The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-05-13 00:00:00

00CK OF THE WALK.

THE LOSS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
PAIIIIATITEII OF SUILMOILI.

On April ICI', Joel before midnight, the sky bole; star.
light withom • moon, reed th wee perfeztly claim is
latitode 49 N. lontit We 36 W., the bmqu• Pomona. of
. Liverpeol, Capta'u H•Aburn, risme in eoliolon with the
Stet., of Ph •ri in. All the &oculists pubiiehed obentioa
that the Pommes', rel licht was seen briehtly at the
instant of the oolluion, but none speak of it Se havins
been seen earlier. The Poona& sank lostaMly with HI
of her mew. Captain Hebbarn end two others seamed in
• boat. Tim State of Florida sank quickly with 113 of
the bewousers eni Q./. Pour bo•to mewed 44 person.
who en lured tlrrlble hirishipe foe kg koe, gI.
against both law and custom for the Mete to be without
my ',sullenest, as them were, The survivors wave for the
most pert without e'othinr. Toe Toerem, • Noe mei .n
barque. for Qui doer, pick"! up 47 survivor*, and tram.
(erred 2401 them 1, the Lealee. women' they were tekon
by the Titania on Sunday. which arrived on Wodneoday
at Quebec. Tim Toscani, with the others. Is still to be
heard from. The menu on boned the State of Biocide
were equally brief sad terrible. The captain's amendire
*oohs's" seemed to iodinate that he failed to appreciate
the extremity of the situation, emus whoa be was is.
formed that a hole had Men made In the side of his
vessel memuring ex feet mom". All the other
°snore exoept Allan. ived the crew were torrar-striakan.
The //Q./ 101 l into hysteric., and refused to
enter the Mato Toe engineer, Bela bravely re.
turned from the boat he had entered, and forolbly
threw the Mower/me into the boat; bet he himself
writhed. Om over-loaded baat capered live of it.
former occupants clang ti the keel, to the icy water,
through the night, ea.tonziflio.te.l.nindpziotheestimpte. among
the expels of those In tbi
way, 1.1.• gm DO DOWD/ at him. and hit tensile were
hoard by those who lay as ihe keel ; in the morning when
released he was • maniac. The testimony mallet the
captain .4th. BtreM of Ylorid• is aneemedwut,
to bare lost Me Mad. The third *Mom, Allen, on being
asked "We.. the captain cm' r replied. with no ominous !
shake of the bead. **He was ha 0401." Others Nay he
appeared Ilk* • man dosed. The reepooMbility for the
aoskleat is generally believed to mot with the demner.
The clewed mooned of the Florida wreak is given by •
tle• ship's surgeon. Dr. Andrew Stmle. He ears :—" Aboot !
ten o'clock in the evening an April 19th I was readies in
my cabin. I had bees on deck, and aotiood that it we. a
elem. starlight night, Siddesdy I heard • Mang gam in
the engine-room. signalling OM melee, to back the
euireare et full epees. At the same time there woe con-
fused tremolos on desk. I basteaed • n deck. when I
saw gland? tee •pere and calt••• of • hie sailing ship
heading directly for no. Her port light wee distiontly
visible. The gam about the deck shouted. Toe
trok Oboe the next moment Oor ship
rolled to starboard on • big ware, and the other
venal crashed into es, str.kkg nearly amidships on
the starboard aide. The ahock sompletely demoralised
meryole The men cried 'Take tb th• ete' but many
our. toe much frishlened tb helo themselves, eveib alter
the boat, were in the Water. Tie chip woo sinking too
I a idly ti enable the Crew rutri'l to •av• Ste. The
blew ardeee •as I blinked let, • bit, hut so other woman
erae on deck. I entered one bait In • few =Mutes
both meek sank. The motels ant two *cameo of the
barons were found alias at te to wreckage of their
vessel, and wan telteii let, our boat. There wife 44 of
tie 112 t%e b tot We drifted for two dem Miriam ammar
food nor water. The 'emitter was fair, bet we entered
"merely from sold. We topereted from the Min other
Mete which more Mooched Oa the 10th April we
attracted the attention of the Nor mocha bargoe Then's',
bound for Quebec, which Waked as up, trotted us kindly,
and teo days later traneferred HI of no to the bens le
Louise, bound for Qaebee2 al we wets making serious
lormilxno.tb• preemie:to

The third officer of the Florid• says lb bt the night was
p•ldertly clear that the Masi Alcor wee In charm sod
that the captain failed to realise. the rarity of the War
Mon until too late to ears lila Nobody to able to amount
for the colli•Ion in each weather
Kr. lames Allen, third °Hoer of the State of Florida,
sera that he rstlred to hit bunk •t eight o'clock. leering
Chief Officer Thompeoa in shards eau deck. Aboot half.
peat eisesa o'clock Allan heed the signal soddenly g yea
to .top the stesdner'm minims. followed by • fearful croak.
H. immediately rustled on deck. and the gra thing he
noticed we. • light pretty rime on the larboard bow. Al
the rent• moment he heard the chief °dimes rola gad •
cry of "Collisioa I" and taw a b.rque which had run
into theta go down. Harming to the side of hie own
vessel, hit endisvoured I, aseartsio to. damage done
end Pircei".4 en imam.* gaping hole into wit,ek the
sea oat fad ',Airin(. Feting that the atemsr wsa
downed, he at once hurried to the captain. who goes
orders to get out toe boat.- Four were down in fifteen
minutes, when the !Hots of Florida keeled over to Fort
and went do-n Here foremost. A. near as he ascii
calculate the disaster occurred in latit ode 49 deg. north,
longitude M deg. 30 min. west. or within about 1.9J0
miles of the Irish Coact As tip. weasel went down all on
deck. taeleding the emestin, were washed off by the ees.
Allan farther stolid that the captain was exceedingly
cool, too cool In fact, as he did not seem to look upon
the dancer as eerieste or pressing. This, tegetheg with
the fact that he appeared in no her y t•sere Moffitt,
wet • possible reason that more passenger.; were not
saved. They ',maid not like to the boats, se they suit-
plead when they saw hies to pool that the danger was not
so meat. Moreover. the sea was so calm. Of the eight
boa's ca•ried four were Wel? I beached, two were smashed
by collision. nod of the other two he knew aothiag, but
believed they were washed ewer when the *Walter went
down. H. did not believe anyone mcaPed in them
Walla No. 9 boat wee lowered the task's wee cat too
quickly, and Hs occupant., oh. were all paesengere. were
upset into the ma. A swatter of them. la:lulls' Mr.
Hewitt% of London. Ottatin, clang to the boors bot.,mm
during the remainder of the night and wen picked up in
the morals( by the ot`ter beam Allan &Mime giving
any opision or t. the accident. Tr* remitted party pro-
mpt a pitiable app wane.. Tao obedient wee., sudden
that many escaped ouly in th.ir night clotlem. They
recollect very little excepting the creek end confusion.
Those who clone to the bottom of the eam•aed boat all
night suffered terribly from the, is, catsw.ath.r.though
the sm wee calm. On. of the cumber. naiad Donative,
was %mimosa h Ina eapais I boat until they word
pp In Me morning. Wten h, cope 311 be hoot hie bold
at Went on, will her, meoegint to wear a po.iti
stem, the bag% where he remained talking to nialatif nod
coI • Ding oval he erromei. Etti comutaiOnt on the
Sid* were tilkable t) ocelot him. I . t%4 moraine, when
they *ors picked the bottom of the boat hat to he
brAen through to get him out. Ile presented • dreadt GI
appearance from long imposer, to the waves sad lask of
Irish air, but * few dais taw gg got all right.