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Show iimm loss gf m further Details of the Wreck of the Hilda on Les Portes Reef; Accident v Occurs During a Rough Sea and a Heavy Snowstorm. - - PARIS, Xov. 20. It is now certain that more than 100 lives were lost in the wreck of -the steamer Hilda, from Southampton to . St. Malo, France, which was wrecked on Les Tortes reef yesterday. ' When the steamer struck the rocks the boilers exploded, tearing the vessel into two parts. day night 'for St Malo, France, and was totally wrecked on Les Portes reef, outside , the Jardin lighthouse yesterday yester-day morning with the Iocs of over 100 lives, give a graphic description' of the disaster. Owing to the rough sea. together with a thick snowstorm, the captain of the Hilda probably took -the buoy light of the rocks for the St. Malo lighthouse. He gave signals which were not seen by harbor employees and then the steamer proceeded . slowly toward the light Steamer's Boilers- Explode. When the Hilda struck the rocks the steamer's boilers exploded and she wan cut In two, giving the passengers no time to save, their lives. Seven bod its . wearing life belts were stranded off the village of St Cast last evening. The coast near St. Malo. is covered - ' with wreckage and some cattle. Two- -, thirds of the Hilda'a passengers - -werev -.-r Frenck farmers returning to France with heavy sums In gold from the sale of their yearly harvest of onions and potatoes. BULLETIN. LONDON, Nov. 20. There is practically prac-tically no - further news hero of the disaster to the London & Southwestern Southwest-ern Railroad steamer Hilda, wrecked off the French coast cn Sunday morning, morn-ing, with the lose o over 100 llv?. A telegram from St Cast, near St Malo, says that fifty-one bodies have been washed up on the beach. Distressing' scenes were witnessed today at the offices of the London & Southwestern Bailroad company, both in London and at Southampton, but the company had no information to giro the relatives of the missing passengers, pas-sengers, and was unable to hold out the slightest hope-y ' PARIS, Nov.' 20. Special reports re- celved here of the wreck of the steamer steam-er Hilda, which left Southampton Fri- I Many English Families. The others were English families who wen? going to spend the winter at Di-nard. Di-nard. The wreck lies on the beach three miles off St. Malo. showing only her main-ma&t and forecastle. A correspondent corre-spondent of the Matin went to the scere of the wreck on a Government steamer with the local officials. Two Bodies Picked Up. They picked up five bodies which were entangled in the rigging of the Hilda. The bodies presented a dreadful dread-ful spectacle with arms and legs twisted twist-ed in all. directions and hands torn with desperate struggling. |