Show STEAMER ASIA ASIL ft INKS NEAR fiNGER ROCK Passengers Saved Wh When n Pacific Liner Goes Down Downin in Chinese Waters TOKIO April 2 24 The Th The Pacific Mall Mail steamship Asia from for tor San Francisco has sunk off ot Finger Rock Rock South China The Tho passengers arc nrc re reported reported reported re- re ported rescued and the tho mall mail saved The Asia struck Sunday Sunda morning while feeling her way cautiously through h a thick fog tor in tho direction of ot Shan Shanghai ht l. l Her wireless signals or distress were picked up b by the steamer America of or orthe the tho Toyo KI n company which was en route from Shan Shanghai hal for tor The Tho latter vessel Immediately reported Wo Ye are coming to your assistance No further message was received b by the America which pushed hard In the direction of or the tho Asia The America arrived arrived ar ar- ar rived oft off Finger Rock at al 3 o'clock yesterday yester yester- est r- r day but owing to the tog fog og which continued continued con con- heavy was sas unable to discover the tho whereabouts of or the distressed steamer r. r The America I lay a to until the weather cleared when she found that the tho Chinese vessel Shang Siu of ot the Taku Steamship company had hod gono to tho the aid of or the Asia and rescued her passengers The Thc latest report received b by the agent of ot the Pacific Mall Mail Steamship company line IIno at Yokohama M says S 'S that the Asia was sunk flunk but that it is believed that the passengers pas pas- Bangers BOngers with the malls were saved A A- A cablegram from Shanghai received today at the office oalee of ot the Pacific Mall Mail Steamship company in iii this city says that tho the Asia was waa stranded on Finger island an anti and would prove a total loss 1055 Tho The passengers passengers pas pas- and malls mails were taken to Shanghai on a Chinese steamer and the tho Chinese crew to on the Japanese steamer Maru The Tho Asia sailed from Fr FrIday Friday day and was duo due in San Francisco May 10 ii She Shoo operated regularly between these ports and was wa commanded bv by H. H roger The Tho vessel was built in 1883 and rc registered a a. little less than tons Finger Rock is a n. remarkable projection from the Heau Chu Islet the southernmost southernmost southern southern- most of ot group of islands which lie Ho about miles mlle south of Shanghai Tho The ship was on her wa way to Shanghai which was her regular Trular port of or call Finger Rock Is a remarkable projection from the Heau ChU Ch Islet the tho southernmost southernmost southern southern- most of ot group of Islands which lie He miles of Shanghai Tho The ship was on h her r wa way to 10 Shanghai which washer was washer washer her regular port of call WAS SMALLEST OF or PACIFIC COMPANY'S STEAMERS SAN FRANCISCO April 24 The Tho Asia was one dim ne of ot tho the smallest of ot the steamers operated between tho by-tho Pacific Mall Mail company company- Her tier gross groB tonnage was and her length 4 10 feet feeL She was a steel teel screw steamer built by Harland Harrand and Wolff at Belfast Bedfast Ireland In 1883 For the last five Iho years years' ears she had bad been ben In command of cf Captain H. H roger |