Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-16
DOWN. IN THE DEn.

Confrmatiou OF the Ioss Of the steamar
State OF Florida, with over 100 Lives.
Quebec Special. The painful suspense that
prevailed here all day with regard to the sur
yivors of tho disaster to the ill-fated steamer
State OF Florida, was relieved BY the arrival 81
| the Donal dson steamer Titiana, from Glasgow to
Montreal, with coal and d general cargo, which
vas telegra pied the It'll as on her way to Quebec
with tTentY four OF the saved party
The captain Of the Tltiana reports: May s,
! nt p. m ], while proceeding up the gulf and of
| Bird rocks, observed q ship exhibiting two
| bright Zig hts, and thinking he wished to COM
Inunicate, bore down upon him and took off
twenty -four passengers and the crew rescued
from the State of Florida Of Glasgow The
steamship City Of Rome passed them while on
board the ship Louisa, and answered their sig
nails, but did not stop. Following is the official
report OF the third officer Of the State Of Flor
| ida: fT&z 2 II lt.a8
| Left New York on the 18th Of April, with
about 167 passengers and crew and full gen
eral cargo All went well until the night of the
18th. At Ii 80 came in collision with the bark
Ponema Of Chatham, n. B., Capt Helburn.
| Both ships went down almost imme diately and
| forty four, including the steWardess, managed
to escape in boats, and ont Of the bark's
crew of fifteen only the captain and two sea-
men saved. The next morning the bark
was observed bottom up. The Survivors, after
being thirty five hours in boats without food Of
water, were rescued by the Norwegian bark
! Theresa, of Christiana, from that port, bounC
! for Quebec On the ed twenty four Of them
/ We're transferred on the ship Louisa Of and
I from Cardiff for Quebec, where they remained
till May 5, when they We're taken on board the
Titiana for Quebec. 1t is believed that 1876 livei
were lost. ''.'.' 49, h
Members of the rescued party on board thu
Titiana presented a pitiable appearance, &C
sudden was the calamity, that many of them II
| their hunks at the time, had to hurry on decl
and into the boats in their mghtclothes Mos
of them had but o very confused idea Of VIVA
really took place ALI could distinctly remem
Der, however, the crash and rush for the deck
| The survivors also remember with shudder tho
| dash for the boats as the ship went down amid
the sl1rieks and lamentations of the passen.
gers Those on duty at the time. renenlbe,
seeing red light flash for an instant, followed
by crash, after which nothing but confusion
followed, the steamer beginning to sink ant
hurried preparation being made to launch the
boats. The bark went down instantly. The
frightened passengers rushed on deck in thei,
nightclothes, and the scene was indie
scribaple Women went into hyster
les and men refused to move. The .womeI
especially objected to being doomed vessel
Some who could have been saved absolute
ly refused to bulge aninch Those who clunf
to the bottom of the capsizod boat all nigh
suffered terribly from icy cold water, though
the sea was calm Nevertheless they did no
lose heart Out 167 souls only A were saved
if the other 20 were not also picked up. Thu
bark also went down with II souls.