Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 25 July 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

Two Italian steamers, the Ortigia and the Maria, collided at the entrance to the Gulf. 'ihe Maria sank instantly, and of the 178 passengers on board when the accident happened 148 were drowned* Tlv Maria was bound from Naples to Genoa, and was conveying emi* grants to Kiver Plate. The collision occurred at 1 o'clock in tne morning. The look out on board the Ortigia did not see the other vessel until it was impossible to avoid an accident. The force of the impact was terrific, the stem of the Ortigia being driven 18ft into the starboard quarter of the Maria. The majority of those on board the Maria were asleep at ihe time, and as the steamer sank in three minutes there was no chance of escape. The Ortigia's bows were badly stove in. The vessel sank a French steamer on the same spot upon the previous voyage. The Maria's crew numbered 17, and the emigrants 170. Forty-two in all were ?aved. The Porte has appointed Chakir Pasha to supervise the carrying out of reforms in Armenia. Tha Daily Chronicle's reporter at Philippopolis states that the Macedonian insurgents repulsed the Turks with severe loss; after two days' fighting, at Djuma, near the frontier. One thousand insurgents were engaged in the fight at Djuma. It is reported that one-third of the Turkish Army corps is to be mobilised. : The Russian portion of the Chinese loan has been subscribed five-fold, and the Paris portion fifteen fold. Owing to the inability of General Campos to cope with the insurgents in Cuba, the Spanish Government will despatch six more batteries of artillery and 80,000 troops. General Campos was wounded in the recent fight with the Cuban insurgents, and escaped on horseback. The rest of his followers were killed. There is much discontent ! arriong the Spanish troops. Thirteen students of the Princeton College, New Jersey, who were proceeding to the Yellowstone National Park to study geolcgy are missing. •It is believed that they have been cayUired by Indians at Union Pass, "Wyoming, the redskins being enraged at the restrictions placed by the Government on their hunting.