Arizona republican., 1918-02-25

steamer Stephano. sunk by the Ger man U-boat U-53 off Nantucket Octo- Der s, 1916. She had been continued in the service between St. Johns and New York, but since the United States entered the war her movements had not been given publicity.
 The Florizel sailed from here last night with a large number of passen- gers and a cargo which included 10.500 barrels of dry codfish and herring for New York and 1900 barrels for Hali- fax, her only port of call between St. Johns and New York. The ship her self was valued at s1,000,000.
 The ship struck in Broad cove about , a. m. She sent one wireless message of distress, received at the Cape Race radio station, saying that she was aground and in imminent danger of de- struction. Her wireless appartus worked haltingly and soon was silent.
 Word Travelled Slowly. Nothing further was heard from her and as the cove is in a remote and sparsely settled district, it was not until late in the afternoon that res- cue party reached the scene. They l discovered the Florizel lying well in- shore and subjected to a merciless ! pounding by the heavy seas. Small boats could not live in the surf and efforts to escape from the ship 1 were hopeless. while in the absence of life saving equipment no assistance could be given from shore. l Men could be seen on the bridge sig naling for help. Some had lashed them selves to the rigging.
 Gradually, under the buffeting of the
  l and after few hours the vessel was almost submerged, while men in the Y ging still signalled frantically, but hopelessly, for aid.
 While the watchers looked on, the l bodies of five men and a woman came ashore. Four were identified as those of Edgar Froude, Kean, Snow and Long. The others had not been iden- tified tonight. Meanwhile, arrange ments had been made to send the Terra Nova. sailing vessel, to the aid of the t1orizel. and a special train carrying physicians, nurses and supplies was made up and depatched to the poin nearest the scene of the wreck. The purser, F. H. Jones, was chic purser of the Red Cross line and wa. serving on the StephaRo when the lat ter was sunk by the German submarin, | OllF tIle MASSACHUSETTS coast. Int Florizel was owned by the New York Newfoundland and Halifax Steamship company, known as the Red Cross line of which c. T. Bowring company Ltd
 of Liverpool and New York, are tn agents.
 The ship was built at Glasgow il
 1909 and registered 1880 tons.
 Took Soldiers Across.
 The Florizel conveyed the first New foundland regiment across the Allan tic in October, 1914, accompanying oth
 CT ships carrying the original Canadian contingent.
 The passenger list of the F'lorize
 follows:
 First class: For New York: Ale
 Lexington. Thomas McNeil, Ere l Smythe, J. H. Baggs. William Butler l Fred Butler and wife, Patrick Laracy l Edward Froude, James McCoubrey l Robert Wright, James Miller, lame | Daly (all business men of St. Johns) Misses Kitty Cantwell, Annie Dalton , M. Barrett.
 Second class: For New York: Josep t Maloney, wife and child; William Dodt P. J. Fitzpatrick, A. Power, J. G. Spar g row. Edward Greening. John Costello Peter Guilfoyle, Thomas Whelan, Vii
 liam Gusswell, David Griffiths, Misse 3 Minnie Daniel, Elizabeth Pelly. l First-clas for Halifax: Fran
 Chown, Fred Snow, Edward Bertear
 Jack c. Parsons, Newman Sellars e Ralph Burnam (cadets of the Roya