The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22

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deep, atd u D. believed hat Ihs side fatEe
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adoption n some mtfsufn ihHt will, 100 u
.frat faisni. llfsfn she rnninfT ~ suth
irishiiui de ttirs srd ths Wholstaif De-
s,rnol,n of the lives Il human beings
Formerly. Whenever occurred n disaitef IN
the nature Of iho los Of the Florida, an
investigation b. . board, appointed "i'h
fall poNeIa 10 guile into all The furronnd'
log circumstances attending 't' less,
whether ofp.0ptIiy o. oiii' Fas Teso'lSd
% asi The only means of afflS.as 20 o proper
ami corre, solution Of tho question Of
where o. p,sea lhe blame, Or u'fi'Fsnee' u
there we're utsligel -, ava unsn Wnom Tue
responsibility NUT rect. These inve-'igl'
tons have teen frequent, but experience
has lei M 20 boitys ihst they
have been usslltE. The Whi,ewRIh has
been too lsy.shly nsrd No reason
has 80, ever been sned i1T the frequent
oee nlrsucC Of these CisasteFs aud, with the
exception o. ore lsola'ed case, no person oil
rCrsous has ever been held accountable ioi
them. Hence u Is that the public, since
the ffsl,inl and disastrous loss oi iht
Florida, T. syiaolng 60 much Interest in The
question. 1ad tho people aIe eyolying "
their minds wheihtr or not ,hege is crlm'
nal nsgligeaea attached 10 the ltqgehi
recurrence 81 such terrible ard heat'isnt
ing scenes that have OF late been s9T-sd he
fore cur readers through ihc pJeis %! we
country. IL tho case Of tie distraction o
tie Florida, where Two vessels met hpo1
m.d.6cean while the sea was tmecth a.
glass, with no unusual rpheavsl OF thu
Vastly deep, aud waile the tky Sas oea
and the stars Ehobe ut in al their sp!sndor
we can assign 10 other reason than criminn
negligence Tor the les Of the brave shif
and the unfortsuste crew. To cay tha
such an accident ccourrd Of q tins wher
there was no disturbance In the DIR and
no cloud 10 tic sky, is simply 10 say thn
somebody blundered. Such IN acci'
daus could no, have occurred without
gross, nay, criminal negligence ON the part
: OF some ore who had control OF the i'll
fated chip. Bat an investigation OF th'
: slair by committee appointed by the
proper authorities would urquettionablJ
lead 20 the same results ss those OF the past
and the report OF such committee would nc
doubt be the same old story; month
passes and all is forgotten.
Il may be difficult 10 ascertain the truth
bat it is due to the people of both sides Q
the ocran to make every endeavor TO retcl
Il. And II would bs veil to mako the Lessor
OF The negligence In this osse, should it b
determined thst by negligence the Florid'
was lost, sslutstory, and not soon to be for
gotten. Tit Is found thai thcro has beef
criminal negligence in This last terrible dis
) aster, Fl the responsibility upon the enc c
more who have been criminally negligent o
their duty and To- punishment follow awii
and sure, and 10 the future such occurren
css will be lsss frequent. The case is on'
that calls for raid Investigation, and el
the punishment that the law admits OF.