The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-26
SURVIVORS OF TWO VESSELS
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 known although it was thought that they would come to New, York on the Seneca. The six dead and two injur- ed on the Republic is apparently the sum total of casualties but the Republic having sunk will either be a total loss or very heavily damaged It is doubt full when the Florida in her crippled condition with her progress impeded by the fog, will be able to reach port.
 As the steamer Baltic, carrying the passengers from the steamers Repub- lie and Florida. anchored three miles east of the Ambrose channel early to- day. an Associated Press tug ran along side an dsucceeded In opening commu- nication with H. ]. Hover of Spokane, who was one of the Republics passen- gers. MT, Hover and wife had planned an extended automobile trip. abroad and were outward bound on the Republic when she was rammed by the Florida Saturday morning.
 Transfer of Passengers.
 Through the mega phone. Mir Hover described the transfer of the passen- gers from the Republic and later from the Florida to the Baltic. The trans fer of scantily dressed and frightened men and women from the Florida last ed twelve hours, beginning at o'clock on Saturday night and ending at s o'clock yesterday morning. During the night the search lights of the Baltic Illuminated the sea- making weird picture as boat load after boat load were safely gotten on board the Bal tic Two of the Republics passengers tumbled into the sea while being placed in a boat but were promptly rescued.
 Hover said that the injury to the Republic was about amidships on the port side, just forward of the center hatch State rooms 34 and 2S were stove in by the bow of the Florida which withdrew from the gap almost Instantly and vanished in the mist astern, leaving one of her anchors in the wreckage of the demolished state rooms of the Republic. The Impact and withdrawal were so swift that no one aboard the Republic had a chance To Identify the steamship In half an honr. however. summoned by the dis tress blasts of the Republic, the Flor Ida picked her way through the murk and came alongside, Captain SeaIby nad 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 opera don took two hours in placid sea.
 among the wounded who were put on the Italian liner were Eugene Lyncn' whose wife had been killed in thelr state room on the Republic. Mir Lynch's leg was broken in three places and he was otherwise injured As it was considered unsafe to transfer him 10 the Baltic he was left in charge of the Florida's surgeon.
 MT Hover said that there was very uttie panic aboard the Republic. all tnough many came on deck in their night clothes, and that the discipline of tne crew was perfect.
 The collision. he said. occurred be- tween and 4 o'clock on Saturday morning when everyone was in bed. A great many passengers were thrown from their hunks by the crash and many rushed wildly on deck in their barefeet. With the return of the Florida, the transfer of passengers be- gan. Carrying out the rigid rule of the sea. the women were placed in the boats first. and in two hours all were Safely on board the Florida. That ship was terribly crowded however. and at the conference between the captains of the Florida and the Baltic 1t was decided that another transfer of pas seengers was necessary. Accordingly this hazardous undertaking was began While the sea had been smooth during the transfer of passengers from the Republic to the Florida. the waters were now rough and the operation was necessarily more dangerous and of longer duration. Thinly dressed pas- sengers crowded to the Baltic's rail and watched the work, while those who remained on the Florida waiting for the next boat load, saw their com panions liwted safely to the Baltic It was during this that the two pas sengers fell oVerboard but were rescued little worse for their experi- ence.
 Account of Collision.
 Pieced out into a continuous story. the account of the collision as related to the reporters by Mir. Hover was as follows:
 ''The shock came when all of the pas sengers of the Republic and most of her crew were asleep. Mrs. Hover and I, like most of the Republics passen- gers. were awakened by being violent ly thrown against the side of our hunks. The shock was terrific. Out side in the passageway. I could hear the sound of running feet. From the deck above came cries and the shout ing of orders.
 T turned on the electric light and hastily throwing an overgarment over us, Mrs. Hover and I made our way bareheaded and barefooted to the mu- sic room on the promenade deck, while the alarm gongs were sounding all over the ship and the stewards were going from stateroom to stateroOm arouslng the passengers. By the time we got to the music room the place was full of men and women. some with nothing but the clothes In which they had been asleep, others wrapped in ships blankets and steamer rugs, all more or less frantic with fear and shivering with the cold. The women huddled together, some weeping. a few hysterical. Some of the men rushed out on deck to ascertain what the