Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-08
Sunk in Mid. Ocean by Collision with an
Unknown Bark,
Roth vessels Lost --0nc Hundred and
Thirty Five Souls Perlshed'
Details Of the Disaster Another Collision
at Sea.

on the State OF Florida, only forty-fou
were saved, and of the bark's crew OF
ly the captain and two men were re-
cued. One hundred and twenty-five
souls went down with the steamer an
twelve with the bark, making the tc
tai loss 1876. The survivors will prot
ably be landed at Quebec.
TwEyTY-FouR SURVIVORS.
NEW YORK, May The distanc
from Father Point to Quebec, wher
the steamer Titania with the crew o
the wrecked steamer State of Florid,
il expected TO land, being nearly 30,
miles, makes II doubtful whether par
ticulsrs of the disaster can be learned
until a late hour tonight. Austin
Baldwin & Co., general agents of tn,
State Steamship company, received q
dispatch which is q duplicate of that
received by the Associated Press. II
reads ms follows:
FATHER POINT QUEBEC, May The
steamship Titania, inward bound, has
aboard twenty-four OF the crew
of The steamship State of Florida
The latter collided with bark in mid.
ocean and went right down. Ont oil
l67 souls,
ONLY EORTY.FOUR WERE SAVED.
OF the other, 20 have also been
picked up. The bark also went down
with II souls. The survivors will be
landed at Quebec tonight.
These dispatches are not inconsistent
with the report made by the City of
Rome that the ship which sigualed
her in mid-ocean had ON board por-
tion of the crew of the State of Florida,
but on the other hand corroborate that
story, and lead 10 the conclusion that
the twenty not picked up by the
Titania were rescued by another ves-
sci. The agents cannot account for
the collision, as the seamen of the
state of Florida We're well trained and
the officers, from the captain down.
experienced and careful
NO NEWS TILL NIGHT.
TORONTO. May 7. ll.30 u. mad
wees from Father Point say the Tita
mia having gone to Quebec, with no
delay will probably reach that city at
D O'Clock tonight, If conditions con-
time favorable. 1t will DE impossible
TO get a statement regarding the cir
cumstances under which the collision
and disaster occurred, or to learn the
han-es OF survivors until then.
THE PASSENGERS.
NEW YORK, May The names of
the passengers and crew of the State of
Florida were published in the New
YORK papers of Sunday and Monday
this week.
OTHERS MAY BE PICKED UP.
FATHER POINT, May The III.
tania remained here so short n time
That only brief particulars were ob.
tanned. 1t is supposed the survivors
VINO were III another boat were picked
up by some other vessel. The bark.
name is unknown by any of those ON
the Titania. The Titania will arrive
al Quebec about eight o'clock tonight
but only exchanges pilots there and
proceeds to Montreal. 1t is probable
the survivors will be sent ashore al
Quebec with the pilot boat, and put il
charge OF the proper authorities.
THE NEVADA AND RoAIENO.
ST. JOHNS, n. F., May Cant
Brelnmer, OF the steamship Nevada, o
heGuion line, gives the following ad
diiional particulars of the collision
WITH the Romeno. On Monday. 4Lh
at noon, in latitude l20, 80 y longitud,
a. south, Ply, while on her. way from
she collided with the Romeno OF Hull
belonging to the Wilson line. w,
struck the ship on the port side, abaf
midship, bursting into the enpin,
room. The Romeno sank In less tina,
an hour Her passengers and crey
came on board in their own boats. |
wts calm Mt the time, bl
with q heavy swell. Our collision
compartment made water and Oh,
BOWS beaten in from forefoo
TO deck. When the cargo was shilte
ahu temporary repairs effected, W
bore up for 81. johns, and on Sunda
we Tell in with the Saint Laurent
tfah'shipped the passengers of th
hoineno, Two in number, her crew
and our own passengers To that shir
The Nevada had only fo,,,
saloon, five intermediate and Hftee
steerage passengers She was ID
slowest and one of the Oldest of m
Gniop steamers, and not used exteI
sively for passengers.
Boston, May THE agent of IN
Wilson line In this city states that I'd
steamer Romeno, sunk by the steam.
Nevada, was valued at 5000 900. M
Wilson's are their own underwater
The cargo was a general one, not e,
ceptionably valuable, and mainly /
snlnll lots insured by shippers.
QUEBEC, May The steam,
nuania: with some of the crew of N
state OF Florida, passed on to Montrea
FURTHER DETAILS.
QUEBEC, May THE painful su
pense that prevailed here all day vii
regard to the survivors In The iisast,
of the Inflated steamer State OF Florid
was relieved tonight i
the arrival of the steam,
Titanla, from Glasgow for Montrea
with coal and general cargo. whio
was telegraphed this morning as bein
ON her way to Quebec with twent
four saved parties.
Titania reached port s:l5 this eveniu
and proceeded straight to Montrea
The order to land the party saved hel
by taking them off ia the midd
OF the stream, where si
slackened to ship h,
Montreal pilot, was countermanded b
vessel owners and Instructions receive
to carry them through to Montrea
The Titania was boarde,
however, by Associated Press r
porters, who accompanied hs
for some distance up the river mn
CLEANED names Of the saved an
learned SOME thrilling particulars .
the disaster. The following llst
those saved aud brought IN by III
,IitAnia were: James AlleD, thir
OFFICER; Andrew N. Steele. surgeon
VIM Armstrong, seaman; Franc
Graham, seaman; David Walke
passage worker; David Clam,