Newspaper Article about SS Danmark Shipwreck

Title

Newspaper Article about SS Danmark Shipwreck

Description

A copy of an original newspaper article covering the sinking of the SS Danmark. On April 5, 1889, heavy winds and high seas caused the ship to begin sinking on its voyage from Copenhagen to New York with 665 passengers, most of whom were women who intended to go to the West to marry or seek work as domestics. The cargo ship, SS Missouri rescued everyone from the ship.

Creator

New York Times

Source

Perry Severson, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014

Publisher

New York Times

Date

1880-04

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Relation

"Perry Severson Discusses the SS Danmark and His Family's History," http://historyharvest.unl.edu/admin/items/show/745

Format

document

Language

English

Type

image

Original Format

Newspaper

Files

DSC_0071.JPG

Collection

Citation

New York Times, “Newspaper Article about SS Danmark Shipwreck,” History Harvest, accessed March 28, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/609.

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