The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-01-26

fer of Passengers-Ncrth Dakota
Man Among the Six Persons Who
Perished in the Accident.
New York, Jan. 26.-The dramatic
sea story of the wrecking of the White
Star liner Republic by the steamer
Florida of Lloyd's Italian line, in
which six lives were lost and four
people injured, came to a close when
the big steamship Baltic of the White
Star line came into port bearing on
board more than 1,600 passengers of
the sunken Republic and the crippled
lies passengers show that the trans
fer of passengers from the Florida to
the Baltic in the dark hours of Satur-
day night came perilously near result
ing In a riot of the 500 Italian steer
age passengers on the Florida, who
believed that their vessel was in i'm
minent danger of sinking. Only the
efforts of the officers aided by several
| the frightened men, who sought to be
the first to board the lifeboats.
The officers of the Baltic report the
deaths of Mrs. Eugene Lynch of Bos-
| ton and w. J. Mooney of Langdon, N.
| D., together with four negro sailors
| whose names are not known. The
| bodies of Mrs. Lynch and Mr.. Mooney
Il ,Nlz To-, Il fao1 1lry na1 IL
| caskets, which sank with the steamer
l Republic off Nantucket.
| DIR. j. j. Marsh, physician on board
the Republic, gave the most graphic
story of the accident on the big liner.
| DR.. Marsh said:
! 81 was in my cabin and, hearing
three short whistles, knew that some
| thing was wrong and turned out.
had hardly got to my feet when the
crash came. There was one heavy
thud and then the engines stopped
Half minute later the electric lights
went out and when | opened my state
room found myself in darkness.
Passengers Show Pluck.
"The saloon rapidly filled with wo
men and children, half dressed, but
Everybody did as they were told and
there was no panic. Let me say now
they were thoroughly Anglo-Americar
people for pluck. | went on deck and
saw the lights of the Florida through
the fog. Captain Sealby gave orders
to get the lifeboats ready and in the
meantime all the passengers came III
on the upper deck. 1t was then thai
lCaptain Sealby said TO them:
"I do not think the boat will sink
1t will go to a certain point and hang
There The women and children ant
men gave three cheers for the cap
tain and then, with few exceptions
lwent to their staterooms to get theil
lclothes. Mr.. Lynch is on board the
FLORIDA. He is brokenhearted ovel
the loss of his wife. His leg is frac
tured. Mrs. M. j. Murphy of Grant
Forks, n. d., sustained severe in
Jury to her right limb and there is
steward on board the Florida by th
name of Woodward who sustained ;
Fracture a. the base of the skull. Mrs
Griggs, who was injured, had mirac
ulous escape. She was found undel
pile of debris and for time it wa
believed she was lost"
The transfer of passengers from th
Republic tc the Florida was effected
without incident, but when it wa
found that the Florida had insufficien
accommodations for the large numbe
on board and that she would maxi
slow time to New York the order t.
retransfer all passengers to the Bal
tic, which had arrived several hour
before, was given. The night wa
dark and the fog hung thick over th'
troubled sea- Twenty lifeboats wer
used to carry the passengers from tn
Florida, which lay at distances vary
ing 200 yards to 500 yards from tn