The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-24
0F DEAD
Names of Victims of Flor
ence s. Wreck.
TWO ARE FROM VICTORIA
Mrs. Stewart and Young Daughter
From the British Columbia Cap
ital, and Jack McCabe of Portland
are the Lost--Cargo Shifted.

The list of the victims of the wreck of
the Florence 5. in Thirty Mile river last
Friday is as follows:
Jack McCabe, steward, of Portland.
Mrs. Stewart, passenger from Victoria.
Miss Stewart, passenger from Victoria.
Mrs. Stewart and daughter OF eighteen
arrived in Skagway on the Amur last
week and STAYED a short time at the Gold
en- Nortte Neither the hotel register nor
the passenger list of the Amur bear the
initials of the woman and her daughter.
They were bound for Dawson.
McCabe is not known positively to be
from Portland but that report was brought
from the inside by an arrival from down
the river. =
'snsfhe report that Mr.. Maltby, purser of
the boat, formerly of Skagway, was
drowned, seems to be untrue.
Others who were aboard the steamer in
clude Dominick Burns, the Bennett and
White Horse butcher; Mrs. Captain Fus-
sci and children of Mimic; Mrs. Cresup of
SkAgwav, and Mr.. Adams of Portland.
The steamer Florence S, which turned
turtle in Thirty Mile river Friday is total
loss. Among the passengers arriving from
White Horse last evening. were several
who were aboard the steamer coming up
stream and passed the scene of the wreck
after the accident. They report having
seen pieces of the wrecked craft along the
shore, that the boat no is doubt an entire
loss. Nothing was seen of the boat and it
is presumed she had gone down.
R. J. Burde, editor of the White Horse
Tribune, who was in the citv Yesterday,
brought the information from White
Horse that the Florence S was wrecked bv
part of her cargo shifting. That part
which shifted comprised lot of heavy
machinery.
1.-THE machinery" says Mr.. Burde, twas
set on the deck and not securely braced or
fastened in its place.
"The Florence S started from White
Horse at o'clock in the morning, and was
followed four hours later by the Bailey,
both bound for Dawson. The Bailey
started to make record run down the
river. and as gathered it, the Florence S
was determined not to be overtaken bv the
other boat, and so steamed away at a
lively gait. In going around the curve in
the river, the small boats have been In the
habit of shooting forward without re-
straining themselves. whereas the larger
boats back water, and allow their nose
to drift round ABOUT in the proper course
by the force and set of the current. The
Florence S probably took the short cut
method, and suffered the consequence Of
her cargo shifting and the craft turning
turtle,
"Those aboard who escaped alive eithel
swan out or got ashore on pieces of drift
boats or otherwise. The river there is not
wide, probably not more than 900 feet,and
it was not far for one to make either shore
1.-The Baiey came along shortly aftel
the Florence S was wrecked, and picked
up her stranded passengers and others AMI
took them on down the river. The new:
of the accident was largely wired to White
Horse bv various ones before ! left Their
for Skagway.
"Sd Darlington was pilot on tn
steamer.
This was the last trip planned on tn