The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-25
Baltic Reached New York
This Afternoon; Also Florida
LATTER WITH BENT BOW
Former Carried Passengers Of Two Big
Steamers in Collision Saturday
Ths Republic Sank Last
Night.


steamship Republic of the White Star
Line and the Italian liner Florida which
rammed her south Of Nantucket early
Saturday morning, the Baltic steamed
up to her pier this afternoon at 1910
o'clock. The Florida, with her bow
smashed in, and deserted by her officers
and crew, reached Ambrose Channel
lightship. under her own steam at noon.
The steamship Republic, which sank last
night while being towed into New York
harbor, carried down the bodies Of Mrs.
Eugene Lynch of Boston and w. d.
Mooney Of Grand Forks, N. d., passen-
gers on the Republic who were killed in
the collision.
Taking off the Passengers.
Aboard his steamship the Baltic Cap
tain j. B. Ransom, who went TO the
rescue of the Republic, today gave the
following account Of the collision.
"Ihe crash came without warning, the
Fiorida's slipping out of the fog and
striking the Republic. The shock was
terrific, and the staterooms "a and %
were stove in by the Florida's bow. The
Florida then backed away and disap-
peared in the fog The passengers
were scared but there was no panic
The water poured into the Republic,
but the fremen didn't leave the hold
till the water was up to their waists
Half an Nhour after the collision the
Florida returned, and the beats of both
vessels transferred the passengers"
@The retransfer TO the Baltic from
the Florida began at eight o'clock Sat
urday night and ended at eight o'clock
Sunday morning, with searchlight H.
Illuminating the rough sea-
Republic Sank in as Fathoms.
The Republic sank at half past eight
o'clock last night as she was being
towed into the New York harbor by
down in AS fathoms OF water of No
Mans Land, south Of Martha's Vine
yard. Capt. Sealby stuck by her all
most until she sank when he was res
cusd from her grating by the Gresham.
Capt. Sealby and volunteer crew of
so men had stayed aboard the disabled
ship when the Gresham hitched on to
tow her into port. The Gresham had
proceeded but a short distance when
the Republic began to settle. Seeing
no hope to save the vessel Capt. Seal
by gave the order to abandon her. The
men went aboard the Gresham which
stood by until the Republic went down.
The steamer Republic was valued at
81 100000 the cargo perhaps 100000
and the baggage Of the passengers as
much more.
The work of the revenue cutters and
the derelict destroyer Seneca of the
navy department il coming in for high
praise among marine men here. The
cutters Gresham, Acushnet and Mo
hawk, the last named of which came
to grief by grounding on the Massa-
chusatts coast and the Seneca left
their moorings when the cry for aid
came and ventured to sea in the face
of dense fog on the mission Of rescue.
Owners Of ocean tugs in several At
lantic coast ports refused to permit
their vessels to 60 to sea in the fog
although importuned by the White
Star agents to do so.
General Passenger Agent David
1xiUuHefs EhtQ sHd T. IL tHes6 tugs Hhu
ventured out 1t is probable they could
have towed the Republic to shallow
water in time and thus have saved the
ship.
The Loss of Life.
The fact that there had been loss Of
life In the collision was not known until
yesterday morning, when a wireless
message told Of the death Of the fol-
lowing passengers on the Republic:
Mrs. Eugene Lynch, Boston.
w. j. Mooney, banker Of Langdon,
N. d.
In addition. Mrs. M. NJ. Murphy, wife
of the financial agent of the Union Cen
tral Life Insurance company of Grand
Forks, N, d., and Eugene Lynch of Bos-
ton were injured, and to-day it was
stated that the latter is likely to die.
It was also reported that four members
of the Florida's crew had been killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch occupied state
room No, "a, on the port side of the
Republics saloon deck, just aft of amid
ships; Mr.. and Mrs. Mooney and Mr.. and
Mrs Murphy occupied adjoining state
rooms; stateroom No. 80 was occupied
by Mrs. Herbert I. Griggs, wife of the
president of the Bank Of New York The
Republic had been struck by the Florida
on the port or left hand side. A remark
able feature of the accident Is that Mrs.
Gfiggs should have escaped being killed.
her stateroom. No. 80, being between
Nos. 2S and 80.