New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-09

CURED on the state Line and it unlikely that
sh ould occurUn other lines .
The theory which the elder Baldwin declined 10
discuss is largely built upon sentence in the ac-
count gwen of the catastrophe by DR.. Steele, the
surgeon of the State of Florida. His words are:
We drfted about for two days. having neither food nor
water. There forty-f0ur Of us in our boat Inc
weather remained tolersbly far however ana we % be
survivors being very thnly clad. In the meantime we
separated from the two other boats that were
An old sea captain, in speaking of DIR. steeles
story, said:
There were eight boats on the state OF Florida Two OF
these were smashed In the collision two remained on tne
davits and went down with the steamer and four were ere
launched or the boats launched was upset ana lnc
bottom had TO he punched through to save the ue OF
man who was cngng to thwar Inc LYING h IRON dncto tT
speaks Of as "our boat and this brought the en- cd
saved But ii the doctors story anything ere
were two other boats containing people LIs ihd n
Sunday that the captain of the mad picked up two
lfeboats Of the state of Florida on sunday % evening t ~
latitude 47O 25' and longitude $40 l0 the Devon ert
New-York on April 1s the date OF the cosOh; anu ar ai
rived Bristol on May The scene OF me fnSiom i c
be calculated only from the statement OF the toIu H.
James Allen that he learned at noon that ihey weg I'm III
latitude 40 so north and lontnde Ss 80 %e8. same
hour OF the collision was about IL ock me steamer "a %
had then been gong eleven hours since the tan OF th
west involving very little change of Latitude the place
where the Devon picked the two llie-ooats was hot
very far ON the scene of the collision. ,
The boats were picked up Sunday, obviously Api1i
81 days after vessel had snaed the CITY OF
ferred % of her guests TO the Louise the dy oeiUe
April 22. The weak point in the theory that the Two
boats picked up the Devon had contained people that
cumstance that vessel that took them Oh ought 10
have heard from by this time To THIS, however so
many plausible explanations can be gwen mat many
people firmly Of the opinion tla large nunpeI Oh
survivors from the State of Florida VIII YET NC hediu
from.
Captain Gillespie, of the FOreign Steamboat
Inspection Bureau is an old navigator. lie sad
esterday:
Ihardy like to trust reports especially when made
by landsmen Some OF the statements OF passengers are
Inconsistent with each other IT, as Is said the accleht
occurred clear night il must have been the result
give way TO SAIL that the Gamer should nave got out
Of the way, if possible. The third mate says tat ne saw
red hight, so the bark was not without nghts' @ hnn
LOOKOUT should II mile or two on Or course
il possible that sailing vessel which under oldhdr c
cumstances would pass steamer III saietynieht sike
the side if the course Of the vessel were suddenly
altered.
The records Of the Inspectors Of Foreign Steam
Vessels show that the State of Florida was pro-
vded with 779 life preservers, and had eight boats,
six of which were ife-boats. There were twenty
state-rooms and seventy-twO berths The life
boats could have carried 200 people. The boats
were swung on davits, and cOuld have been lowered
in short time. There were no lifc-rafts The
boats life-preseryers and boilers were inspected
last March.
Thomas Cleary. agent of the Mes9rs. Baldwin,
telegraphed from Montreal that he was informed
that the shipwrecked party was IN great need OF
many things some being almost without clothing.
He was instructed to furnish all necessary things
to the crew and to the passengers, and to take Their
receipts for money advances. They will be for
warded at the cOmpanys expense to such points as
they wish to reach.