Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-05-15
THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
Arrival nj Quebec OF the Remaining
survivors-Iptervie Prevented
harAIAm.

QUEBEC May IL The balance of the
survivor of the State of Florida disaster
landed here last night from the barque
Therese which arrived up under sail last
evening aud anchored at the upper
ballast ground. ALI thoss whose names
have already appeared are well and hearty.
Mr.. Clear, the New York agent of the
Stat" Line Ia understood to hsve boarded
the barque on its arrival and taken
charge OF the surviving officers and to
have lodged them in comfortable hotel,
He dii the same for the four steerage
appeared much worn and detected. The
party were called upou, but refused to
speak OF the accident at all.
The sesmen were taken to the river
police station and there duly registered.
They wers less retioent than the officers,
bat were unable to throw any light upon
the cause Of the disaster, having been for
the most part In bed when the
collision occurred. They. appeared
to have endured many hard
ships on board the Therese
which did TO. have accommodation for 30
large a ships comp ny. They were
hilleted out to d fsrent boarding houses
last night and some OF ,hsm were seen at
supper. They declared it was the fret
square meal ihey had had for a fortnight.
The names Of those ssv.d from the
barque, which was in collision, are Capt.
H7yburn OF Liverpool, Al eelo Rosa and
lomss Nicholson. These are the names
registered at the shipping ofhcs The
namss OF the crew of the barque who
were lost lhave not yet been asoer-
tsined. The PonemA WAS IL
ballast from Liverpool for Mira
miohi and WAS of 749 tous burthen.
No information eau bs derived from the
officers OF the wrecked sts amer, the Nav
York agent of the company preventing
them from beins interviewed, Before the
survivors OF tue POnema we're picked up
one of their companiopa,a a seaman belong
ing to the barqus, died in the boat from
coid ard exposure.
Captain Hepburn went to the hotel In
company with the officers OF the State OF
Florida He has lost everything and IL
destitute. Nicholson WAS on the look ont
at the time of the collision aad distinctly
aseribss the fault of the disaster to the
steamer. ..-.
Tue Survivors who arrived yesterday
all speak tsvorably OF Third Officer Allan
as did those who arrived here by the
Tltauis. Both Allan and DR.. Steele Of the
ill-fated steamer who arrived here on the
Titania and went on to Montreal returned
yesterday with MIR Cleary. All who
were seen last night from the Therese
sgree that the City of Rome refused
assistsncs. She was go near that 1t WAS
impossible not to have seen and under
stood the Signals.
The stories told by the survivors on
the Tisapis OF the gallautry OF Chief
Engineer Balm of the State of Florida, In
saving the lite OF the atswardess, Misc
Farlan, at the cost of his own, and of
tie bravery OF Lsmpligbter Henry Andsr-
son in bresking in the bottom of the
overturned boat to draw out
the man imprisoned below are
corr o6orated by those who arrived by
the Theress They also testify to the
activity displayed by Sscord Officer
Younger, who ia among the lost in get
.ne out the boats. The life boat of the
Pouems, in which the captsin and two
men were picked mp was brought up by
the rescuipg barque.