Show THE mm LIVES LOST italian steamship with souls on board wrecker off hormigas island A number of fishermen who attempt to rescue the terror stricken pas are drowned captain of III fated vessel takes his own life Cartagena SpaIn A terrible marine disaster occurred saturday evening off cape palos the italian steamship cirlo from genoa for barcelona ca diz montevideo and buenos ayrea with about persons aboard was wrecked off hormigas island three hundred immigrants most of them italians and spaniards were drowned the captain of the steamship corn bitted suicide the bishop of san pedro brazil also wae lost and it la reported that an othera bishop la among the missing thal remainder of the passengers and I 1 the officers and crew got away in boats or were rescued by means of boats sent to them from the thore A number of fishermen who made attempts at rescue ware drowned those rescued from the vessel are now at cape palos in a pitiable condl alon being without food or clothing the cirlo struck a rocky reef known a bajos and sank soon aft erward stern first hormigas island about two and a halt miles to the eastward of cape palos the sirio waa owned by the ilona It allana of genoa before he committed suicide the captain declared the steamer had passengers on board and that her chew numbered men the barlo had passengers when leaving genoa but additional spanish passengers were taken aboard at barcelona where the vessel touched a few hours before the disaster |