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Show I STRUCK ROCKS INT TO BOTTOM Nearly One Hundred Lives Lost as Result of Sinking of Steamer Off Coast of Spain. Vessel Sank Quickly After Striking Rocks, Leaving the Passengers and Crew Struggling Helplessly In the Water. Corunnn, Spain. Latest roporta show that cighty-flvo parsons aro missing miss-ing as a result of the sinking of tho rtenmshlp Laracho. Tho rescued number num-ber sixty-five Tho captain sank with tho ship. Most of tho pnssonirors on tho Laracho La-racho wero residents of tho Argentlno republic. Tho l.nrnrlio was little moro thnn nn old tub und sho proved a veritable ver-itable death trap ulion sho struck on the rocks near Murou. Sho sank In a fow minute?, leaving tho passengers nnd crow struggling In tho wntor. Tho small boats on the Lnrnrho wcro cither smashed or capsized. Thoro wns n fleet of fishing boats In tiro neighborhood, neighbor-hood, and Ihoso rushed to tho roscuo, but tho heavy fog provnlllng seriously serious-ly Intorfcicd with their work. Tho fishermen succeeded In rescuing sixty-ono sixty-ono persons. In nddltlon to tho captain, cap-tain, tho h1iI;'s doctor end tho first officer worn drowned. Tho dlsastor occurred nt 5 o'clock In tho morning on Thursday, nnd most of those who wore saved nro without clothing. It has been ascertained that tho number of possongcrs nnd crow of tho Lnrncho totaled 150. Slxty-flvo persons nro known to lmvo been saved, but tho fnto of tho other olghty-flvo Ic not known, nnd It Is feared that most of them perished. |