Show BRITISH LINER SUNK BY MINE more than forty persons drowned as result of accident doveri dover the steamship maloja daloja a ton vessel belonging to tho the peninsular oriental line struck a mine and sank within a haly hall hour two miles off dover on sunday more than forty persons wore were drowned or killed as a result olathe accident the daloja maloja left tilbury only saturday for bombay with malls mails II 11 passengers of all classes and a crew numbering about most of them las lam cars care other passengers were to join the ship at marseilles the steamer had just passed admiralty pier at dover and was opposite shakespeare cliff when an explosion shook her from end to end she listed immediately to port high seas were running and tile the captain realizing rea lising that great damage lad had been done to the utter after part of his vesel tried to run ner ter aground but the engine room was si aped vamped and the ship became unmanageable age able ablo the plight ot of tho the vessel was observed and dozens ot of craft full speed to her rescue ie one of them the british tanker empress of fort william of 2131 tons struck another mine and sank nearby only one of her crew was drowned |