Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-25

the world, and which has not been
without fatalities, is tonight nearing
fortunate if not happy ending.
Series of Remarkable Events.
The ramming Of the White Star
liner Republic early Saturday morning
by the Italian liner Florida off Nan
tucket Mass, has been followed by
series Of events making it one of the
most remarkable ocean mishaps on
record
Seven Ocean Liners Take Part.
No less than seven ocean liners-the
Baltic, New York, Furnessia, La LOr-
raine and Lucania and the two Grip
pied ships, Republic and F'lorida-are
figuring in this stirring story. The
442 passengers of the Republic have
undergone two transfers on the open
sea. first to the crippled Florida on Sat
urday morning and again early today
10 the more commodious Baltic, which
is bringing also the nine hundred and
more passengers from the disabled
Florida
With this great human burden of
1850 rescued persons. besides her own
list of $50, the Baltic will arrive off
Sandy Hook about II o'clock tonight.
The Republic, believed at one time to
be sinking, has been kept afoat and
with volunteer crew is limping back
TO New York, tOwed probably by the
revenue cutter Gresham and steered
by the Anchor liner Furnessia aft The
Florida, with her bow rent from the
ferrihc impact with the Republic, is
also slowly steering, under her own
steam. for this port, conveyed by tue
American liner New York.
Two Passengers Killed.
Until an early hour today it wa
hf n fFun 10
ships off fosbound Nantucket Saturday
morning had not resulted in death or
injury TO q single passenger or member
Of the crews. Shortly after midnight,
however, the wireless telegraph. that
wonderful force which apprfsed the
world Of the Republics distress and
quickly brought other ships to her aid,
flashed the news that two passengers
on the Republic had been Killed and
two others injured.
Four Deaths on the Florida.
Late in the day another wireless
message told Of four deaths on board
the Florida, either those Of members
OF the crew or steerage passengers.
The identity Of these persons was not
made clear.
Names of the Dead Passengers.
The message from Captain Ransom
OF the Baltic u the White Star com
dead passengers as Mrs Eugene Lynch
OF Boston and W. J. Mooney, a banker,
of Langdon, N. D. The injured are
Mrs. NJ. ]. Murphy, wife Of the flnaD
cial agent of the Union Central Life
Insurance company, Of Grand Forks,
n. D., and Eugene Lynch Of Boston.
Cause of Deaths Mystery So Far.
How these unfortunates on the Re-
public were kjhed or the nature of the
sv.fT IN Mr
Lynch is not known by officials of the
white Star line who have communi-
Gated with relatives Of the dead and
injured.
Mr.. Mooney and his wife, with Mr..
and Mrs. Murphy, were bound. on a
pleasure trip from the west 70 the
Mediterranean and occupied staterooms
on the top deck aft on the port side.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynch occupied an ad-
Joining stateroom. The company can
not understand how the passengers
were killed or injured in that part of
the Republic, because It is understood
she was struck anidships.
Bodies Of Dead and Injured Are on
Board the Baltic.
Anxious friends and relatives be-
eisged the White Star offices with in
quiries about passengers of the Re-
public, but other than the terse mes
cages from Captain Ransom of the
Baltic, which were made public, no
news was received. The feeling Of
slation among the steamship officials
early today when Captain Ransom |
wired that the Republic was yet afloat
and there was an excellent chance of
saving her gave way to regret when |
the news came that there had been |
loss of life in the mishap. The bodies
of the dead and injured passengers are
on the steamship Baltic. The steamer |
"a oh ~ n
the company and will go alongside the
Baltic when she reaches quarantine |
Monday morning, for she is not ex- |
pected up the bay tonight. The Cen
eral Putnam will carry officials Of the |
company and those who may desire to !
go down the oay to meet returning |
passengers from the Republic.
Details Of Accident FitfuIIy Told by
Wireless.
Details tsf the collision at sea in the |
dense fog came fftfully by wireless to-
day from many receiving stations
along theN New England coast. The |
story, though it was In brief but po-
tent messages told how the passen- |
gers Of the Republic and the Florida |
spent anxious and uncomfortable hours |
after the collision and did not feel Sc
cure until o'clock this morning, when |
all were on the Baltic.
Florida's cutwater and Bow crumpsd |
Up.
After the transfer Of the passengers |
from the Republic to the Florida which |
had no accommodations for the four |
hundred and more additions to her al |
ready heavy burden OF humanity, Cap |
tain Voltolin Of the Italian ship stood |
by until further help arrived. An ex-
animation Of the Florida showed that |
her cutwater and bow were crumpled |
up as If she had run into stone wall |
and that her two forward compart- |
ments were filed with water. She |
showed no signs of sinking, though she |
was slightly down by the head. 1t was
deemed best, therefore, late last night |
to transfer not only the Republics |
passengers, but all those on board the |
FNorida as well. captain Voltolin be-
Iieved his progress to New York would |
Be slew and there were insufficient ac- !