Show t FRENCH VESSEL STRIKES ROCKS Steamer Wrecked on Coast of Uruguay With Heavy Loss of Life Montevideo Uruguay Tho French transpoit maritime steamer Pol ton from Marseilles April C for this port has been wrecked oft San Jose Ignaclo on the coast of Uinguay She Is understood to havo had 300 passengers passen-gers on board and according to late reports nearly 200 of these havo been rcscueii and mo on their to this city The vessel and her cargo will probably probab-ly prove a otal loss Tho casualty list has been reported at 100 but this has not been coiroboratpd The government gov-ernment Is doing everything possible to succor the shlpwivckcil people San Jose Ignnclo Is a small rocky promontory surrounded by reefs twentyone miles west of Capo St Maria on tho southwestern coast of Uruguay and about 150 miles from Montevideo |