Show OVER A HUNDRED BROWNED ortigia ll struck the maria ill P amidships and the vessel went down almost immediately carrying to death apparently in doubt as to who is to blame for the awful loss of lite life genoa july 21 the italian steamers ortigia ll and marla maria P 11 collided oft off iseal del pinta at the entrance to the gulf gul of genoa today to day the latter sank and US were drowned the maria P was bound from naples to la plata there was waa a crew of seventeen and the passengers numbered she was entering the gulf of genoa at this morning when she met the outbound they only noticed each other when a collision was inevitable the be bow of the Ort ortilla igla crashed crabbed into the starboard side of the maria ii penetrating six yards and ripping up the ima maria P 1 like matchwood match wood the water rushed in through the hole and the maria P 11 sank bank in three minutes the majority of the passengers were asleep at the time of the accident and hal no time to escape after the alarm was given they were engulfed with the vessel the Ort ortilla igla remained 0 on n the spot until 6 it in order to pick up the survivors she rescued fourteen of the crew and twenty eight of the passengers of 0 the 01 maria larla P F other steamer steam erp have been dispatched to the scene of the disaster and are no now w searCh searching ilig tor for further survivors the Or bow was smashed for a space of twelve feet along the water line there Is some comment upon the tact fact brought to mind by the disaster that hat the ortigia once collided on the same fame spot with the french steamer loncle josephe at the conclusion of the sitting of the chamber today to day at rome home the minister of marine announced the news of cf the disaster in the midst of a profound sensation adding that rin an officer ofil a seaman stoker and lit passengers passengers of the maria P had perished the Ort ortilla igla had twenty five passengers on board the maria Ws P captain was named ferrara the chamber has baa ortle ordered red an inquiry nto into uie di disaster saliter |