Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-08
FOREIGN.


/ Soeo fr00a the state
FARTHER PoTST. Que. Nav The
steamship IItanla from Glasgow passed
TO fne vIndward this morning. she has
on board % of the crew OK the steam.
snip state of Florida. that vessel having
been sunk by collision with a bark in
mid ocean. Out of le7 persons on the
state of Florida. only IL were saved
and OF the bark's erex orly the captain
ana Two In-n were rescued. One nun
ored and twenty three souls went doxu
With the steamer aad twelve With the
bark, making total loss Of 1856. 1he
Survivors, vii probably be landed Al
Quebec.
The Iitania remained here 50 short a
time that only brief particulars could
be obtained Twenty other supposed
Survivors were IN another boat picked
up oy some other vessel. The name Of
she bark IL unknown BY any of those on
the Int inia- The Iiiania will arrive al
Quebec about 5 O'Clock tonight. IN,
only exchanges pilots here and prueeeds
to Montreal.
New YORK. MAY - The dis
lance from Farther Point to Qae-
be, where the steamship ritania,
With the crew of the wrecke steamer
State of Florida sr, expected to land.
being nearly 80 miles, makes il doubt
full whether particulars of the disaster
can be- learned till a late hour tonight.
Austin, Baldwin i Co., general agents
State Steamship Co., have received a
dispatch, and duplicate was received
| by the Associated Press. It reads as
folloxs Farther Point, Que, May 7.
The steamship TitanIa,iuward bound,
has aboard q of the crew of the steam
ship State of Florida. The latter col
lided with a bark in mid ocean, and
| went right down. Dot of l6T souls only
IL were saved. OF the others 20 have
| al-o been picked up. The bark also
went down with IL souls. The survivors
| will be landed at Quebec tonight"
These dispatches are not inconsistent
with the report made by the City of
Rome, that the ship whicr signalled her
in mid ocean had on board part of
the crew of the State of Florida.
lat on the other hand currobola ted
that story and led to the conclusion
that twenty who had not been picked
up by the Titania were rescued by the
other vessel. The agents cannot &C
count for the collision, Az the crew of
the State of Florida were well trained
htEQ CdptsSiu
experienced and careful.
Collision at sea.
ST. JOINS, n. F., May 6.-The steamer
Nevada, Capt. Bremner, from New York
April 18th for Liverpool, was in collis
ion on the 81 inst. with the steamer ko-
mano, Capt. Mitchell, from Hull for
Boston. The latter vessel sunk. Her
passengers. two in number. and the
crew we're transferred to the Nevada,
and on the next day, together with the
Nevada's passengers, were transferred
to the steamer St. Lauren. for Havre.
The Nevada bore up for this port where
she arrived this evening. Her stern is
completely driven in, and her bows are
generally much damage. She is in tine
hands of the agent of the Allan Steam
ship line here.
ST.. JOINS, N. F., May 7.-Captain
Bremmer, of the steamship Nevada, of
the GuioR line, gives additional par
ticulars of the collision with the Ro-
mano. "On Monday. the 9th. at noon,
in lat. ~ 81. lon. AZ %. while OH the way
from New York to Liverpool, four days
out, the Nevada collided with the Ro-
mano, of London, belonging to the Will
SON Line. We struck the ship ON the
port side, aba midship, bursting into
the engine-roem. The Romano sunk in
less than an hour. Her passengers and
crew came on board the Nevada in their
own boats. 1t was calm at the time,
with heavy swell. The collision filled
compartment of our vessel full of
water. Our bows were beaten in for a
few feet from the deck. When the cargo
was shifted and temporary repairs
effected, we bore up for st. Johns. Sun
day We fell in with the st. Laurent, and
transferred the Romano's crew and pas
ssngers 10 that ship"
The New Cable
HALIFAX, May 6.-Phe steamer Fara-
day, with the Bennett Macksy cable on
board. has arrived at Dover bay. A
telegram from Torbsy reports the sea
smooth and the weather fine.
A Royal Pesiman.
LONDON, May 6.-The Prince of Wales
has gone to fntsdam for the purpose of
visiting the Crown Prince Frederick
William. He is the bearer of an auto
graph letter from Queen Victoria TO she
Empress.
Marriage with Deceased Wife's sister.
LONDON, May Elm the Commons
this evening Henry Brodhurst intro
duced bill providing for marriage with
deceased wife's sister. II WAS carried
by 23s to Ill.
VICTORIA, STAY Tine Kendall Com
biustion is playing to full houses. The
police tonight turned many people
away and threatened TO arrest the man
a.rar IL has, a.,ld more ttcketa
An Irish Convention.
LONDON, MAY 6.-rhe Times Paris
correspondent telegraphs that a con-
vention of Irish Americans will soon he
held in Paris. James Stephens will
preside. The object of the convention
will be to consider extensively the Irish
question and To denounce the nefaiioas
operations of the dynamite invincible
faction.
An Uneasy Feeling.
MosTaEAI., May Ga very uneasy
feeling prevails this afternoon. owing
20 the failure in New York Of the Ma
rine National Bank and Grant i Ward,
stock brokers. Any failure over the
border n more keenly felt here nov,
owing to the prevailing stagnatisn of
business throughout Canada.
wants % at Rerifn.
BKKLIs. May The Sultan has tele-
ora shed the Ambassador 10 Germany
10 propose that the conference concern
ing Egypt sit at Berlin. Bismarck re-
fuses to interfere.
usfs.~usisn Betwees Ghine.e and
slack FLAGS.
PARIs, May 7. - Discussions exist
among the Chinese and Black Flags.
Desperate fighting between them oc-
CURED at Laski.
CRUEL M1srAkE.
Willard Asylum for the Insane has
among It's inmates Danish lady Of