Show 1 00 DROWN W W WHEN S STEAMERS SINK I K I N IO I 11 I rA SN R Ri i i I 1 SAVU I ON ONi I CRA CRASH H British Liner Co Conne- Conne ne- ne mara Cut in Two b by Y T Transfer Boat Retriever er and Both Sinker S Sink Bj er News Now dee Fa-dee t to 10 rte ne T. T h Nov 4 At feast i 1 0 r li Ii res es were r lost loss st sti i in tr sh l J sea sea last last night when the the- steamer I and the ocean tug I Retriever were in collision during a hurricane off oft lough oft off t the coast of Ireland Early reports said I there were passengers passenger on the but a telegram from the I superintendent of ot the London Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western railway owners of or the v vessel i received this afternoon says pays that there were only seven fifty-seven passengers all I British subjects on board Both steamers sank before lifeboats could be lowered The only survivor is believed to be James Boyle a member of ot the Retrievers Retriever's crew SEARCH FOR VICTIMS Admiralty vessels vessels' were ordered to the scene of or the disaster ster to search for possible victims The majority of or the passengers it is said were men Agents of the line were hopeful that the list of saved might bo be increased when details are known knowd This is believed doubtful however as the early reports say that the sank so quickly that it was impossible p e to 1 lower e her e lifeboats e 1 eol ol and the water was s so cold d that there is practically no chance of anyone surviving surviving sur sur- even though though- they were able to attach life lite pres preservers bet e the vessel went down Later reports indicate that the Retriever Retriever Retriever Re Re- also sank within a very verr few minutes after atter the went down The latter vessel was owned by bythe bythe bythe the London Northwestern Railway company and was used for tor the transfer of ot passengers between England and Ireland The was was' a steel vessel of or tons and was built In 1987 1937 I Reports from the scene of ot the disaster ter which Lloyds now places at a point off olt Carlingford slough on time the Irish coast indicate that the collision took place in darkness the Retriever striking strUt strUt- ing the at almost amidships amid amid- ships an and smashing her holds so that the he watertight gates were useless BODIES WASH ASHORE I A dispatch from Dublin says sate that reports re re- ports received there say that the tho bodies of ot the victims are coming ashore on onlee the lee coast of or County Down So far as can be learned the lost were mostly inhabitants of ot the British isles as the does not carry saloon pas pas- The agents of or the railroad say nay that so 0 far tar as they know there were no Americans on the vessel The officers of ot the this railway here have been besieged throughout the day with persons persons seeking information regarding friends who might have been passengers on the To all an the reply is made that so 80 far there is no list of ot passengers available Unless some have been picked up by the destroyers an and coast guard ard vessels which were sent Ent a to the scene seene It now seems scents likely that hat the crews of or both vessels as well wen as all passengers but bul on one on the p perished I |