The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-04
THE STATEOF FLORIDA LOST.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA LOST.
HkR BOATS PICKED Up AND WORD RE
CkIvED OF HER CREW.
fren west.bWaaa sails suppSssd Go
Have the Survivors Aboara-08 Passen.
ssrs asa Crew 81 so-Prssahiiities.
A bluo-coated messenger boy with brown
envelope In his hand ran into the ONCE OF Aus
tin Baldwin Il Co.. agents Of the state Line
Steamship Company. So broadway. at II o'clock
yesterday morning. Ten minutes lator the
| rumor that tho steamer State OF Florida had
foundered At sea had spread all over tho lower
part OF the city. and the steamship office was
crowded with oxcIted men who wero anxious
to learn the fate Of friends or relatives. Tho
only Information the agents Of the limo had to
give them was this. received from Glasgow:
Steamer Devon picked mp. April ~, two nfeboats.
FLORIDA, without occupants or gear.
Sailing vessel bound west sisnalled City Of Rome.
April a. latitude 49, longitude %2s. "shipwreeked
crew State -"
Tho location Of tho sailing vessel. as indi-
Gated. Is about half why across tho ocean. and
directly east OF the Banks OF Newton ndland.
The State OF Florida sailed from New York for
Glasgow on April IL. at o'clock in the morn.
ing. She had therefore been overdue for some
days. No news had been received from her
until this despatch came. The fact that two
Of her liteboats had been picked up was not
conclusive evidence. Mr.. Baldwin said. that she
was lost. because both might have been swept
from tho davits In storm. 1t was tho refer
enos to tho signal seen BY the Anchor limo
steamer City Of lome that seemed to confirm
the belief that she was lost sailing ship
when picking up the passengers and crew OF q
wrecked steamer. would not be likely to hoist
on board the heavy lifeboats. but would lot
them 60 adrift after stripping them.
Tho despatch indicates that only the crew
were saved. to the exclusion OF tho passengers.
does 1t notl" said listener.
No. Messages are. transmitted between
emit shapes and colors. which are run alofl on u
small line. There IL no combination OF flags
bcSr1 a but Guss
from this. am sorry to say that ali Of either
the crew or the passengers were saved"
The Captain Of the Devon report: thu. she picked
the III rs e, sardH on fsn .aS.
he feels certain that the occupants were taken OF BY
passing weasel
The DSSs 5sa n'f s sf'S ssw
sailing vessel that had on board tho crew Of tho
State of Florida Allowing tina, the sailine
tSs weather that has prevailed. it is safe to say
tnNt the ship was wrecked about the 18th. and
sIat City
OF Rome makes the following statement in re-
gard to the signals on the sailing ship:
be s..'s and presumed to refer to the State OF
Tho City Of Rome reached port on Sunday
public had not been informed Of the signals
He had heard nothing until the morning de-
spatch came. but he supposed that the agents
on the other sido had been awaiting further In
At the Anchor limo ONCE it was said that the
Captain OF the City Of Rome had unuuestion-
the information was given to the. agents OF the
State line. No information had been received
airea9ly known and nothing at ali had been cen
heard about the signal before yesterday noon.
This fact created some doubt as to the genuins-
confirmed It. especially as the State Of Florida
was3new. and was very strong steamer.
the ship PHI had BEEN blown up in midosean By
Irish dynsmitsrs. On Wednesday last. the
Assoessed, Press received despatch from
BY saying that detectives are awaiting the
is supposed to be dynamter.""
Yesterday the first despatch on the subject
from Glasgow read:
The manager Of the State line believe; that there was
the passengers on the vessel.
Then London despatch announced:
The POLICE profss. to have positive Information that
IN asGasa .ss H.
oidyIamits several Iromineni ofioer. q Tie drit.
s seHG.
assas
amiters
Agent Baldwin was asked II he thought, it
He laughed dsrisiveiy and said. The suppo.
stion is not worth serious thought It's
WSss Ssa the n,.b
said he believed that the facts would show q
Secretary Patrick Joyce of the Fenlan
Brotherhood manipulated great heap Of
n s ssea S Sa hs be 81
50. would have known Il il Troy had. but It
hp Rsssa
looked very solemn. and said: II shall prose-
.s{ ds q h snEns Tie
over there. 1t Is too easy to make it right there
under Gladstone's nose 70 take the risk Of ship
one who sunk the ship,
Other conjectures on the causes Of the wreck
osSo4 as nj % Of s ssH1f ss
lye water-tght bulkheads Theoretically both
ends would float Il shG was Gu; in I've The
have frequently proved unavailing in other
ships. ThOy would certainly fail II the steamer
WAS nippcd between fioatn. fields OF leo or
brought up broadside on to an iceberg. She
wRa probably wrecked several hundred miles
Gust Of tho leo fields reported by many ships
that have arrived recently. 1t Is believed by
seafaring men In the city that no storm can
wreck III miIoce9n woll-built steamer like
Tho State OF Florida carried out IS cabin pas
sengers. 90 steernge passengers. and Il crew Of
about 81 men. Tho following 10 q complete list
OF the cabin passengers:
J. j. Bakker. Phisdelpha; A. Bethune Toronto; 10.
seph ennett. New York; James Cruik shnix Brad lock
Ia; Ms. Elizabeth Cnlbncli and infant. Philadelphia
Daniel Conner. New York: Miss Lizzie Connor, New
York ,eorg. Edliixion. tLstOwel. Ontnrio; Andrew
fairhairn. New York: William f.nm.li. Iistoweii
1Mn."r'ci James q graham, "'t"T'o Mr.. nnd
ingram and Infant. New YORK Waller King. Ontsrio
l,ngton. Ohio; David s!ro!her.. New YORK; Andrew
Ada Anna. and Amy Taylor and Mr.. Thomas Taylor
IT,, Chicago: H. Van der Ley. Philadelphia; Mr.. r.
Wnrd Clevslnnd; Abraham aud Thomas Williamson,
Chicago: Miss u, Wood, Miss Lillian r. Wood, u. T.
Wood, and Henry Wood. Wellington. Ohio
The following is q list OF tho steerage passen-
gers:
Ole q. Aakre. Edward Benston. Jonathan Bcnston,
Alice Bowie william y brown, Mrs, ". u. brown and
infant, Mary Bnrns Francis Gaming. l.. Churrllaus,
Mrs. \. Dick, william Disk, liugh Donnrlly. Joseph
Foreman, William Gichrist, James Grant, 10
slab Hale, ". Hale. BERNARD ismlrick.un. John