Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-28

tndt tne wreck be raised and the
bodies of sixty-three American sailor!
recovered. Governor Magoon alsC
says in plain language that the Span
ish residents OF the island are frml,
OF the opinion that the American gov
eminent is willing TO allow its deac
to remain In the mud of u foreign har
Dor rather than to expose that the
battleship was wrecked by an inter
nal, instead of an external explosion
MENEMSHA BIRHT, Island of Mar
tha's Vineyard. Jan. 25.-CaptaiD Seal
by and fifty members OF the crew Of
the Republic were transferred 10 8
deredict destroyed near Seneca off
Vineyard sound llghtship at s a. M
today, and an hour later the Seneca
started for New York. The captain
oi the Gresham states that the Re
public sank last night nine miles
south by east of the Nantucket light.
ship, in about forty fathoms of wa.
ter. None OF the officers or crew were
injured. The Gresham. after transfer.
ring the Republics survivors to Sc
neca, started for Woods Hole.
NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-The steamer
Baltic with the passengers of the
steamers Florida and sunken Repub.
lie arrived at her dock at & O'Clock
this morning. A great crowd was on
the pier to greet the survivors.
The White Star steamer Republic
was bound from Nyiak to the Medi,
terranean and had on board 76l peo-
pie, $50 of whom were American
cabin passengers. She was rammod
into in a thick fog at GEO Saturday
morning. by an unknown vessel off
Nantucket island. and only escaped
immediate sinking by the prompt clos.
ing of the water tight compartments.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The White
Star steamship Baltic, bringing in l..
$50 survivors of the collision between
her sister ship, the Republic and the
Italian liner Florida, was detained off
Sandy Hook by dense fog until after
8 O'Clock this morning, and then went
on her way to the White Star dock
which she reached at noon.
The badly crippled Florida. travel.
ing by her own steam, is somewhere
outside, heading for Sandy Hook. un.
der convoy of the American liner New
York.
The stove-ln Republic sank at 8
O'Clock last night off Nantucket island
while a fleet of tugs were trying to get
her into the nearest point. Her gal.
liant Captain Albany, one of the he
roes of the wreck, and his salvage
crew, stood by the sinking ship until
the water rising over the decks, swept
them off their feet. They were all
saved
1t did not develop until yesterday
evening that there had been loss of
life on the Republic. Mrs. Eugene
Lynch of Boston, and w. ]. Mooney,
a banker of Langdon, N. D., were
instantly killed in their staterooms.
The dead number six. Eugene Lynch
of Boston and Mrs NJ. NJ. Murphy,
wife Of the financial agent of the
Union Central Life Insurance com
pany, of Grand Forks, N. D., were
hurt. Three unnamed persons on the
Florida, presumably steerage passen.
gers, were also killed. The bodies of
Mrs. Lynch and Banker Mooney prob
ably went down with the wreck Of
the Republic last night.
A big black hulk sliding through the
fog soon aftermidnight. passing the
hook without signaling and dropped
her anchor with a muffled splash off
Ambrose light at 6:15 this morning,
In such an unpicturesque. unspectacu-
lar manner did the White Star liner
Baltic come to port, bringing with her
1850 survivors of one of the biggest
wrecks and the biggest life saving
achievements ever known in the his
tory OF Atlantic navigation.
CUMBERLAND, Md. Jan. 25.-
Three men were killed and others in
jured. three perhaps fatally. in a coal
mine accident at Piedmont, w. Va,
today.
PITTSBURG. Pa, Jan. 26.-Two
men dead and twenty others supposed
to be dead is the result OF three gas
explosions in the Boswell mine of the
United Coal company in Somerset
county, last night and early today
The men, members of an investigat.
ing party, had entered the mine to
make an inspection of suspicious gas
traces before allowing the miners to
go to work.
The known dead are superintend
ent G. j. Logan and Andrew Stoncik
Among the supposed dead are Assist
ant Superintendent George Morris
John Cole and William Hay, also sew
enteen unknown men.
Until early today signals were heard
from the. imprisoned men. At day
light, however. the signals ceased anc
it is believed all the men had come
under the influence OF the deadly
after damp.
About 4;S0 O'Clock yesterday after
noon a small explosion occurred il
the mine and as a result OF this ant
othar conditions that neadad attan