The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-25
STORY OF WRECK
Of STEAMSHIP
THRILLING TALE
RepubliC Has Foundered and
Sunk, but All of Crew
Have Survived.
CAPTAIN GIVES ACCOUNT
OF PASSENGERS RESCUE
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH INVALU-
AsLE AID TO vESSEL-SERV-
ICE STANDS TEST.

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New York Jan. 24.-The steam g.
d. or Baltic with the passengers Of .
/. the steamer Florida and Repub- 1.
/. lie. was reported at 1.S0 this morn g.
ing Is nearing her anchorage of .
Sandy Hook by the wireless sta s.
/. zion at Sea Grit The Baltic will p
d. anchor for the night and will not {.
/. come up to the city for severals:
. hours. This, IN brief, is the situa- g
ton late tonight in the stirring q
/. story OF the sea, following the first @
o wireless fash in on the collision of g
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New York Jan. 24.-The qalatial
ocean steamship Republic of the White
star line. which was I'm collision VITA
the Italian liner Florida early Satur-
dsv morning off Nantucket, Mass,
vent down at haif-past s O'Clock to-
night. No one was lost. Her passen-
gers. taken off many hours before, are
ON the steamship Baltic. which was OF
sandy Hook at q late hour, making Tor
this port.
The Republic was in tow of the rev
enue cutter Gresham and the derelct
York. when she sank On board her
was Captsin Sealby with q volunteer
detail of the crew. They had towed
them a short distance when she began
10 settle rapidly. Seeing no hope OF
saving the ship. Captain Sealby gave
the order to abandon the vessel and
The crew vas taken off by the Gresh-
am. which cast loose from the crippled
liner aud stood by until she sank he
meath the waves.
New York. Jan. 2f.-Ihe drama OF tns
sea which for more than twenty-four
hours has held the attention of the worid
and which has not been without tragic
features, ran through its last sensational
scenes with the comins Of Sunday Gavin
zssnsaz teaisst, is-sasazing > feEtllealts e not
The ramming of the White Star liner
Republic early Saturday morning by the
Italian liner Florida off Nantucket. Mass,
has been followed by a series of events
constituting one Of the most remarkaoie
ocean mishaps on record
Not less than seven ocean liners. the
Baltic New York. Furnessia, La Lorraine
and LucaH'a and the two crippled SHIPS,
Florida and Republican, figuring in the
stirring story. The AZ passengers and
some members of the crew Of the RepUb-
Hc have undergone two transfers on the
omen sea first 10 the crippled Florida on
Saturday morning and again early TO-DAY
10 the more connexions Baltic. which IS
bringing also the go and more passen-
gers from the disabled Florida
Bears Human Cargo.
With this great human cargo OF rescued
persons beside her own list Of 93e passen-
gers. the Baltic viii arrive off Sandy
Hook about II o clock tonight. the flor-
IDA. her bow bent from the terrific inn
pact with the Republic, is slowly steer
irg under her own steam. for this port
conveyed by the American liner New
York
Until au early hour today It was be-
Tevcd no one was killed or injured bat
shortly after midnight the wireless teie-
graph. that mysterious force which mad
apprised the world Of the Republics dis
tress flashed the news that two passen-
gers on the Republic had been killed and
tVo others injured Late in the day
another wireless message told of four
deaths on board the Florida. either OF
members of the crew or steerage passen-
gers The identity Of these was not made
clear.
Dead and Injured.
The message from Captain Ransom Of
tie Baltic to the White Star company in
this city gave tho names of the dead pas
Seng0rs rs Mrs Eugene Lynch OF Boston
and ". J. Mooney, banker of Langdon,
y. n
Tho injured. we're Mrs. N. NJ. Murphy.
wife Of -hc financial agent Of the Union
Central Tifo Insurance company Of Grand
Forks. y d. and Eugene Lynch of Bos-
ton
How the pa ssenSers Of the Republic
were killed. or the nature of the injuries
10 Mrs Murphy and Mr.. Lynch is not
known by officials Of the White Star line.
who have communicated with relatives OF
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