everybody was hurrying to and fro getting what litte of their possessions they had been able to save from the sinking steamer and all displayed upon their faces every sign of joy at reaching terra arra firma sound and well all of them had the same story to tell in reference to their treatment on either boat the denmark and missouri alburl 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 prom from early morning the crowds began to gather at the piers along the river front below where she landed her human cargo and when the vessel reached the first of these docks she was saluted in every possible way always answering with the heavy sonorous whistle W when lion the boat finally touched at her pier the work of embarking disembarking dis was an easy task and directly from the ship the passenger gerv were conducted conducts to a well laden table fully feet in length at which they had their fill of good things a treat they had not looked for but which was made fully welcome tonight at 11 in a special train on the pennsylvania railroad nearly the passengers were whirled towards their destination 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 the 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 the agents of the thing valla line and will be re provisioned at chicago the final leave taking between captain murrill and the passengers of the denmark was affecting fec ting for all of those who grasped his hand the master made a smile and kind word of well wishing captain murrill could not state the value of the cargo which had been thrown overboard the entire cargo was valued at but only a portion of it was thrown away although 11 said the captain had bad it been necessary I 1 gouid would have thrown every pound of our cargo overboard that which was jetti consisted pt inci pally of bales of waste and other light but bulky stuff stored between the decks on the of april secretary windom authorized today the commissioner of emigration at philadelphia to use the emigrant fund in meeting all proper expenses in giving relief to destitute emigrant emi graat passengers of the wrecked steamer denmark brought to philadelphia on the steamer missouri |