St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-05-24
THE FLORIDA'S FATE.

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Thirty-five Lives Lost-List of the Saved.
NEW YORK, May 7.
At the State Line Office to-day it was
said that the State of Florida was sunk in
mid-ocean and all hands on board except
twenty-foar had gone down with her.
The agent refused to give any further in.
formation, except that there had been re-
ceived telegram giving the above facts.
MONTREAL. CANADA, May7.
The steamship Titania, which arrived
off Farther Point at 5 4Oa. m. to-day, sent
the following statements ashore: "Have
on board thirty-four persons, thirty-two
from the steamship State of Florida, and
two from the bark which the Florida ran
/ down in mid-ocean. The latter two are
the Captain and sailor of the bark. All
the others, both on the steamship and
bark were drowned"
The bark went down with twelve OF
here Only the Captain and two men
were rescued, making the total known
loss of life 1876. The twenty-four suryi-
vors will be landed at Quebec tonight.
It is not known if the Florida's second
boat, with twenty souls has been picked
up.
NEW YORK, May Z.
1t is now believed to be certain
that ffty-tWo of the passengers and crew
of the State of Florida were saved. Thir-
ty-two on board the Titania, and twenty
are reported to have been picked up by
passing ship, probably the one which
signalled the City of Rome. One hundred
and fifteen souls went down with the
steamer Florida and twelve with the
bark, making total of 1877.
Following is the official report of the
third officer of the State of Florida:
QUEBEC, Mays.
cleft New York on the 18th of April
with about 1877 passengers and crew and
full general cargo. All went well until
the night of the 18th at IL 80, when we
came in collision with the bark Pom
ema, of Chatham, N. B., Captain
Hetburn. Both ships went down al
most instantly and out Of the steamers
passengers and crew only forty-four, in
Guiding the stewardess, managed to es-
cape in boats, and out of the bark's crew
OF fifteen only the captain and two
seamen were saved. Next morning the
bark was observed bottom up. The
survivors, after being thirty-fve hours
in the boats without food or
water, were rescued by the Norwegian
bark Theresa of ChriStania, from that |
port bound to Quebec. On the 22d twen- |
ty-four of them were transferred on board |
the ship Louisa of and from Cardiff for
Quebec, where they remained until the
9Th of May, when taken on board the Tita-
mia for Quebec. It's believed I35 lives
were lost.
THE SAVED.
The folloWing'is the list of the saved
brought by the steamer Titania:
James Allen, third officer.
Andrew N. Steele, surgeon,
VIM. Armstrong, seaman.
Francis Graham, seaman. "a zss
David Walker, passage-worker.
David Clume, store-keeper.
Alex. Mitchell, donkey man.
James Thomas, foreman.
VIM. II. Smith, passage-Worker.
Geo. Forester, second steward.
Neil Mcclellan, assistant steward
Jas. Mckenzie, assistant steward.
Robert Young, assistant steward.
John Mcdonald, able seaman.
Jno. Sanotram, seaman.
Jno. McFaw, assistant cook.
Adam McFariane, assistant cook.
VIM. Miller, bakers mate.
James Bennett London Ontario ArSf
class passenger. $40
Andrew Fairbahd, second-class passen-
ger.
David Struthers, second-class passen.
ger.
Jonah Hale, Steerage passenger.
Jas Patience, steerage passenger.
Eliza ChurchoVer, steerage passenger.
MORE COMING.
Following are the remainder of the
lanes OF the saved, now on their way to
quebec on board the Norwegian bark
Theresa of Christiana:
Jas. Thompson, chief officer.
Thos. Barr, boatswain.
Jno. Smith, boatSwain's mate.
Peter Peterson, carpenter.
Henry Anderson, lamp trimmer.
Jno. Silyerblade, quartermaster.
Jno. Miller, quaTtermaster.
Jno. Smith, able seaman.
Charles Love, able seaman.
Geo. Armour, able seaman.
John Beard, boatsWain's yeoman.
VIM. Lawson, able seaman.
VIM. Hyslop, second engineer.
Edward Boyle, fireman.
Join Mcdowell, fireman.
Jane Mcfarland, SteWardess.
Peter j. Rening, Steerage passenger
Hugn Morgan, steerage passenger.
Martin Peterson, steerage passenger {
Francis Watson, steerage passenger
otal, twenty.
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