Show THREE HUNDRED LIVES f Si J lOST IN BRINY WATERS Italian Steamship Sirio With Souls on Board Wrecked reeked VI Off Hor Hormigas Hormigas Hormigas migas Island Ca tain Commits Suicide Panic as Soon as the Vessel Struck the Sunken Reef Cartagena Spain Aug 5 A marine disaster occurred last evening oft off of Cape Palos The Tho Italian steamship Sirio from Genoa for Barcelona Cadiz Mon Montevideo J and Buenos Ayres with about SOO SOOt t persons p aboard was wrecked off oft f ps Island Three hundred hundred immigrants most niost of ot them Italians and Spaniards were drowned The Tb captain of the steamship commit committed ted suicide The bishop of San Pedro Brazil also was as lost and it is reported that another bishop is among the missing The remainder of ot the passengers and the officers and crew got away uway in the ships boats or were rescued by means of boats sent to them from the shore A number of ot fishermen who made at attempts attempts attempts tempts at rescue were drowned Saved in Pitiable Condition Those rescued from the vessel are now at Cape Palos in a pitiable condition be being beIng beIng ing without food tood or clothing The Sirio struck a rocky reef known as Bajos Hormigas and sank soon afterward stern first Hormigas Island lies about two and a half halt miles to the tho eastward of Cape Palos The Sirio was w owned by the m Italiana of Genoa Geno Before he committed suicide the cap captain v tain tam declared the steamer had passengers passengers passengers gers on board and that her crew num numbered numbered numbered men The Sirio had passengers passengers gers g s when leaving Genoa but additional Spanish passengers were taken aboard at Barcelona where the vessel touched a afew afew afew few hours ours before the disaster Wild Panic on Board The disaster occurred at 5 yes yesterday yesterday afternoon The steamer was threading a difficult passage through the Hormigas group where the Bajos Hor Hormigas migas reef is a continual menace to nav nay navigation navigation The vessel began to settle rap rapidly rapIdly rapIdly idly immediately after she had struck and a terrible scene of confusion and panic ensued on the vessel The fisher fishermen fishermen fishermen men along the coast sought to render rende every ever assistance and sent out boats which brought many survivors ashore Most ost of the officer and crew of the Sirio are among the saved The survivors have pone gonE into camp on the main square of the th town at Palos HeartRending S Scenes enes Harrowing scenes are enacted as the stricken families anxiously seek beloved members among amonS the rescued A mother who lost her three children went insane The doctor of the Sirio gave up his wife and child as lost but they were finally brought in by b one of the rescuing boats and the scene at this family reunion was most affecting One of ot the boats sent out by br the fishermen brought in passengers The condition of the survivors is most deplorable They have lost everything and are without money food or clothing The maritime authorities of Cartagena I have dispatched a 0 tug to the scene icene car carrying carrying i r relief supplies The buildings of a t 1 circus and a poor house are being used as temporary quarters for the survivors The latest reports from the cape say that three boats have Just brought In a number of ot rescued I Captain Blamed Himself I An additional sadness is added to t the catastrophe owing to the fact that a num number number number ber of fishermen who were conducting rescuing operations were drowned in con consequence cons consequence sequence s of the overturning of lot a boat The captain of the Sirio just before he committed suicide attributed the wreck to his own imprudence Tte 1 te Sirio left Genoa Geno Aug 2 Extent of Disaster Unknown All AU tho the ships books were lost It is impossible at present pre ent to ascertain the full tull extent of the disaster of tho the passengers were Italians and the remainder Spaniards All the survivors have been boon landed at Cape Palos The Inhabitants provided them with clothing and nourishment Thirty were landed at Hormigas Island about three miles from the tragedy Fishermen brought in the theS S first news of the foundering of the Sirio and it t created consternation here Boat Boatloads Boatloads Boatloads loads of ot the shipwrecked passengers and crew began to reach shore shortly after the news became known Passengers confirm the fearful nature of tile the calamity From the broken narratives of the ter survivors it would appear that it was the intention of or the captain of the Sirio after leaving Barcelona to call at Cadiz before proceeding to Brazil Captains Fatal Error The captain in order to shorten the route and gain time proposed to pass as close as possible to the dangerous rocky ledges surrounding the Hormigas Islands With Without Without out any warning and while running at full tull speed the Sirio crashed upon the rocks rooks with terrific force A few minutes after atter the vessel ve sel sank beneath the waves The passengers were in a state of horror and panic Crowds rushed forward push pushIng Ing lug each ench other and fighting for laces in inthe Inthe Inthe the bow of ot the boat Many fell and were trampled to death Dozens of men and women omen threw themselves into tho the sea A young oung mother who was carrying her baby was advised to abandon the child chil chiland and try to to save ave herself alone This she refused to do declaring that she preferred that they the die together Both eventually were picked up alive from the water Officers Were Powerless In the midst of this panic the captain and officers ers of ot the Sirio endeavored in vain to restrain the people restore a sem semblance semblance semblance blance of order and organize a system s stem of lifesaving This was not accomplished for tor the vessel suddenly sud lenly either broke ir in j half or glided off the rocks and foundered It in deep water The captain purposely sank with his hi ship The archbishop of San Pedro went vent down with the vessel while hile blessing the drown drowning drownIng drowning ing passengers The other bishop who wilo was first supposed to have len been be n drowned drowne has since been reported safe He Ho is at Cartagena 1 A steamer engaged in rescue work has reached port She has on board the bodies of several infants The Austrian consul at Rio do de Janeiro was wa saved savl d but lost a large amount of money moncy when the vessel went WE nt down The government has issued instructions that every very possible measure m for tor the re of f the stricken people shall be taken takenA A fleet et of OC trawlers providentially hap happened haPpened hapIs Is petted to be only o ly about JOG joo yards away When the Sirio struck Notwithstanding o tan ing ingI I the he g a 1 skippers rs of r J It 4 boats came at once to the rescue The survivors of the Sirio unite in praising the conduct of the captains of the trawl trawlers era ers Joven Miguel and Vicenta The former steamed close to the side o othe of the sinking ship and took off persons The crew of ot this trawler endeavored to sheer off fearing that their boat would be sunk whereupon the captain drew his revolver leveled it at his men and nd shouted As long as it is possible to take takeoff takeoff off or another passenger pa seAger you will not move The deck of the th Joven Miguel became so crowded with the sur survivors survivors ivors of the Sirio that th t the skipper was obliged in order to prevent his boat from capsizing to force them down the hold a athe at atthe atthe the point of his revolver Nearly Missing The Vicenta saved persons and an old fisherman sailing a dingy alone saved twelve A taken on onshore onshore onshore shore shows that persons from th tb Sirio are missing but It is believed bellev d that thata a 1 few were taken on board French and Ger German German German man steamers which continued their voy voyage voyage voyage age after the Sine Sirio sank i It Is said that a large number of the I first and anti second cabin passengers were drowned their cabins being the first to togo togo togo go under water Many heartrending incidents are re related related hated Six children clambered into the shrouds of ot the Sirio while their mothers were taken off by b one of the trawlers The Sirio sank before the children could coull be rescued The mothers frantic with de le despair watched their children as they were w re engulfed The children uttered piercing shrieks as they were drawn under the waves It was with difficulty that the women were restrained from jumping into the sea A monk among the passengers drowned while kneeling on deck Brave Austrian Consul The Austrian consul at Rio de Janeiro jumped into the sea wearing a life belt beltHe beltHe beltHe He then noticed a woman and child chUd near him on the point of going down He gave up his belt to them and tried to swim hore He was almost exhausted when by bv a fishing vessel The body of a child brought ashore had around its neck a picture of ot the Madonna ladonna and a ayoung ayoung young Oung Italian who was drowned had iad ad clasped in his hand a picture of his fiancee Among the drowned Is the prior of or the Benedictine order with headquarters tors in lit London All An the stokers went down with the ship They were unable to reach the deck in time to save themselves s sAmong Among the survivors at Cape Palos Pales are many mothers who weep and wring their hands for lost children while there are also a number of children who are unable to find their parents These have been admitted to the city cit foundling asylum as lum lumA A large number of the surviving emi emigrants grants declared they will go no further They desire to return home and insist on traveling by land |