The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-05
A MISSING VESSEL.
The Steamer state OF Florida Supposed
fE to Have Baem Lost. j

A MISSING VESSEL, ~
Tho Steamer sia.c Of Florida Suppos,
~ to Have Bsem Lost. .I.u -.
= y New foRH, May 3.-Austin, Baldwin
Co., SCENTS Of the Slate Line steamship
: this morning received a dispatch irol
Glasgow as follows:
"The steamer Devon, New York Il
Bristol, picked up, April I, two lifeboats
the State Of Florida, without occupants {
gear. A sailing vessel bound west wa
eignaled by the steamer City Of Rom,
. April %, latitude 46', longitude 4oo. Sh
bad the shipwrecked crew OF the Stat
| Line steamer on board" ~ ="
The City OF Rome arrived at Liverpoc
April q, from New York. The State c
Florida was OF four thousand tons, built q
I Glasgow In 1870. a's't M
Among the passengers Mr.. p. Ward
Cleveland; Henry Wood, Miss Lillian W
Wood, Mrs. L. Wood, NJ. L. Wood, Mis-
Mary Shackleton, OF Ohio; Walter Kin,
ind James G. Graham, OF Canada; Jsmei
Cruikshank, Of Bradlock, Psnnsylvania
Andrew Tarus, Thomas Williamson
rhornes Taylor, it,, Miss Amy Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. T. Taylor, Mrs. Anna Taylor
Miss Ada Taylor, and Abraham William.
son. Of Chicago; George Eddipgton and A.
Bethune, OF Toronto. -
DYEAMlrRRs on BOARD.
When the State Of Florida left this port,
rumor vas current that several of Rossa's
agents were on board with dynamite, and
detectives were awaiting the arrival OF the
steamer at Glasgow to arrest the men,
This is confirmed by cable from England,
Rosa said he knew nothing Of the men re-
ported on board. '7
LONDON, May 3-The City Of Rome
makes the following sta ementa with regard
to the signals Of the sailing vessel spoken
April %: "The first signal WIS 'Shipwrecked
crew, and then followed two other signals.
the first supposed to bo State and pre-.
Bumed to refer to the State oi Florida" +,
The Captain Of the Devon reports that
lie picked up two life boats OF the State Of
Florida" ' 9I ,w
GLASGOW, May 3.-The manager OF the
State Line believes there was an accidental
explosion OF dynamite on the State Of Flor.
ida. tits believed dynamiters were among
the passengers. . 5,'
NsSs TIE LOSS DENIED. Z.
LONDON, May 3.-The Glasgow manager
efthe State Line, on being questioned by
a correspondent this evening, regarding
the reported loss of tho steamship State Of
Florida, Indignantly repelled the concu.
sion, which he said had been too hurriedly
arrived at, that the ship had gone down.
TIE two litebosts which tho Devon found
in latitude Az north and longitude 34o west.
were not only empty in the sense of not con.
tanning human beings but were also without
oars orgear ol any kind. There YVES no ice in
thevicinily. The boats showed no evidence
OF having been capsized or otherwise badly
knocked about. On the contrary, their
condition would lead a sea-isring man 10
believe that they had been deliberately
abandoned. The manager states that ne is
confident for various reasons, that the oc-
cupants Of these boats have been saved.
For instance, the report OF the CITY OF
Rome, which on April %, spoke calling
vessel going west, which signsled, "Haye
auuhEu tue bulpWleCReu crew Of the State," :"
the rest Of the signaling having been lost
by haze, is considered by the Glasgow peo-
pie as being conclusive proof that the worst
10 be feared is that although the vessel
itself may have been lost, the crew and
possibly many Of the passengers have been
saved. ':E; M s.. ,@r@. Ei7
He had heard the rumors of dynamite.
but was not aware that detectives were wait.
ing the arrival Of the Florida in order 10
arrest any one. It was just possible that
an explosion had occurred. There were
other fends besides dynamiterE- Thomas.
sen, for instance, who had caused the ex.
ploston at Bremer.Haven some yenrs ago,
whoae only object in sacrificing property
and human life was money; and the man
ager reluctantly acknowledged that tho
State Of Florida was insufiiciently insured,
The underwriters will lose thirty thou.
sand pounds il tho steamer State Of Elorida
proves to be lost. Theship which eignalled
the city Of Rome was full rugged vessel,
English build. She displayed no national
flag. Alter signals she proceeded west.
ward. Five other sailing vessels were
sighted at the same time.