The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-13
How the Mariners See aud CAnPe
Say.
The Steamer Justly Charged With the
Disaster.
The Landsmsn Not Only Hark bat
Heed.
Where is Plimsoll and His PlIgrimagtf
-Au Earnest Appeal.
Sem ething from the Story that Will
Stay aud SlreDg hen.
The Lament Of Poo-, Poor Jack.
THE LOGS or THE FLORIDA.

THE Loss oy THg FLORIDA.
QUEBEC, May l2-Ihe onk fneresl. with
The remainder OF the survivors OF the Stats
OF Florida has arrived. Tha survivors were
tsken In charge bf the agent OF the s,esmer.
they refuse 20 thlK Of the accident. Oticer
Thompson Is much depressed. The seamen
sre less reticent than the officers, bat uu-
able to throw any light upnn the cause OF
he disalt6r. navirg bsen abed when the
yesses o5lided. rne Theirs, had mall
accommodation aud spare rations. Those
saved from the Ponema are:
Capruin Heyburn.
Angela Rosa.
Thomas Nicholson.
The name, Of the lost Of the Panama are
not known. The Panama WAS IL bal--
las. ior Liverpool Tor McAmich.
The sailors OF the Florida secured
by the .geut, ware kept away rom news.
paper men. They seem impressed thas
Thom pson IL to blame for the c5llision.
One sailor Of the bark persisted from expos
u-e ia tho boat. Captain Hes ybarn iost
tverx thing, Nicholson, on the LOOKOUT ee
he fmc OF the collision, ascribes tbs fault
OF the di'sster TO the s.eamer. All spoke
| favorab!y Of Officer Allen. Tney agree the
| CITY OF Rome refused assistapcs. Sac was
| 50 near /, was impossible not % have seen
| VI understood the signals. All corroberste
| the bravery OF Engineers Bii1 and Alder
| son, and testify TO the activity of the sec
| o1d officer OF the Florida, who was lost.
Captain Her burn, ot the Ponema, makeo
| first statement coming frm that vessel'e
crew. He rays he Gao give no Information
| AZ to the cause of the accident he retired
halt IA hour before the Co lision. which
knocked him ont. Three minutes alter.
| raris he found himself in the SEA without
= ship, and ull hands washed OF while try
| ing - lower The boals. The saved from
| he PJnems ARE:
| Thomas Nicholson, OF Shetland.
| Angela Rosa, Of Treia,e.
| Lost as follows:
| Williams, mate.
Mudsen, second mate.
! Fullerton, steward.
| Ban, carpenter, and ssamen Shaw. Da-
wilson, Jscobien, Paul Bussick, Lyons
| John and two Italians
The captain eived no papers. Mate VIII
| lisrns Was on duty when che disaster oc'
CURED The cgpta'n saw none oil the Of
licers after the callision. He said he did not
see the Florida; did not know what struck
them were In the boat tor th1ts-'our
houIs; the Theresa picked th'r, ~ about
half an hour before shs came upon the hrse
of the FloIida's boats.
CAPTAIN Hansen, OF the Theresa, made
The following startling chsrg rno steamer
CITY of Rome YVES sighted Wedaesday;
April %. The sea was smooth ana u y
weather clear, IL being onh ui the nnese
days since taking the shiP~recked parties
| on board. "a,
| "How near did she psts2"
"So nssr you could heave biscuit; at all
events," eaid the captain. within thfee
chip lengths. We hung ,hs ensign upside
down, the usual signal % di-tress. she
hoisted ihe answering pennnnf, out never
stopped, and proceeded on her way"
Captain Heyburp, Captain Hansen,
Miss McFaIisne, William Hislap and
several others agree to the ciireciness OF
the mbove. They also deny pOsit'v,l ly thae
the sign had not been cen. when
told that the city of Rome reported the
Theresa with portion OF the snipwreck
crew on board, they insisted they never
signalled In fact, but shouted 10 that elect
from the top OF the bavK's iorecsstle. they
shouted, "OOme back! come backl We have
the crew of the FloriiG!" but beyond hang
ing out an answering psnnant, tue snip
took no notice Of them.
Thomas Nioholson was on the deck OF
the Ponema when the collision occurred.
He was not on DUTY but merely walking
ihe deck. Hn says the bark vas on the
s'srboard tack, showing her port lignt.
There must have been someshing fssrfuily
! WRONG sbnu' the steamer, he saws, when
she couldn't keep out Of the way. He
added taat IL was reported among the sail
o. OF the Florida that the bsik's light was
r. s,orted three tlmos tina. n'gnt BY the
/ Lookout on board OF tho steamer.