The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-08
SUNK IN MlD-OCEAN.
FATE OF TIE STATE OF FLORIDA.
In collision with Bark and Both Vessels
Los'--one Hundred and Thirty-FIve Per-
sons Drowned.


IN collision with Bark and Both Vessels
Lost--One Hundred and Thirsy-Fiye Per.
sons Drowned.
BY telegraph TO the Di.paich.I
FATHER POINT, May THE steamship
Iitania, from Glasgow, passed inward
AZ DAD O'Clock this morning. She has on
poard twenty-four OF the crew OF the
steamship Florida, that vessel having been
SUNK by collision with bark in mid
ocean. Out OF 1877 persons on the State
OF Florida only A were saved, and OF the
parks crew only the captain and two OF
the men were rescued. One hundred and
twenty-three souls went down with the
steamer and twelve with the bark, making
the total loss OF life 1856. The survivors
Will probably be landed at Quebec.
TIE LOST STEAMER.
NEW YORK, May L. The State Of Flor
ida left New York for Glasgow ON the 10Th
OF April. She was 1000 tons burthen, and
was built at Glasgow In 1879. She was
3IS feet long, 3S feet beam, and 2S feet
depth OF hold, md bark-rigged. The first
intelligence that lead TO fear OF the safety
OF the vessel was the following telegram
from Glasgow to Austin, Baldwin & Co.,
agents OF the State Line steamships at New
York: 1.-THE steamer Devon, New York
Tor Bristol, picked up, April 81, two life
boats OF the State OF Florida, without occu-
pants or gear. A sailng-vessel bound west
signalled the steamer city OF Rome April
90, latitude 46o, longitude 400. She had
the shipwrecked crew OF the State Line
steamer on board"
The City OF Rome, upon reaching Lon
don. stated, regarding the signals OF the
sailing vessel spoken OF April 23d: The
first signal was "Shipwrecked Crew."
Then followed two other signals-the first
supposed to be " State" and presumed TO
refer to the State OF Florida.
The distance from Farther Point to Que
bee, where the steamer Titania, with the
crew Of the wrecked State OF Florida, is
expected to make her next landing, being
nearly 300 miles, makes it doubtful whether
particulars OF the disaster can be learned
unit! a late hour tonight.
CONFIRMATION OF THE DISASTER.
Austin, Baldwin & Co., general agents
OF the State Steamship Company, received
this morning dispatch which was practi-
cally q duplicate OF that received by the
Associated Press. II read as follows:
"Fdther Point, Quebec, May 7.-Captain
Donaldson, Of the steamship Titania, in
ward bound, has on board twenty-four OF
the crew OF the steamship State OF Florida.
The latter vessel collided with bark in
mid-Ocean and went right down. Out OF
1G7 souls only forty-four were saved, il the
other twenty have also been picked up. The
bark also went down with twelve souls.
The survivors will he landed at Quebec to-
night"
These dispatches are not inconsistent
with the report made by the City OF Rome
that the ship which signalied her in mid
ocean had on board a portion OF the crew
of the State OF Florida, but, on the other
hand, they corroborate that story, and lead
to the conclusion that the twenty who were
not picked UP by the Titania were rescued
by another vessel. The agents cannot ac-
count for the collision, as the seamen OF the
State Of Florida were well-trained officers,
from the captain down, and were eXpe-
rienced and careful men.
IMPORTANTLY OF GETTING DETAILS.
The Titania remained here so short a
time that only brief particulars could be
obtained. The twenty other supposed sur
yivors were in another boat, and are sup
posed to have been picked up by some
other vessel. The sunken bark's name is
unknown by any Of those OF the Titania.
The Titana will arrive at Quebec about s
O'Clock tonight, but will only exchange
pilots there and proceed for Montreal. 1t
is probable that the survivors will be sent
ashore at Quebec with pilot-boat and put
in charge OF the proper authorities.
TORONTO, May 7.-Advices from Father
Point say that the Titania having gone on
to Quebec with no delay will probably
reach that city as early as O'Clock to-
night, il the conditions continue favorable.
1t will be impossible to get statement re-
garding the circumstance under which the
collision and disaster occurred, or to learn
the names of the survivors until then.
The names OF the passengers ana crew OF
the State of Florida were published in the
New York papers OF Sunday and Monday
this week.
Another steamer Sunk by Collision.
(3y telegraph TO the Dspatch.l
ST. JOINS. n. F., May 7.-Captain Brim-
per, Of the steamship Nevada, OF the Guion
Line, gives the following additional par
ticulars OF the collision with the Romano :
On Monday the 9TH instant, at noon,
whilst in latitude 400 So, longitude 40 20,
while on our way from New York to Liy-
erpool, four days out. we collided with
the Romano. OF Hull, belonging to
the Wilson Line. We struck the ship
on the port side abaft the mid
ships, bursting into the engine-room.
The Romano sank in less than an hour.
Her passengers and crew came on board us
in their own boats. 1t was calm at the time
with heavy swell on. Our collision CON-
partment is full OF water. and our bows are
beaten IN from the forefoot to the deck.
When some OF our cargo was shipped and
temporary repairs effected we bore up Tor
ST. Johns. On Sunday we fell in with the
Saint Laurent, and transshipped the pas
sengers of the Romano. two in number. her
crew. and our own passengers to that ship
BOsToN, May THE agents OF the VIII
son Line in this city state that the steamer
Romano, sunk by the steamer Nevada. was
valued at about $4,000. The Wilson's arc
their own underwriters. The cargo was
a general one, not exceptionally valuable
It was mainly in small lois, and insured by
the Shippers.
ST. JOIN, N. F., May THE officers oil
the Nevada steadfastly refuse to talk con
corning the manner and cause OF the COLL
sion with the Romano.