The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
LINERS CRASH IN
Dense FOG AT SEA
Wireless Message Brings Help
Quickly and Great Catas-
troHle Is Averted.
STEAMER REPUBLIC GOES DOWN
0ored Vessel Sinks While Being lowed
In-North Dakota Man Killed
ia Accident.

New York. Jan. &c. - The palatial
ocean steamship Republic of the
White Star line, which was in COLI
sion with the Italian liner Florida
early Saturday morning off Nantucket,
Mass. went down at $3.50 last night.
No one was lost. Her passengers,
taken of many hours before. are on
the steamship Baltic, which was off
Sandy Hook at a late hour. making
Tor this port.
The Republic was in tow of the rev.
nue. cutter Gresham and the derelict
destroyer Seneca, proceeding to New
York, when she sank.
Gored Ship Goes Down.
On board her was Capt. Sealby,
with volunteer detail of Atty of her
crew. She had been towed but short
distance when she began to settle
rapidly. Seeing no hope of saving the
ship. Capt. Sealby gave the order to
abandon ship, and the crew was taken
off by the Gresham, which cast loose
from the crippled liner and stood by
until she sank beneath the waves.
The italian liner Florida, which
crashed into the Republic in the
dense fog off Nantucket, Mass, early
Saturday morning and gave her her
death blow, is slowly steaming to-
wards New York. conveyed by the
American liner New York. Her pas
hn
been transferred in the early hours of
the morning along with those Of the
Republic.
Stirring Sea Tragedy.
The Baltic. which was called by
wireless telegraph to the aid of the
Republic, transferred from the Florida
not only that steamers 900 or more
passengers, but the 442 passengers
and part Of the crew Of the Republic,
was nearing the harbor of New York
late last night.
This. is brief. was the situation
late last night in the stirring story
Of the sea. following the first wireless
fash of the collision of the two big
ships in the early dawn of Saturday
morning of Nantucket. Mass. For
thirty.six hours the suspense of the
public was unallayed. for almost
every hour since the first flash of the
mishap came from the Republics
wireless operator has brought conflict.
ing reports from many points, all Civ
ing different phase to the shifting
scenes and tending to confuse the sit.
uation.
North Dakota Man Killed.
That there was loss of life attend.
ing the collision was not known until
an early hour yesterday morning.
Then the wireless, which had its first
great trial and proved its utility,
brought the news that Mrs. Eugene
Lynch of Boston and w. ]. Mooney.
banker of Langdon. N. d., had been
killed. and Mrs. NJ. Murphy, wife of
the financial agent of the Union Cen.
trail Life Insurance company of Grand
Forks. N. D.. and Eugene Lynch of
Boston were injured. In addition to
those casualties among the passen.
gers on the Republic. it was reported
that four members Of the Florida's
crew had met death. The bodies of
the dead and injured were transfer.
ted to the Baltic.
Spent Many Anxious Moments.
Details Of the collision at sea in
the dense fog came fitfully by wire.
less yesterday from many receiving
stations along the New England
coast line. The story. though in
brief but potent messages, told how
the passengers Of the Republic and
the Florida spent many anxious and
uncomfortable hours following tho
wreck. and not until s O'Clock yester.
day morning. when all were safe and
sound on the Baltic. did they have a
feeling Of security.
An examination Of the Florida
showed that her cut water and how
had been crippled as if she had crash.
cd into stone wall and her two for.
ward compartments were filled with
water The Florida. however. showed
no signs Of sinking. though she was
sHsntly down by the head. 1t WAS
deemed best. therefore, at late
nour. 10 transfer not only the Repub-
ncs passengers. but all those on
board the Florida as we'll.
All night long the transfer Of mas.
sensers to the Baltic was in progress
NO less than seven ocean liners-the
Baltic. New York, Furnessia Low.
raine and Lucania. and the two erin.
pied ships. Florida and Republic-ee.
ured in the stirring story