The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-01-18
Ell DORADO GIVEN UP,
WITH CREW OF 80
Owners Have No Hope for
Freighter Caught in
Gale OFF Capcs.
FIFTEEN DAYSrNREPORlrb
Was one Of the Last Of Cramps
Iron ships. and Cost
100000.
FIFTEEN DAYSTNREPORlFr

The freighter FL Dorado Of the No.s4p
Line. controlled by the Southern pa,e,
Company, has gone to the port Of missing
ships with her young skipper. Capt " T.
Woods, and his officers and crew. thirty.
nine all told. The company has given
up hope OF ever hearing from the ship.
one of the last Of the Crampss : iron crna.
tions. launched in Philadelphia in lss,
She sailed hence on December 10 Tor
Baltimore to load steel rails fouGalveston
She got her cargo Of 1000 tons aboard
and sailed down the Chesapeake on
January T. The phenomenal storm q
the following day. which gave New York
a ninety mile blast. is supposed TO hav.
smashed her after she cleared the V,r-
ginia capes Nothing was heard Of her
after she passed out OF Chesapeake BAY
United States revenue cutters have
been searching for the FL Dorado for NOR.
than a week. but they have found no
wreckage from her Her heavy cargo, Il
she had sprung a leak under the batterins
Of the giant seas combed up by the gale
would have sent her swiftly TO the bottom
This ia the belief OF most OF the Officials
Of the Morgan Line IL she had been
going oceanward instead OF coastwise
there still might be some glimmer OF
hope for her. but a coastwtse freighter
unequipped with wireless could hardly
get out Of the path Of coastwise steamships
and stay out for fifteen days without soms
vessel reporting her.
It was said at the Offices OF the line
yesterday that the FL Dorado had cos.
originally about 34OO. 900. but there was
doubt about her value when she sailed
from Baltimore. Iron steamships ara
rare nowadays and it il probable tha.
she could not have been sold for half her
contract price. She was insured
The men Of the vanished freighter vera
Of the type that nearly every steamship
flying the American flag carries The
flag means higher wages to the foreign
born sailorman and stoker. and they
flock to the Yankee ships. Only twelve
Of the thirty nine lost were native Ameri-
cans. Two were naturalized citi.cn-.
six were subjects Of King George. two
were from Sweden. twelve. all s'oarrs
or coal passers. were Spanish. and th"!a
was an Austrian and German and a
Russian among the able seamen
Capt. Woods was unmarried and T.,
native Of England. He came here Nh n
boy and was master with tn .,,,
ten years. His mother is living ~ ir.,
city The mate was William n Cove.
a native Of Maine. ~ years old G. tujt.
second mate. was a native uf Rt,-i l.
20 years old and single; the chiei 'ngit, ,.t,
c. NJ. Roe. was a native of Sweden =
years old. lived in Brooklyn ana wa. IN
American citizen.
Other members Of the ships cowlauy
were William I. Farley. carpru'. r..
33. Minnesota; r. Ruddy. -, quarter
master. native Of England: scott.
quartermaster. -. native Of the West
! Indies; +. \. Herbert. first assistant
engineer, ~. born in Louisiana: : tom.
misky. second assistant engineer II
American citizen. born in Ireland lanes
| Douglas. third assistant engineer, -,
| American born.
The FL Dorado measured 1851 tons
gross. was 35i feet long. 42.s feet beam
and Of 3? u feet depth of hold. She was
regarded by the owners as safe ship.