Show SIXTY LIVES WERE LOST blinking blit king of 1 tu cu alvor elbo elbe cain canses sarow B arow in mines ivoin II oin the steamship primus of hamburg was cut in two and sunk by the tup tug hansa on the river ilbe Lati mates of the number dumber of lives lost vary from 50 to 60 the primus was an excursion teamer steamer a from buxtehude province of hanover prussia the disaster occurred between I 1 lilan llan kenz and denst aten among the passengers pa were the lite meni men beis ibets of tile the I 1 beck hale choral society A terrible panic that occurred on the primus when the her rendered the effii efforts ts to ga her pas almost useless im tun abely lite steamer dalpin came up immediately and succeeded in sixty of on blaid the sinking steamer while other boats boals assisted in the work 0 of f rescue some of the a furnish graphic descriptions of the awful suddenness of the dl disaster aster according Acco iding to their tory story s the band v as playing and many couples were wei o dancing on deck when the crash of the lite collision came like a thunder thunderbolt bolt I 1 hie lie vessel gave a great list her deck taking bile such an angle that it was Imp le ie for the passengers g to keep heep theli feet choss below Bc rambled bled up tip the companion ways but most of the persons in the saloon were drowned men aten fought for their own bacety regardless of others in the midst of tho the confusion the boilers exploded adding to the horrors of the scene aud and inin persons persona are baid aid to have been by flying splinters of metal |