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Show OTHER VESSELS LOST. The icebergs and floC3 off Newfoundland New-foundland have been of unusual magni-l.udo magni-l.udo this 3'car, and the icefields have boon not onl3' much further south than usual, but have been in extraordinary extraordi-nary degreo more donse and extensive than evor beforo known. The Iosb of tho Titanic, was such a stupendous affair af-fair and so attracted universal attention, atten-tion, that it is onl- now that tho public pub-lic hoars of the loss of other vessels from substantially the namo cause. Thus wo find a statement in the Springfield (Mass.) Republican that tho list of missing ships is growing It recites that the small Norwegian steamer Tamfjord left Louisburg for Newfoundland on January 26th, and has not been heard of since. On February 26th tho British steamer Erna left the Clyde for St. Johns, N. F., and is now-posted now-posted at Ll03'ds for inquiry. On March 26th the Norwegian steamer Romsdal saw a large steamship of 8000 tons or more fast in tho ice, but was unable to respond to her signals for help. It ma3' have boon the Erna, but no later information has come. Our Massachusetts contemporary considers that "it would bo singular if there I were not man3f accidents to chronicle after such an invasion of the Atlantic bv tho Arctic, but the loss of a mere tramp with all hands nsual' passes unnoticed by the public; it takes a disaster to a liuor to stir the S3'mpa-thy S3'mpa-thy of the world. Yot the freight sorvice needs overhauling quite as much as the passenger service. The lifeboat problem is simple, but the installation in-stallation of wireless and a more rigid supervision of hulls and motivo power would do much for safety. All of which raises torrifying possi bilities, and tho world will rBM to know if, indeed, thoro hava MP uumbor of othor accidents In uST. nomonal blC ico drifts of th Jttf rear. It will be remembered' Hlf whs a mere accident that th SHW' did not sink without ohaomtioT wiroloss operator on tho Carol which rescued tho Titanic'a HvI?B- ' songcra, turned to his bstrume one moi-o look boforj, turning tho n.ght. That look caught SmT tanic cry for help, and the Car9 liv started upon her orrand of reicuM other cnues no last cry'hns bean a9 or reported; but thero may havS many vessels lost. In u.e ofi of them, the world will never knoP j |