The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-01-28

! the bow of the Florida, which withdrew
| from the gap almost instantly and van
! ished in the mist astern leaving one or
| her anchors in the Wreckage OF the de-
| molished state rooms of the Republic.
! The impact and withdrawal were so
| swift that no one aboard the Republic
| had chance to identify the steamer
! In half an hour, however, summoned by
the distress blasts Of the Republic, the
! Florida picked her way through the mufk
and came alongside. Capt Sealby had
| his own boats lowered and in these and
! those Of the Florida all the passengers
! of the wounded liner were put aboard the
! Florida This operation took two hour,
! in n placil sea. Among the wounded
! who were put on the Italian liner was
| Eugene Lynch, whose VIE hhd been
| killed in their state room on the Repuh-
| lie. Mr.. Lynch's leg was broken III
! three places and he was otherwise IN
| iured As it was considered unsafe 10
| transfer him to the Baltic he was left
| in charge of the F'lorida's surgeon.
Transfer Made Quietly.
Mr.. Hover said that there was very
| little panic aboard the Republic, al
! though many came out on deck IN Their
night clothes, and that the discipline OF
! the crew was perfect
! The collision. he said, occurred be
tween = and o'clock on Saturday morn
! ing when everyone was IN bed. \ great
many passengers were thrown from their
! hunks hy the crash, ana many rushed
wildly on deck i'm their bare feet. With
the return Of the Florida the transfer OF
passengers began. carrying out me
| rigid rule ct the sea, the women were
| placed IN the h3aiS hrH' an" !" Two
! hours all were safely on board Inc i"F-
| ida. That ship was terribly crowded
however. and 1T the conference between
| the captains of the Florida and the Bal
! tic it was deridcd that another transfer
| Of passengers was necessary NI'oIGilE
1 ~ I'm" second hI"''II""N "l"'L '"N'"-
/ was begun. WINE 'H' SoH pau heeh
| smooth during lh' lTlh>I'F "i p"SSGh-
| gers from III" R'pubI' 10 inc i'Ehia
| the waters were NOT iouEH "il1 Ule
/ operation WIS H''r"aIiF more unilS"r
/ Gus ana "l longer "uTu F"' iHinIF
dressed NrI'S'Io 'T1"I'i ~ ne M
| ties ran ana watched tue WORK; WINE
those VINO renamed on ih' IoTiaa
waiting Tor me h'A' h|aI ''".' 81" .iielr
IIn,pn"''I9 liyu S"'G ~. 10, !" 't ,Go Sew
na,sri,,rrs fell overheard. hut we're res
ruod nttIr the worse for their experience
cbocL + Terrific
fI'reH our ihi" -, Il 'o'lH',oTS Hl".S me
account "i M, '"Ii''o' do l'i"l'u ~ the
| reporters ny MI li",II' VII a. lolloNS'
iht Su"'N ''''I ""'i a" ~, PTHNtH
G,n w ,,or .'. oi'cnm Mrs Ij"ynr ana I
,hnst ~ tLn Ecpnblic's passnnpers
, , ,r,l,,r.l Nv hnirg ,.inIrntIy
tbr,crr o,,ainst the side If our hunks
TLo .l,,r- y,,s terrific outsidn i'm thn
Iasy,,,n yyoy | colld hear the sound of
rmnniny fnrt From the dock above
come rrics and thr shouting of orders.
II turned an the electric light. and.
bo.tiIy throwing an overgarmcnt over
ty Mr., Hover and | made orr way
ILarrLcadcd and barrfootcd 10 the music
room ON the Drumcnadr deck While
mo alarm gongs were sounding all over
ma Shin. thc stewards were going from
state room 10 state room arousing the
Messengers By the time we got 10 tie
music room the place was fun of men
and women, some with nothing over
thrm but the clothes in which they had
boon asleep others were protected in
shiu'e blankets and steamer rugs all
more or less frantic with fear aud shiv-
| criug with the cold.
Women Are Hvsterical.
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| i ,'l,l ,,,t nr Jn,l. tn o.cnrt,I,,
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! I., ,.,.,,,. - thn Rnr,ili,.' t,l.ing tbn tar,
,,a,I. ~. gr,r, Tho Iifn h"ots and staudinr
i,,,r ,,,t tI,o ,1a,.ity TLnrG
tn" t@s horn Of the Republic was letting