Eureka Reporter | 1903-04-10 | Page 2 | Mid-Ocean Tragedy

I 1 MID OCEAN TRAGEDY SHIP BLOWN UP AND FORTY ONE PEOPLE PERISH cargo consisted of gunpowder and wh ch in some man ner became ignited it Is believed abat that the steamer barn bam bara bars on ber her first trip from marseilles to dal ar french west africa with a cargo of 95 pounds of gunpowder and two rises eases of dynamite has been blown up at sea and has foundered lloyd says there Is reason to tear fear that this occurs c I 1 although no confirmation Is at hand the bambara has not been reported from gibraltar although she should have been sighted there march 31 the captain of the french schooner assumption of marseilles reports that on march 28 when sixty miles off file de he saw a brilliant flash of light which was fol lowed by a loud explosion the cap tain of the nina makes a similar report the crew of the bambara num bared thirty five men and carried six passengers