South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-25

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I cries next month.
I Prominent Men Aboard.
/ Thomas Mcneil, head OF the Nc
MurdO Drug company. one Of the
leading pharmacial concerns i'm the
colony, and Fred Smythe manager
. Of the New Foundland Wooden mills. |
were others I'm the passenger list
All but three OF the passengers
+ We're natives Of New Foundland. .
Three commercial travellers. a Mr..
. Stevens or New York, W. W Dau-
/ phine OF Montreal and O. p. Belle
veau of Toronto. were on their way
home.
The Florizel was sister of the
steamer Stephano which was sunk
by the German submarine U-55 off
} Nantucket. sunday night. October
S, 1916
Valued At S1.OOO.OOO.
Her cargo included 10000 barrels
OF dry Goldfish and herring. The
ship herself was valued at $1,000
600.
\ blizzard was brewing when she
I left here at o'clock last night and
it grew worse toward midnisht. but
abated in the early morning.
The snip struck in Broad cove
about a m She sent one wire
less message of distress. saying she
was aground which was received
at the cape. Race radio station.
Nothing further was heard from
her and as the cove is i'm a remote
and sparsely settled district. it WAS
not until late i'm the forenoon that
a rescue party reached there. They
discovered the Florizel lying veil i'm
shore and subjected TO a merciIess
pounding by the heavy seas
Impossible To Escape.
Small boats could not live I'm the
surf and efforts 10 escape from the
ship were hopeless. while i'm the alb
sence OF life saving equipment. no
assistance could be given from
shore.
Men could be seen on the bridge
signalling for help and some had
dashed themselves to the rigging.
Gradually. under the buffeting OF
the waves. the hull disappeared
from view and after few hours
the vessel was almost submersed
while men IL the rigging still sig
nailed franticaliy, but hopelessly for
aid
While the watchers looked on the
bodies of five men and a woman
came ashore. -Four were identified
as those of Edgar Froude. Captain
Joseph Kean. and Robert Snow.
passengers and James Long. sail
or.
Meanwhile, arrangements had
been made here TO send the Terra
Nova. sealing vessel. to the aid
OF the Florizel
Woman In Crew.
The crew of the Florizel. includ-
Ell one woman. Miss Ethel McHardy,
stewardess. Brooklyn. y. Y. The
vessel was commanded by Captain
W. J. Martin.
She was owned by the New York
New Foundland and Halifax steam
ship Co, known as the Red Cross
line. of which c. r Bowring Co
ltd. of Liverpool and New York are
the agents.
The ship was built at Glasgow in
1909 and registered 1880 tons net.
She conveyed the first New Found
/ land regiment across the Atlantic in
October 1914, accompanying other
ships carrying the original Canadian
contingent.
Here is Passenger List
The passenger list of the steam
er Florizel follows;
First class for New York: Alec
Ledingham Thomas Mcneil. Fred
Smythe. J. II. Bags. William But
Ter. Fred Butler and wife, Patrick
Laracy. Edward Froude. James Nc
! Coubrey. Robert Wright, James
Miller. James DAILY call business
men of st. Johns): Misses Kitty
! Cantweu Annie Dalton. NJ Barrett.
Second class for New York: 10
seph Maloney. wife and child; VII
liam Dodd, p. J. Fitzpatrick. \.
/ Power. J. g. Sparrow. Edward
! Greening. John Costello. Peter
/ Guilfoyle. Thomas Whelan. William
! Gussweu. David Griniths. Misses
/ Minnie Daniel, Elizabeth Pelley.
First class for Halifax: Frank
Crown. Fred Snow. Edward Ber-
teau. Jack Q. Parsons. Newman :.
/ Ellars. Ralph Burnam cadets OF
the royal flying CORPSE; George Mas
( bishop. Charles n. Miller, W. w.
( Dauphinee o. r. Bellevue. George
A. Moulton and son. George Par
miter. Gerald 81. John. William
Moore. John Kelley Michael Con
molly. John Connolly. William Par
inter. Mai Michael sullivan. Archi-
bald Gardner. Capt Joseph keal,
John s Mum, William Earle.
Michael O. Driscon Misses Beau
mont. Mum. TrenChard
Second class for Halifax: George
| Long. A. @. Pagan r. J. Fowler.
George Puddester. Gregory Maho-
ney. John Lynch, w. Richard Leon
ard Nicheu. John Cleary. James
! Crockwell n. Pearcy. James Bart
lett. Charles Howell. J. Forest. Jo-
seph Stockley all of ST Johns AMI
Mr. stevens. New York
Martin Good skipper.
The ship was in command or
Capt W. ] Martin. one OF the fore
most shippers i'm the New Found
land trade He took the Florizel out
OF -. Johns last night and almost
Immediately ran into terrific bliz-
| zard with all the Accompaniment