WAVES CAST HIM UP.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 7

WAVES CAST HIM UP.

' 'V'..;•■;; ;VSOLE SURVIVOR;" '■;'.'i ■ ;wMci^^LdsioN--j?ANic.;;:; 'By.TelegrsiDh-Preßa Aasociation-Oonyrleat. A '. - •'-.-.' '.'■'■ London; February 14, ;',With;regard;,to:thb ibss.of the steamer General Ch'anzy '.on'-' the,!north: tli6- island:,of, Minorca, 1 ; Marcel Kodcl, tho sole'survivor out;of a complement-of '131 passengers'.ahd...crew,'states ;.that he'was asledp 'when the? General - struck; ■ ..y-A.tewjncexpiosion'followed,'.and', every, one, .- including .the'.; officers, ..was... panic-, stricken.,; Women, and'children clothing rushed.on ,to.the decks, .tnd the waves washed them.- into.'the sea. The steamer sank iri-three .-minute's'.'; ■"'' ; jHodel, ..unconscious, ; was -'.washed - .into, a .'cave,; and later climbed' a, cliff!-'"; ;Tha body..of;a : woman,'.'almost.'nude,'. clasping a baby,-:.was.-_washed-ashore. in. a-:cask.,;..-. ;'-The? drownedrinclude A many. French soldiers;and'officer's.-,' l '' ,;'.'■' '?-•'■ •'■' , .'. ??. .'; ; (Rec. February. *.- V;,, :jv>;;.:%:••■:; /;■ London,(February; 15. r -. V:The.;';.General : victims. in : .eluded-Henri'.Knust,.';foreign ';traveller. ■ior/Rust6n;.ahd,Prbc"tbr,'; of /..Lincoln.;:?■'::; "; sii R VfY 0R S I 111 Rl6 CI NG. ';/:, >-"i:) '"WREOKfQF^t'lMa. '.:■<{ : :^'\ '':': .-■' STEAMERS 1 RACING-TO THE ; , ■'C;':;;:^ ; ;V' VRESCUl!. : ;:;,:;; ; ;r ;■:-■;'■ ■;■',; ' : : : -;(RecVFebruary i ;is;:9.so.-p.m.).".' '^ 'ft; .-J: j.'.i'"- ■London,' February; 15. ,;■ ."■:': Further; ,detaUs lvreclci-. on';the 'island.':^^.HuambUn./'of/the'PacifldVSteam^;'Navigation; Company's' .'steamer; i.Linia,-4946 ■,tbns,';-'sh6w: ; .that , :fifteeh i of", the ■Lima'sLLiverpbql passengers- have landed' at :Bahia; and;;six- l .'at,' Valparaiso. :;: .-•. ,r "'Steamers: are;.hqw.:,racing.'at;full • speed . for. Huaniblin.' Island^':;where !88 .people. are Btill> clingiag id; the .rigging. ■'. ■'~",; j !; STEAM EXPLOSION.?;; ;^|.-;";|; ; ;;j;Five;:^jtjeed V;^';r/.^-.-Vri!j.^ : r. ■ i The '-.steel.; sbrew-steamer... Xboyne,";.-233 tons, - ; built'..at' 'Aberdeen.. -; in„'/ and' .owned by. the'; Caledonian Steaih,Trawling Company ■. was"sunk, in .tie: River -.Tapis,'. Portugal,;:'.through ;an'.'.'explosipn;.-pf..'fire-:. damp.';;..'iL.;;;,;.;: '^ : :}S : -^''-^ ; ,; : .!.;'\ :; .'.:;'i'-;'-f.-Fiye^persons iwere.-seriously, injured;? ! ;