Show S Collision Between Vessels V t Can robert has been sunk In ml collision with the French ironclad Hoche off nm U miles southwest of Marseilles There we wera s five eighty passengers on the Canrobert watchIng watch watch- ching ch- ch Ing the maneuvers when the Heche is the flag ship of the into her Owing to the dense smoke eau caused ed by the firing of the warships warship's guns the officers of the Hoche did not see the Marechal Canrobert Canrobert bert till too late The shock of the collision was terrific Both vessels were drifted from their course by the tremendous force impact and floated alongside each other The Canrobert was quickly fastened to the Ironclad to prevent pro pre vent her from sinking while her passengers passengers' were being transferred to the warship Immediately after the Marechal C Canrobert had been detached from her she filled and A disappeared beneath the waves Several of the passengers on the Canrobert were lost they probably being killed by being struck by bythe bytho the tho ram of the Heche Hoche when she crashed Into the unfortunate steamer |