SEA'S DEATH TOLL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5

SEA'S DEATH TOLL.

TWO ,WRECKS: 133 LIVES LOST. FIFTY DROWNED IN STRAITS OP ; MAGELLAN. By Telegrauli—Press Association—OoDTrieht. London, February 13. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steel screw steamer Lima, 4946 tons gross, was wrecked in Magellan Straits.. • Fifty persons were, drowned, [The ,Lima was built in 1907 by J. Brown and C 0.,. Ltd., of Glasgow. Her dimensions were: Length, 401 ft. 3in.; breadth, 52ft. 2in.; depth, 25ft. Bih.] ANOTHER ACCOUNT. LOST ON CHILIAN COAST-SOME' SURVIVORS. ' i •" OTHERS ON THE WRECK. (Rec. February 14, 9.25 p.m.) London, February 14. 1 The Lima, bound from" Liverpool for Callao, was wrecked - on Hnamblin, one of . the islands off the south coast of Chile. Passengers to the number of 188,' with 17 of the crew, have, arrived at Ancud, a Chilian seaport on the' island of Chiloe. ■ Forty-four passengers and 38 of the crew are still aboard. .Help has been sent. : Of the passengers, two ! are from Liverpool, and tho remainder from ports of call in South America. . , The crew of .60 was signed on at Liverpool. THE GENERAL CHANZY -DISASTER. MANY BODIES FLOATING. London,' February 13. Further details, are to hand of this loss, on the north coast of ; the.'lsland of Minorca, of the steel screw steamer General Chanzy, ; 2257 ■ tons gross, a! mail-boat' belonging,.to '■■ the ; Compagnie ; . Generale Transatlantiqui running between, Marseilles . and;' Algiers. The Chanzy . was wrecked noar Ciudadela, a; well-known danger spot, which is unlighted. ./:■■■ Survivor: Succourless for Two-Days. Marcel Rodel, the sole survivor out of a' complement of passengers and crew numbering\ 134,- is -still prostrated.". j wreck occurred on .Wednesday, and Rodel was succourless : untili Friday, . when, he reached Ciudadela,' half-dead from fatigue r and hunger,, mth'/ the first news of tli£3 disaster. . v , .Air - vessels 'arriving report 1 terrific; seas in 'the : Mediterranean. Tile J Compagnie Generale Transatlantique believe the'.iri-' rush of water caused tho boiler'to t. plode, rending ' the vessel, and causing; he: to sink immediately.. r - ;'. '. : ;.V Most of the passengers were.' asleep when.;, the", disaster bcourred. : One hundred, bodies'are still. floating is impossible; to recover them owing to the high 'seas. • * .. .' \ • ' .. ■ Theory of Gunpowder Explosion. French . newspapers:': assert './that •• the :Chanzy \had 'thirty-., tons' of' gunpowder ' aboard, tho; explosion"of which cau,. her Sudden sinking. ! • M. Duifor, a well-known Parisian comique, .'.and , eleven' mother , music-hall singers and; acrobats, 1 ;aro missing. - .' .A flotilla of French destroyers has been ordered to Minorca: to search for bodies^ '.- TWO'ENGLISH VICTIMS. " ' -' (Rec. February 14, 10 p.m.) - - , London, February 14. The General Chanzy^s',victims included Mr. Michael'Bruce -andBruce,' ; stockbrokers', •. London) , j and - hiswife.-. - .;■■■.■ ■ 1 >: WARATAH-- HOPES -REVIVED."' \ r STORY/OF THE MARION ISLAND WHALERS. :• Melbourno, February 14. .The Stato Premier, Mr.' Murray, has received. a . cable/message from..C!ape' Towii. -stating that- the. disabled steamer, reported by the whaling schooner. Ulva as hav- ; ing been: seen' under sail; .was: not':sighted by the Ulva, but was seen from Marioi, Island. ; "■■V".'.- v. She, was' going': to ■ the s'outh-eiist 'nnder sail,, and: appeared to be travelling at a speed.:of about, tliree'J knots.sealing . party i the matter to.' the captain '.of :the'Ulvai;:; .V' ■' -• ~ The'vessel-'carried all possiblo canvas. She' :was only seen onco ' between ' snoiv squaUs,- and'disappeared fromview in a following.; squall.The weather was ver : cloudy at the tim» ■■ The news'- has awakened frcsi hope ii: those . interested' in' the passengers. Cap;.tain.', Mitchell ..thinks the vessel, if she is | the Waratah, will now be in- the' vicinity .of Ivcrguelen Island, and .the ship's con. pany may bo quito safe there. . [Yesterday's; cablegram" stated! that ■:the Ulva-sighted, on November' 23, during a snowstorm, a large .two-funnelled- steamer .under sail south ,of Marion, Island (west of >the Crozetsii.'and 'near,. Prince -Edward Island). The \Varatah had only.'onoifunnel, and no two-fuilnelled steamer is missI sing.].: