New-York tribune., 1909-01-25

The tidings OF the sinking of the White Star
steamship Republic, after heroic efforts to save
her; the news that the accident off Nantucket
had failed TO take it's toll Of death, and in
formation that the twice-rescued passengers OF
the steamship would be landed here this morn
ing by the Baltic, was the burden of the multi
tudinous wireless messages flashed in from tina
yesterday. OF the dead, two were first
cabin passengers on the Republic and four were
from the crew of the Florida, crushed in their
forecasNle buhks.
Taken in tow by the derect destroyer Seneca
and the revenue cutter Gresham, with the An
chor Line steamship Furnessia conveying her.
the Republic sank off No Mans Land. near
Gay Head. about o'clock last night. Captain
sealby and his volunteer crew were all saved
and will be brought on to New York
The passengers and some OF the crew OF the
Republic were taken on board the Baltic when
the Florida had TO give up the task OF taking
the shipwrecked persons to port, sending her
passengers as well aboard the big White
Star steamship The Baltic reached Sandy Hook
at a. this morning. She will anchor for
the night and will land her triple load Of pas
sengers, 1850 in all. at about s o'clock. those
from the Republic and Florida not having 70
go through the usual customs formailities.
The list Of dead and injured follows:
THE DEAD.
LYNCH. Mrs Eugene. Boston. Mass.
MOONEY. William J.. president Cavalier County
-Four seamen. names unknown. the Florida
THE INJURED
LYNCH. Eugene. Boston
MURPHY. Mrs. Thomas J.. Grand Forks. y. D.
The dispatches revealed that the Republic was
rammed and stove in. not on the starboard side,
as at first supposed. but the port side, at a
point about opposite the smoking room, point
well aft
Rumors that the Republic had sunk were rife
in the city early in the evening A news dis
patch in the form of wireless message from
siasconsett. received soon after O'Clock. read:
Republic gone down. No one on board. All
crew safe on board revenue cutter Gresham"
Another dispatch. received a few minutes ear
Her. had said that she safe An earlier
message brought the news that the Atlantic
Transport steamship Minneapolis had got into
touch with the Seneca and in about two hours
The Republic was then about nine miles south
east by south of Nantucket Shoal light vessel.
with the Minneapolis about sixty miles to the
eastward. 1t is probable that she did not sight
the Republic at ALL The Furnessia Of the An
Choir Line. already had promised to convoy the
helpless vessel to port
Although news dispatches of apparent au-
thenticity. saying that the Republic had sunk
with all hands saved, had been shown to White
Star officials, they were 1oath to believe them.
until at nearly IL o'clock they got this message
from Captain Sealby, dated 1871 D. m on sun
day:
The Republic sunk All hands saved Max
ing toward Gay Head on board the Gresham
Captain Fisher OF the City OF Memphis. out
of Savannah for Boston sent the first trust
worthy news of the second disaster. He said
through wireless message that she had sunk
off No Mans Land small island between Gay
Head and Martha's Vineyard
The passengers of the Republic taken board
the Florida had to be transferred near the point
where the collision occurred to the White Star
steamer Baltic with the passengers of the badly
damaged italian vessel 1t took from II o'clock
Saturday night until 10 o'clock Sunday morning
to transship the 1850 passengers During this
time the New York of the American Line stood
by and lowered her boats. but was not called
upon for assistance
FLORIDA IN BAD WAY.
Perhaps first in Importance in the long list
of events following the catastrophe the
succor extended to the passengers. first by the
crippled Florida and then by the Baltic. which
had conveyed the Italian for several hours. The
details kept fltering in through the day from
all the wireless points along the coast The
Florida. already heavily laden with passengers.
had scant accommodations for those taken from
the Republic Incapable of making more than
six or seven knots. she was in bad condition.
with her nose smashed in back 70 the second
bulkhead. as though she had rammed stone
wall Both forward compartments We're filed
and she was well down by the head.
AS the Florida circIed about like wounded
whale the Baltic stood by. mile or so-away.
her great searchiishts cut through the fog. keep
ing the Italian in a glow of light. BY 10 o'clock
the sea began 10 kick UP. adding to the distress
of the Florida Captain voltolin then signallsd
10 the Baltic that it would be unsafe to delay
transshipment any longer The Baltic was kept
nearly full mile away Ever since she had
first met the Florida her boat covers had been
off and everything was in readiness 10 drop the