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Show STEAMER SINKS AND ALL ARE DROWNED Palma, Feb, 11. Driven helplessly from her course, in one of the wildest storms that has swept the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean sea in -10 years, the French Trans-Atlantic Steamship company's steamer General Chanzy crashed at full speed in the dead oi night on the treacherous reefs near the land of Mluorca and all except oue of the 137 persons on board perished. The sole survivor Is an Algerlon customs cus-toms official, Marcel Rodel, who was rescued by a fisherman, and who lies tonight in the hospital at Cluda Dela, raving as a result of the tortures through which ho passed and unable to give an account of the disaster. In the ship's company there were 7i passengers, of whom 20 were In the first cabin. The crew numbered 70. It Is not thought that any Americans were aboard. The ship wa9 in command of Captain Cap-tain Cayol. one of the most careful officers of the line. In his long experience ex-perience he had never met with an accident. He had Intended to retire from the service soon. Passengers of the Chanzy were mostly officers and officials returning to their posts In Algeria, accompanied by their wives and children, a few soldiers, sol-diers, some Italians and Turks and one priest. The only Anglo-Saxon names on the passenger list were Green and Stakely. They were mouthers mout-hers of an opera troupe of eleven that has been engaged to sing In the casino at Algiers The General Chanzy . sailed from Marseilles Wednesday Wed-nesday noon and was duo to arrive at Algiers Thursday afternoon. Marseilles, Feb. 11. News of tho wreck of the General Ch.mzy caused consternation In this city, whence the vt-fsel sailed Wednesday for Algiers Relatives and friends of passengers and crew rushed to the steamship offices. Imploring details of the accident. acci-dent. They were Informed that, withi the exception of ono passenger; all on' board had perished. The government Is arranging to assist the families of the crew who were members of the merchant marine. The General Chanzy Is a total wreck. Steamers have been dispatched from Spain and from points in the Balearic Islands to the scene of the catastrophe. catas-trophe. ' Anioag the victims was the celebrated cele-brated Parisian music ball . singer Francis Dufor. as well as other prominent prom-inent music hall favorites The General Gen-eral Chanzy struck at 9 o'clock Thursday Thurs-day night after Captain Cayol, with all his experience, had been unable to cope with a tempest of almost unprecedented unpre-cedented violence. Other ships In tho neighborhood had safely ridden out the storm, but the Chanzy fell prey to the elements, was lifted ofl her course through tho Balearic archipelago archi-pelago and brought on the crest of Minorca near Cluadedla. Fishermen at daybreak picked up Rodel clinging to a piece of tue wreckage. Marseilles, Feb 11 When the Chanzy sailed from this port, accord- j lug to details reaching here tonight, instead of heaving direct for Algiers, she hugged the coast as far as Barcelona Bar-celona to avoid the storm and finally rau under the shelter of the Islands ot Minorca aud Majorca. The Engines broke down, however, and the vessel was powerless. The storm hurled her against the rocks on the north coast of the Island of Mluorca near Ciuadcdla and sip went down almost Immediately. The sole survivor. Marcel Bodel, took the news to Balma According to the steamship company's com-pany's sailing list, the steamer Mara-ehnl Mara-ehnl Bugeaud should have sailed on Wednesday but was replaced by the Chanzy. Many passengers booked lor Algiers had waited to go by the Chan-' zy because of the great confidence in her captain. The French line authorities sjy that they have hopes that some pas-Ftngers pas-Ftngers have escaped and landed on other parts of the Islands of Minorca. It Is believed that three American vaudeville players hailing from San Francisco were on board the steamer. Their names are Elsie Henry and Messrs. Dronda and Delym. |