DISASTERS AT SEA. Three Vessels Sunk in the Atlantic-Great Loss of Life.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 53, 7 June 1884, Page 3

DISASTERS AT SEA. Three Vessels Sunk in the AtlanticGreat Loss of Life.

Father Point (Quebec), May 7.— The steamship Titania, from Glasgow, passed inward this morning. She has on board 24 of the crew of the State of Florida, that vessel having been sunk by collision with a barque in mid-ocean. Out of, IG9 persons on the State of Florida only 44 were saved, and of the barque's crew only the captain and two men were rescued. One hundred and twenty-three bouls went down with the steamer, and twelve with the barque, making a total of 135. The survivors will probably be landed at Quebec. The distance from Father Point to Quebec being nearly three hundred miles, creates doubts whether the particulars of the disaster can be learned until a late hour to-night. The despatch relating to the disaster is not inconsistent with the report made by the City of Rome that the ship which was signalled by her in midocean had on board a portion of the crew of the State of Florida ; but, on the other | hand, it corroborates that story, and leads to the conclusion that twenty who had not been picked up by the Titania were rescued by another vessel, The agents of the State line cannot account for the collision, as the crew of the State of Florida were well trained, and the officers, from the captain down, experienced and careful, St. John's (N.F.), May 7. —Captain Bremmer, of the steamship Nevada, of the Gion line, gives the following particulars of his vessel's collision with the steamer Romano : On Monday, the 4th, noon, in latitude 40 deg. 50 mm., longitude 47 deg. 20 mm., while on the way from New York to Liverpool, and four days out, collided with the Romano, of Hull, belonging to the Wilson line. We struck the snip on the port side, abaft midships, bursting into the engine-room. The Romano sank in leas than one hour. The passengers and crew came on board in their own boats. It was calm at the time, with a heavy swell. Our collision compartment was full of water, our bows beaten in from the fore-foot to the deck. When the cargo was shifted and temporary repairs were effected we bore up for St. John's. Sunday we fell in with the St. Laurent, transhipped the passengers of the Romano, two in number, her crew, and our own passengers to that ship. Boston, May 7.~The agents of the Wilson line in this city state that the steamer Romano, sunk by the steamer Nevada, is valued at $200,000. The Wilsons are their own underwriters. The cargo was a general one, and not exceptionally valuable, mainly small lots insured* by shippers.