Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-09
MID.oCEAN HORRORS.
rr.,,, Tales Of shIpwrsch Told BY Sur
's ,lyors Of the Lost steamer.
Human Cargo Hurried 70 Despair anO
a Death at Midnight
S,,,,. ., suffering at sea--A Steamer
'0'' Broken on the Rocks

s"S u,tortda left New 1Ork
The state Oh r,o -, 1e- nnssen-
on 10Th April, with aoou' 80 .or,o
!, ,rsu, and full general cargo
gers "nu -, ,,n,,, the night OF the
All went WI, . .'oa 10 cane IN col.
18th, when at ii'oo s"0 - chot-
lision with the bark fonen'" n.,,,
,,on n. b., Capt. Hetburn. po'"
n"'"' ,.,,,, almost instantly, and
snips WEN ~. or,s passepyers and
out Of the s'e'',''e' Including
crew only forty-iour,
49,. s,awards. managed to escape III
.e 49,. md ont Of the bark's
Tue oo"' o,1y tho captain aud
crew OF fifteen only Wy ~, orr.
two seamen were saved. NeHs 49,
d. Tho bark was observed BOTTOM up.
TSa s,,rvivors. after being thirty-hve
hnnrs in the boats
WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER,
,,,s~s rescued by the Norwegian bark
rTharesa Of ChrlstiaDia, from tiiat port
i,annd for Quebec. On May twenty,
eur Of them were transferred on oos,a ~.
the ship Louisa, OF anu ,.oi al mil
for Quebec, where tney ieuna'n. ~, IN" ~,
MAYS. when taken on board the II
fania. II IL believed lSS lives were ios.'
Third Officer James Alien oeing III
terviewed, added: The nigh. on Wilt,
the disaster occurred was clear, .ap"e,a
moonless, and the sea as smooth us
glass. He retired to MS puhk :"
o'clock leaving CHIEF Queer inoh,Psvn
on deck. About ll:lV he neafo the
signal suddenly given to stop the
steamers engines, followed by
A FEARFUL CRASH.
He rushed immediately on deck, anu
the first thing he noticed was u req
light pretty close on their starpoaru
bow. AT the same moment the cblsi
officers voice cried "coiiis,on; ne
perceived the bark which nau
run into them go, aown,
Running to the side OF ms
own vessel, he endeayored to ascertain
damage. Perceiving an immense
gaping hole into which the sea was
fast pouring, aud feeling that TN.
steamer was gone, he at once hurried
TO the captain, who Immediately CAV,
orders to get out the boats, four o
which were thrown into the water
when the State of Florida lust keeiec
TO port and
WENT DOWN STERN FOREMOST. :.
As far as he could calculate the dis
aster occurred about twelve miles oil
the Irish coast. As the, vessel wen
down, all ON board, III
Guiding the captain, Wer
washed Off by the sea. Allei
further states that the captain was ex
ceedingly cool, too cool in fact, as h
did not seem to look upon the DANCE
as serious or pressing, and this, togethe
with the fact that he appeared in IL
hurry to save himself, was possibl
the cause why more of the passenger
were net saved, They would not tai,
To the boats. as they supposed whe
thew saw him so cool that the dang,
was not 80 great, and moreover the Sc
was calm. OF eight boats ca
ried, there were four SAT
lv launched. Two were smash,
Nv collision. or the 9th
two he knew nothing, but believ
thew were washed away when {
steamer went down. He did Il
think any one had escaped in theI
however II they had. he did not wa
10 rise any false hopes. his opini
heing that they woula
Npyrn mr. HEARD FROM AGAIN.
When the second boat was bei
,onsred ,ha tacS Ia was emf too ouick
"a ;,s nccnnanfs ali nassenge,s w
unset into the sea a number
,ran, incIudinr Rennet Of I,ond
Ont cluno 1o The boats /
,nra ,'' dnrs,, The remain
~ ,ha nirhi and were picl
nm In the morniny Inv the other bo
~, Snnd.r as,ar Syiftin, thi,tv.t
~ nun ,r W., 49, ,intad no Nv
Tha. s, ga ~ folInw;no,T Tuesday
-. ~, hnard Tho Titanic were tr
,ssJ 20 ,ha hsrl 'ouisa of Car,
,.1a ~ ~ Dor5 pnn,S L,,t ths ID
heinc overcrowded. the party +,
peing ose.S,u" S ~ ,ha ritanio
h ~, ae,;nad - ,,iye bis oninion al
en aesn'e' W
acc,ueh.. , t an hoard
,r Inc rescuea pa,'y ,,,,,,Is a,,,
IitAhia piesehsen p'" ~ ~
uhce. 30 suuuen We wy i'
.nat many oi tnehi, III .iei niih
me tiihe' naa 10 nuii III
ana INTO me poa.s IN .nsit !
clothes. Most OF THEM nao pu.
confused iaea OF what teslly
place, All couln sistinc.iy fe!nei
nmop~eser, .he crash min aosn ~,
Inc SURVIVORS aiso fchenlner
shuuoer .he ahsh ior lne ."a,s, "7
tnE SIM WIZ DOW
aniio .iie shtiehs mn nnu ia'le i,'.'. :
the passenees. Inose on uuty
time rememner seeing req iignl
LOT an instant, iuiioWeo ny an ~
taneous crush, aier whieh no
pu. .on,uslon lnhomso, .ne ~
oegihhing 70 slnh, anu hu.rie"
Ialions being maue u
me DOM. lug 1an WI.