1902 — Dec 21, Last sighting, American ship Florence, Tacoma, WA for Honolulu, HI– ~15

–All hands. Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR, 1968, p. 217.
— ~15 Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1904. Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum, 1903, p. 203.
— 15 Schmitt, Robert C. Catastrophic Mortality in Hawaii. 2-2-2009, p. 73.

National Information

Gibbs: “Florence, American ship, 1,684 tons, vanished with all hands off Cape Flattery in 1902. Vessel was bound for San Francisco from Tacoma. She was owned by California Shipping Co., and was built at Bath, Maine, in 1877, by Goss & Sawyer.” (Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1968, p. 217.)

Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1904: “Am. ship Florence Spicer, coal laden for this port, sailed from Tacoma, December 1st, 1902, during heavy weather, and has not since been heard from. With her officers she had a crew of about fifteen men.” (Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1904. Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum, 1903, p. 203.)

Schmitt: “December 1902: The American ship Florence, which sailed from Tacoma for Honolulu in heavy weather on December 1, disappeared, taking with her 15 persons.” (Schmitt, Robert C. Catastrophic Mortality in Hawaii. 2-2-2009, p. 73.)

Newspapers

Dec 30, Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu: “The ship Florence is now out twenty-eight days from Tacoma for this port with a cargo of coal.” (Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu. “Shipping Notes.” 12-30-1902, p. 9.)

Dec 30: “Astoria. Dec. 30. Captain Harms, of the German bark Llta, reports that on December 21 he spoke the American ship Florence, from Tacoma, for Honolulu, in CS north, 137.50 west. She signaled ‘All well’ and desired to be reported.” (Morning Oregonian, Portland. 12-31-1902.)

Jan 23: “Ship Florence, Spicer, fifty-two days out from Tacoma.” (Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu. “Overdue at this Port.” 1-23-1903, p. 8, col. 1.)

Jan 24: “Victoria, B.C., Jan. 24. – The steamer Miowere brought news from Honolulu that great anxiety is being felt at that port for the ship Florence, which was forty-five days out from Tacoma for Honolulu when the Miowere sailed on January 16, and has not since been reported. She sailed from Puget Sound on December 2, during a heavy gale. The S. D. Carleton preceded the Florence out of the Straits and Captain Amesbury of that vessel says that he fears that something has happened to the Florence.” (Oakland Tribune, CA. “Ship May Have Gone Down.” 1-24-1903, p. 12.)
Sources

Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1968.

Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1904. Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum, 1903. Accessed 10-6-2012 at: http://www04.us.archive.org/stream/acp0143.1904.001.umich.edu#page/1/mode/1up

Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu. “Overdue at this Port.” 1-23-1903, p. 8, col. 1. Accessed 6-23-2022 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/hawaiian-gazette-jan-23-1903-p-8/

Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu. “Shipping Notes.” 12-30-1902, p. 9. Accessed 10-6-2012 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/FullPagePdfViewer.aspx?img=11120752

Morning Oregonian, Portland. [Ship Florence] 12-31-1901. Accessed 10-6-2012 at: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1901-12-31/ed-1/seq-10/ocr.txt

Oakland Tribune, CA. “Ship [San Juan] Sinks Five Minutes After Striking Tanker.” 8-30-1929, D3. At: http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FullPagePdfViewer.aspx?img=105413307

Schmitt, Robert C. Catastrophic Mortality in Hawaii. 2-2-2009, 86 pages. Accessed 9-20-2012 at: Catastrophic Mortality in Hawaii – eVols – University of Hawaii. Accessed at: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fevols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10524%2F150%2FJL03074.pdf%3Fsequence%3D2&ei=UPSvVK2bLoO4yQTO74L4DA&usg=AFQjCNHER9A57xAr6d0m9mJcnsc4F2Z8Gg&bvm=bv.83339334,d.aWw