The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-08
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NEw YORK, May The distance from
Fatner Point T.; Quebec. where the steam
er Titania with .ne crev OF the wrecked
State OF Florida Is expected to land, being
| nearly 300 miles. makes Is doubtful whether
| the particulars of the disaster can be learn.
cd until u late hour to.night. Austin Il
Baldwin, general agents OF tue State steam.
shir line, r, celved dispatch, the duplicate
being received py the Associated Press,
which reads Ms follows:
FATHER PoISr, QUrBso Nav 7.-rhe
steamship Titanic, inward bound, has
aboard twenty four OF the crew OF the
| steamship State OF Florida. The latter col
lided with bark Ia mid-oceau aud went
right down. 0it Of l67 souls only forty. -four
were saved. VI the others, twenty have
been picked up. The bark also went down
witu twelve souls. The survivors Will bs
landed o. Qasoec t. night.
These dispatches kre not inconsistent
with the report made By the City Of Rome
iha, ship that was sigma led by her In
mid OCEAN had on board u portion OF the
crew OF the State OF Florida, hut on the
other hand corroborates that story and lead
10 the Conclusion that the twen,y nUt pick
cd up by toe Titania were rescued by
another vessel. The agents cannot account
TOR the collision, es the seaman oil the State
oi Fonda were well trained. The eight
officers from the captain down were experi-
euced and careful
from Father PoiDt state hat the fitania,
having gone to Quebec with 70 delay, vii,
probably reach tnat city at . O'Clock to-
nigh. II The conditions continue favorable.
IL will be impossible to get statement re-
gsrdiug the circumstances under which the
collision and disaster occurred or to learn
the names ci the survivors until then.
NEW YORK May S.-The names of the
passengers and crew OF the State Vi Florida
we're published ip the New York papers Of
Sunday and Monday of this week.
FATHER POINT, QUEBEC, May THE
steamship Titania, from Glasgow, passed
ia word this morning. one has on BOARD
1srt Of the crew OF steamship Florida, that
vs-sel having been sunk by collision with q
oark la midocsan. Out OF 1G7 persons on
the State Of Florida only forty four were
aved, aud Of the bark's crew only tae cap.
tain and two men were rescued. Ons hun.
dred and twenty.three souls went down
with the steamer and twelve with tho bark,
making total loss OF 1856. Survivors will
probably be landed At Quebec.
NEw York, Nsy 7.-P. w. Gibson, pas.
senger agent OF this city OF the Guion line,
! sFfsLp rsvs has been received from the
4 !Svats, re New York office not covered
by the a Associated Pross dispatch from st.
Johns He csunot pive theory y hich will
account fUrthe cpiusi0n. rta Nevada had
oDlo four snl91o, ave iut-h ~ psula.s aad ff-
teen ste"Ezfil 'is@'appcle. She btiug tie
slowest ana one o. tLe JIa8st o. ,oe ssuioA
steamers VS. aot used sx.snsigeis or pas
senger9.
Bosros. May 7.-rhe agent Of ,hs VIII .on
line, this city. states the steamer Romano,
sank by steamer Nevada. was valued az
500 COO. The Wilson's are their own uuder.
writers. The cargo was general one, not
OF excsptionable value, mainly small lots,
insured by the shippers.
THE NEVADA AND ROMANS.
ST. JOHNS, n. f., May 7.-Oaptaln Brem-
mes, of the steamship Nevada, OF the Guion
line, gives the folio Aing additional particu-
lars OF the collision witn the Romans:
Monday, the 4;h Instant, at nom in lati-
tude AZ degrees 90 minutes, longitude AZ
south degrees % minutes, while on trip
New York 10 Liverpool. four days out, COL
lided with the Romans, of Hull belonging
TO the Wilson line. We struck the ship
on the por; side nbsit midship,
bursting into the engine, aud sunk
the Romans. She sunk Ia lCs, than an
hour. Her passengers and crew came on
BOARD in their own boats. IL WAS calm az
the time, .be heavy swell being over. Ehe
compartments OF our weather hour was
beaten in rom the forefoot 10 tne deck.
When the cargo was shifted and Temporary
repairs Effected, we bore M for St. Johns.
SUNDAY we fell In with the 81 Laurent
tran,.lhipped the past gers OF tl, r nstss
two in number, her ere " and part OF our,
passengers TO that ship.
QuEBac, May THE steamer Titania,
with some otthe crew of the lost steamer
State Of Florida, has passed on to Montreal.
ST, JOHNS. N. f., May 7.-0ffice,s OF the
steamer Nevada sieAdfGstlv refuse TO talk
concerning the manner and caufe Of the
collision with the Romano.
QUEBEC, May THE painful suspense
that prevailed here ell day with
regard TO the survivors OF the
disaster to the ftesmer State Of Florida
was relieved tonight hy the arri-
val OF the steamer Titians. from
Glasgow for Montreal, WITH coal
and general cargo. which wa.
telegraphed this morning as on her way to
Quebec with twenty four OF the saved
party. The Titiana reached port at S:16
this afternoon and proceeded straight to
Montreal. Toe order TO land the party
they saved here by taking them of
in mid stream, where she Stacked to ship
her Montresl pilot, wss cnuntermended by
vessels owners and instructions received
10 carry them through to Mon.
treel. The Titians was boarded,
however, by Associated Press reporters
who sccoia panied her for some
distance up the river and CLEANED
the names from the saved ard some thrill
ing particulars Of the disaster.