SINKING OF MALOJA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2708, 1 March 1916, Page 5

SINKING OF MALOJA

HEARTRENDING SCENES By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright .London, 28. The Lord Warden Hotel is crowded with survivors of the Maloja', who aro sleeping in the passages and the billiard room. . ' "Wljon the London train arrived late on Sunday night there was a great rush to the hotel of anxious relatives. Two soldiers whose wives had been aboard, searched the hotel. One fovnd his' wife. The other was unsuccessful;. but this morning identified her body. There were heartrending scenes when relatives were identifying' the bodies, which were laid out in the Market Hall, owing to the inadequacy oiKthe morguu accommodation. ' Forty-seven bodies were recovered, eleven being those of women, three of young children, one of a baby, eighteen white men, and '.welvt Lascars. . Many- deaths were due to the cold following immersion. Two bodios were washed lip this morning, and it is expected that others will follow. The police are searching, fclio beach. »' ■ BRAVE BOATSWAIN, LASCARS STICK TO THEIR PLACES. London, February 28. The Lascars stuck to their, places, some singing, while the "steamer was sinking. The boatswain, Gougli, saved three woman, diving with them from the deck and placing them on a raft. Ho also- tied the baby already mentioned to the raft. Its mother was saved. I Before $0 final pluiige the Maloju lay on her side. Several officers walked along the side and dived thence into the sea. ; . , ; ; . .... . STRUGGLE FOR LIFE ' A TRIBUTE TO LIFEBELTS By Telegrapl—Press .Association—Copyright (Hoc, February 29, 9.5 p.m.) London, February "28. Relatives of the Maloja victims Witinye to arrive at Dover, inquiring for survivors and identifying bodies. Q. Briggs, who was one of a party .of twenty-one in a boat which capsized while' being lowered, swam in ice-cold water and watched an- Englishman swim alongside, and make a great struggle fof lifo. He tried the sidestroke and the back-stroke, but the strong current overwhelmed him and he sank. Briggs caught a_rope.thrown from a- yacht after being immersed for half an hour. _ . All the survivors pay a tribute to the value of lifebelts, otherwise the loss of life would' have been appalling. The first officer rushed below to stop the engines, which were going full speed astern, but the engine-room was half full of water, and tlio- engineers were unable'to shut off power. THE SAVED AND MISSINC. (Rec. February 29, 10.55 p.m.) ',' _ London, February 28. The Maloja's saved comprise:—Passengers, 72;' European crew, 92; Lascars, 137. Missing: Passengers, 49; European crew, 20; Lascars, 86.