The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-25
Captain Sealby Stuck to His Doomed Vessel Until Her MaSts
 We're Submerged.
Fifty of His Crew Stayed With Him Until the Last Mo-
 ment-Rescued Seamen and Passengers Greeted at
 New York Wharves by Great Concourse - Florida Did All in Her Power to Help.
fSpecial from United Press.) )

t... Especial from United Press.)
 New York, Jan. 25.-Carrying 1,136
 passengers of the wrecked White Star
 liner Republic and the damaged Italian
 liner Florida which rammed the Re-
 public, the Baltic steamed up to her
 pier at 12:40 this afternoon. She will
 land her passengers within half an
 hour She also had on board several
 members of the crew of the Republic
 and a total number of survivors num-
 bering 1861.
 The Florida. with her:bow smashed
 in and deserted by all save her of
 fcers and crew. reached Ambrose
 Channel lightship at noon. proceeding
 to New York under her own steam.
 night she carried the bodies of Mrs.
 Eugene Lynch of Boston. and W. J..
 Mooney of Langdon. N.D.. with her.
 When the Baltic came up to her pier she was greeted by wild cries from hundreds who had gathered to witness her arrival Many in the crowds were relatives or friends of the passengers. Strange scenes were witnessed on the dock. Scattered about were the un- fortunateS in all manner of grotesque costumes. Many of the women were clad in raincoats and blankets with bOWcdS dTOulQ LDoiT aSaQS. AILNOURn some had managed to get some sleep on the Baltic last night most of them, esD6cial1y the women and children, were utterly worn out from exposure and worry.
 Several of tho passengers were being made as comfortable as possible by afriends who had come aboard from the White Star relief steamer which had been sent down the channel last night.
 As the Baltic swept majestically up the channel the fog bound steamer was gfven a noisy reception. Wire, less r1eMages were sent to all the 1 neighboring shippers. Entering the North river the passengers on the ferry boats saw the, Baltic and cheered her wildly The crippled Florida iinped into view off Sandy Hook by noon. She came on at an 8 knot rate. She WAS low at the bow with her stern we'll in the air.
 l The Furnessia was with her acting (By E. H. Ginland, Wireless Operator A. at Siasconset.)
 SteaeDnset, Mass, Jan. 25.-The i steamship Republic with a huge hole ' on her port side, amidships lies at the bottom off No Mans Land under about 45 fathons of water. She sank last night while being lowed to New York by the revenue cutter Gresham and , tho derelict destroyer Seneca. At the time there were aboard Captain Sealby and a picked crew of about 50 men in- cluding Wireless Operator Binn. It was soon seen that she could last but a short time. Yet Captain Sealby did not abandon hope of landing his vessel into @ port of safety. The ! Gresham continued tugging at the hawsers. The strain was getting harder and harder. Suddenly the Re public liirched and those on the Gresh- am which was nearest the badly hurt liner realized she was sinking. Lines were rapidly cast off and a life- boat crew was ordered ready. Another lunch, this time deeper, settled the question. The crew began to leap foverboard and as fast as this was done The Republic sank lower and lower till with a lunge she went bow first. The boat from the Gresham was busy pick { ing ugp the crew of the Republic. The powerful searchlight of the cutter made everything almost as bright as day so the work did not go on in the darkness. All had been taken aboard the Iife-boat it was thought, when it was noticed that Captain Sealby had not been found. Then began a des~ perate hunt He was discovered cling ing to a grating from the sunken ship, and was greatly exhausted. Captain Sealhy and his mate are being cared for on the Gresham.
 Boston, Jan. 25.-Dispatches from Newport, R. l., say the wireless station there has picked up messages saying fifty of the crew of the Republic are on the derelict destroyer Seneca presum- ably bound for New York.
 New York, Jan. 25.-The White Star Liner Baltic with 1861 passengers of the Sunken liner Republic and the dan1- aged Florida reached New York Bay early, to-day but is held up in Ambrose Channel owing to the heavy fog. She will dock during the morning. The Florida, in convoy of the Ameri- can liner New York, is considerably 1 damaged. Owing to the fog and the | partially disabled condition of che | Florida. the progress of the two ships | from the scene of Saturdays collision l is slow. A short distance off No Mans | Land, a small islet near Martha's Vine | yard lies all that remains of the once nfief1ty Republic. She sank last night | in forty-f1ve fathoms of water Cap i tain Sealby. who stated he would stay on the ship till she went down, and | fifty of the crew, were taken off just in The wreck victims on board the Gresh- am were taken to Marthas Vineyard.
 Aboard the Baltic, anchored in Am prose Channel, Captain Ransom gave out the following statement:
 All those aboard are doing as well | dS COuIU De 6XptCtCO. 4SAofJ e~A v sui fering from nervous shock but the great majority are resting comfortably The Florida is following us under the convoy of the American liner New York
 The crash came without warning | the Florida slipping out of the fog and striking the Republic before anyone Knew of her presence. The shock was terrific and stateroonls 34 and 2S were stove in by the bow of the Flor ida. The Florida immediately backed away and disappeared in the fog aft. One of the Florida's anchors was left in the wreckage of the demolished staterooms. The thing occurred so quick that the identity of the ramming steamer was not learned until after wards.
 "The engine room of the Republic was smashed but the mechanism was not dannaged. Operator Binns stuck