The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-17
THE Fl0RiDA'S FATE.
Sunk fy Collision with a Bark, In Mi
Ocean.

Ae1and II Mitchell. donkey man.
Jimes Tnomas, fireman.
William IL. Smith, passage-worker.
GorSe Forlesi er, second steward.
Nh Mcclellan, assistant steward.
f0sert Young, assistant steward,
lehn Mcdonald, able seaman.
.onn SAM tron, seaman.
aohn NcGaw, assistant cook.
adam Mactarlane, assistant cook.
William Miller, bakers mate.
Joseph Bennett of London. Ont, passenger.
Andrew Fairbalrn, second-class passenger.
DAVID Struthers, second class passenger
James Patience, steerage passenger.
tonah Hale, steerage passenger.
Eliza Churchouse, steerage passenger.
Ihe following are the names of the re
minder of the saved, numbering twenty,
n,w On the way to Quebec on board the
Norwegian bark Therese, of Christiana:
James Thompson, chief officer.
Fhemas Bair, boatswain.
lohn Smith, boats sain's mate.
Peter Peterson, captain.
Henry Anderson, lsmp-trimmer.
John Sllvsrblade, qnsrteImastsr.
John Miller, quartermaster.
John Smith, able seaman.
Cnarles Love, able seaman.
George Amour, sble seaman.
Jonn Beard, boatswaln's woman.
William Lawson, able seaman.
William Hyslop. second nslpeer.
Edward BOYLE. fireman.
john Mcdowell. fireman
Jane Mcfarland, stewardess,
Hugh Morgan, steeIsge passenger.
Pefer j. Rennlng, steeri ge passenger.
Martin Paterson, steerage passenger.
FRANCIS Watson, steerage passenger.
The following is the official report o.
he third fficer of the State of Florida:
We left New York, April IL, with about le7
passengers and crew aud a full general cargo.
al went well until the night Of the 18th. Al
H:S0 We came in collision with the bark Pone.
IA, OF Chatham, N. B., Capt. Hatburn. Both
nips went down almost instantly, and out Of
lie steamers passengers and crew only forty
tour, inc Il hing the stewsrdess, managed to es-
ape IL boats, ont OF the banks crew Of IF
teen only the captain and two seamen were
saved. The next morning the barA was OBJ
served bottom up. The survivors, after bein,
thuty five hours IN the boats without food Oh
water, were rescued by the Norwegian bari
Theresa, of Christiana, from that port bound
to Quebec. On the 22d twenty-four OF then
wefb transferred on board the ship Louisa, OF
aud from Cardiff to Quebec, where they re.
NAMED until the 9th day of May. when they
were taken On board the Tiiania for Quebec
1t is believed l35 lives were lost.
In an interview Mr.. Allen gave the
additional particulars:
The night on which the disaster occurred
VS. clear, though moonless, and the sea was
smooth as glass. He retired to his bunk at 3
solock, leaving the chief officer, Thompson, IT
:harge OH deck. About IL o'clock be heard :
usnsl suddenly given to stop the steamers en-
gsne, followed by fearful crash. He rus
inmediatey on deck, and the hrst thing he N
tied was red light pretty close on their st
bard bow. At the same moment he heard ty
caef officers voice and the cry collision
Ee perceived the bark which had run into
ITEM go down. This bark, he afterward
harmed from its captain and two OF its crew, vhc
we're picked up and saved, WAS the Ponema, Of
0atham, n. B., bound from Liver
pol to Mirimichi. Running to
ne side Of his own vessel he en-
teavored TO ascertain the damage done, and.
rcelvlng an immense gaping hole into which
he sea was fast pouring, and feellng-as he
aid himself-that the steamer was a goner,
le at once hurried to the captain, who i'm
nediately gave orders to get out the boats,
Dur OF which were down III fifteen minutes,
rhen the State of Florida just keeled over TO
prt and went down stern foremost. As far as
ie could calculate the disaster occurred in
Altitude 40 degrees north, longitude 3615 de-
;rees est, or about 100 miles Off the Irish
,oast. as when their last bearings were taken
hat day they were about 1850 north, 1886
vest. As the vessel went down sll ON deck,
including the captain, were washed off by the
sea. All ON board further stated, that the
captain was exceedingly cool-too cool, IL
fact, as he did not seem to look upon the dan
ger as serious or pressing, and this, together
with the fact that he appeared in no hurry TO
save himself, was possibly the cause why more
OF the passengers were not saved. They
would not take to the boats, and they supposed.
fborc ht,y, nNt a ma
great, and, moreover, the sea was SO calm. OF
the eight boa carried four were safely launched
and two smashed by the collision. Of the
other two be knew nothing, but believed they
were washed away when the steamer went
down. He did not believe anyone had escaped
in them. However, il they had, he did not
want to raise any false hopes, his opinion beng
that thev never would be heard from again.
When No. 2 boat was being lowered the tack e
was cut too quickly, aud its occupants, al
passengers, upset into the sea. A number, In
cluding Mr.. Bennett, of London. Ont, chung
TO the boats bottom during the remainder of
the night and we're picked up in the morning
by other boats. Sunday, after drifting thirty
FIVE hours, hey were picked up by the Theresa.
and the following Tuesday the party DOW on
board the Titanis we're transferred to the bark
Louise, Of Cardiff, while of Bird rocks, ut.
the latter being overcrowded, the party was
again transferred to the Titania.
Members of the present party on
beard the TItania presented pitiable
appearance. So sudden was the calami
ty that many OF them, in the hunks at
the time, had to hurry on deck and in
to the boats in their night clothes. Most
Of them had but confused idea of what
really took place. All could distinctly
however, the crash and the
rush for the deck.
TORONTO, May 8-Joseph Bennett, 8
survivor of the State of Florida, states
that just before one of the boats was
lowered, income cut the falls too SOFT
and the boat emp'ied all the passengers
into the sea. He, with five others
climbed on the keel and sat there al
night. Underneath the boat were a mum
Der of their former companions,
all OF whom were found dead
next morning. The small number ot
passengers saved he attributed to the
rapidity with which the Florida went
down, and the fact that the captain, who
did not realize the position
of affairs, made no endeavor to get them
into the boats. Though surviving off
GERS are very reticent as to the
for the accident
the impression seems 70 be thai
the steamship was to blame. The
men on the keel of the boat were
picked off next morning by their former
companions in other boats. They saw