St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-15
SUNK in Mid-Ocean.
OVER ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

.,.l c,'i. -. 40 W '"c iHtc VI tht
T,s.;'' T1S.."ue 'oIa'e 'Iihe. sIeaher state oi
,..'ua' whose TWO. empty ilfe-boats
~ iecehtiy Plched up ny tae steam
onaI' was setlie9 py tne arrival
q. S%euee oi + tIie Dohaiuson me steam-
tla = I'm" rom y, "ias9"W WIN - oi
I sba r',,l vi tiie rioiiu' on poard w, Mhoul
pnnort IIu that itpIn .t S, slliail ooat lI1ese
mid-Ocean by collision with bark,
the Romano, which also went to the
bottom. OF the i67 souls on board the
fIorida " escaped in life-bOats and of
10 souls on the bark the captain and
TWO Others were saved. The total
number OF lives lost by the disaster is,
therefore, l3I. The 20 persons who
escaped I'D ilfe- boat and were not
pieeeu up ny the iitanla are probably
t,,. Ir,"se on ooard the Norwegian bark,
/ heres't oi ShIlstlana, which tried to
s'gnai the Clty OF Rome. They are
no" on thelr way to Quebec. The
GitPldih OF the iltanla reports as FOL
ioNsi may D at . p. m, While pro.
.1ee1ihS up the gun, ana when on Bird
."0hS o"SerNed shlp eNliloltlng TWO
vi 'S'I 'iSiftS ana, thlhklhg she wished
=" communicates nnre down upon her
ah" i"0k OH "a passengers and crew
re- I.sc'ie" rom 'he otate OF Florida ot
TIaSSoW; 1.I.. FasSea snip Louisa OF Car
"in on hlfu Rocks, from winch vessel
we Woh the shlpwrecked crew. The
CltN ol nome passed them whlle on
BOARD the snip Louisa and answered
thelr signals but did not stop.
OFFICIAL REPORT on ru,pn opr,cpp
Ar1EN
Ua 1e. .,
aI,a,,t 1e7 w" ON APill X WIN
r,,m - an" I'o" "uu
M tIn SIt at c ti'' al Metnt na wen unt'i
anII;I5J Nh I''' io'h "V ,io0' Mheii we
CT'nti Nh u ',lo o%IN M ioieii'a oi
,,a'i" D,''''',''"i' Az. ~ N"P'' ileS p'ih' both
'o1'e'H "1nI uo"n UTMOST instantly,
'n. al ouI vi the steamers passengers
anu ere" only A. including tle Stew
1IuISS' n managed 10 escape IN the boats.
W '''e oi'h ere" Oh ID only tne cap
'"ih "n" CWo Seluleh were saved. Inc
neA' , i"iuiiG tHe oark was observed
ool'o'i up. l"e SURVIVORS, aiter nav
,"S "oe" "a 1oiIrs III Ihe poatS without
,oou OF water, were rescued by the
Norwegian DARK heresa, OF Christlana,
rom thaI port honhd Tor Quebec. On
the --u, "a OF tlem We're transferred
On ooard the snip Louisa, OF ana from
CarGili' ior Quebec. they renamed
On tilat vessel until May D, when they
"erG 'dheil on nodtu the lluanla lot
quebec. II is believed that l3| lives
were Iost. Inc same ofilcer, James
Allan, In an interview, told this story ::
The night on which the disaster oc-
CURED was clear, though moonless,
anu the sea was as smooth as glass.
ne thlrd otlcer retired to his onnk at
; O'CLOCK leaving Chlei Oihcer lhomp-
son IN cliarSe ol Vhe deck. ABOUT ll'lo
ne heaTu the slShal suddenly gwen I"
stop Cie steamer engines, ioiloWed oy
learlnl crash ne rushed Immediate
y on deck' anu the hfSI thlhS he
hol!ceu u WAS IeI itSht pretty close on
Ihelr ACaro"aru DOW. AT tle same
moment ne hei'rd Vhe chiei OIlcers
voice anu cry OF collisloh, and per
'elVed the DARK Mhich had run INTO
Ihehl' 90 uoWn. ms Dark ne aiter-
ward learned from its captain ana two
'i i'S crew. VINO were Plckeu up anu
saved was the Ioheina OF Cnath'tm' ~.
D,' ""'i"u MN ON Ni1e' pooi =" Mli"lliicil';
Nlhhlh@ 10 the Side Oh MS own VesSei
ne eilue'tEoreu 10 ascertain tle damage
i""G' anu Per'GiNIuS an immense gap
.nS h"iG 'i.to WHICH sea was iaSt pour.
InS an" leei''lS' dS ne sdiu nihiseh'
Lh"' I'ie S.e3iiieI was SoheI' ne dt
'iiSe my ''", i''u =" '',e .ti''"in M"c S'Ne
'.t;L ,!Te W 81 o"' 'Ie '; ot iou' VI
'ha St Stot ,,S ot T EIor;Ja " inst 1911 m,.tn
r"D I an. ~ ,,' JSu sto,,, ea o,e' "
P", '"u "'"' ~, i1lo,iu'V'
!. as ieai na ne o1uii o"iou'a'e una tlie
''s"ste' "cCuniu l.,e' !" ,"'i'''ue - norIh,
onsl'uue % 'O west OF "ltllih ABOUT
I-oo WlIeS Oh tie lriS'i coast us wnen
, ,I'eir IdsI pe'tillSS were tdheh on t'ldt
lay they we're IN .1599H. ABOUT latltude ~ 2o
"lV'l, 'o"Si'',''o 90 "' "Ss'I AS Cne
'essel "eht u"" 1t All Oh uech; ihclua-
hS ''e captain were "aSiie" OH oy the
sea- Mr. Ailah 'uI!neT stated l, ttaC the
'aptaih was e4cSeulhSiy cooi; 700 cooi
n tact, as ne "id NOT seem 10 LOOK upon
y ne uanSeI % as serious us or pressing, ana
ms WIN ''le i''cI IiiaI ne appeared III
no hurry 10 S"Ne riiiiseil, WAS possibly
,ie reason tlaG more oi the passengers
were h0C siiVeu' heF Wouiu hoC take
20 the ooacs aS Ihey supposed. wheh
lheH saw MN SO cool, GhaC the danger
was not so great ana moreover, the
II 60. ,r-,,.o ell, I,IaI,I 49,.
smashed by the collision, and of the
other two he knew nothing but be-
ieved they were washed away when
the steamer went down. He did not
believe that any one had ESCAPED in
them. However, if they had. he did
not want to raise any false hopes, his
opinion being that they never would
be heard from again. When No. boat
was being lowered the tackle was cut
too quickly, and its occupants, who
were all passengers, were unset into