Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-04 | Page 10 | Sinking of Cruiser Provence Costs 300 Lives

SINKING O CRUISER PROVENCE COSTS LIVES French Transport Loss Is Described d as Greatest Sea Trag Tragedy Tragedy- dy PARIS PARIS' March 4 The The French ministry has given out a st statement state state- te- te ment th that t of nearly men aboard the h Provence which was sunk surik in the Mediterranean February February February Feb Feb- On Onboard Onboard were lost 26 26 lives Jives board board loard the Provence were the staff of f the Third colonial infantry regiment elt the Third battalion the Second company com corn b battalion the Second pany of the First and one extra machine gun company com pay Th Th number of ot survivors is estimated at s The loss of the auxiliary cruiser Provence is the thc greatest ocean disaster of modern times The loss of the White Star liner Titanic which sank April 12 1912 cost 1595 lives with survivors sury This Is next only to the loss of life in the Provence The French ministry of marine had previously issued no statement as to the number of persons on the Provence when she went down The official statement announcing the sinking of the Provence said The French auxiliary cruiser Provence Provence Provence Pro Pro- vence II so designated ted to distinguish listIn- listIn her from the French battleship provence engaged in tn transporting troops to was sunk In the Mediterranean on February 26 Two hundred and six ninety-six survivors have been brought to Malta and about to Melos by French and British patrol vessels summoned by wireless No signs of a a submarine were noticed noticed noticed no no- either before or after the sinking La Provence was armed with five cannon cannon cannon can can- non of fourteen centimeters two of seven fifty-seven millimeters and four of ot seven forty-seven millimeters