Show I NINE AR ARE DROWNED WHEN STEAMER FOUNDERS Collision Near Straits of Gibraltar Costs Costs' Many Lives GIBRALTAR Au Aug 16 The The Spanish steamer Martos foundered this morning I off Tarifa at tho the entrance to tho straits I of Gibraltar after a a. collision with the I German steamer Elsa of Thirty nine persons wore drowned whom two thirty wore pat passengers The Tho survivors wore landed handed hero horo A dense denso fog prevailed at tho time of tho col col- Nine Nino of the victims of the Martos Mattes were wore first cabin The Tho other twenty three passengers ers who perished were in in the tho steerage e. e The Tho bow how of the Elsa was WIlS in in by th the tho collision and her ber fore peak filled quickly with water Tho steamer however however how how- ever ear mana managed d to keep afloat Tho The was a R. small steamer of ot 1046 tons tOM net enga engaged ed in the tho coasting traffic Sho Sue was built at Dundee Scotland Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land in 1883 and was 23 23 feet long bug Her Herport port of ot registry was Valencia Spain The Elsa Klea a German tramp steamer registering only tons Is smaller She Sho ho sailed from Abo Abe a II rl or port on tho the Niger In Africa on July 20 for tor Valencia Valen Valen- cia ola and was last reported passing passing- Gi Gibraltar GI GI- on A. 3 h. h |