THE MALOJA DISASTER.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1916, Page 3

THE MALOJA DISASTER.

SAD SCENES AT ©OVER. "LEEDS OF HEROISM. "" ; ; London. February 29. The D»ver cerrespowrent 01 tne Times itates that a number «'f sight-seers have visited the beach, to, view ine scene of the Jlaleja, disaster. A little wreckage and one or two bodies have been washed up, while further west some of the ship's b»ats have been cast up. Many harrowing and pathetic stories are being told. A woman sobbingly related the heroic death of her husband. The man took eft' his lifebelt and handed it to a doctor, who was saved, and subsequently worked nobly among the survivors. The children from the ill-fated steamed were playing about happily to-day. Already they have forgotten the horrors of the explosion and the sinking of the ship. One little girl related unconcernedly the fate of the stifwardess, and how the child's playmates were blown up, and how she ran to the other side of the ship. Other children were prattling and playing, happily unconscious of the Ices of relatives. A little mite when asked to relate her experiences said: "I had a very cold bath." The survivors say that the water was terribly cold. The captain dived into the sea when the ship rolled over. He was in the water for 4a minutes before being hauled into safety. There was much similarity between the Maioja and Lusitania disasters. I Both ships were moving in the water •to the last. It is clear that the amount of suction caused by the sinking oi large vessels has been much over-rated. Many of the Maloja's passengers were only a few yards away when the veasel disappeared, and they felt nothing unusual as the result of the sinking. Those drowned in the sinking, of the Maioja include several well-known Indian women. One was the wife ot a brigadier-general. An Aberdeen man missed the P. and 0. Mooltan owing to being late for his train, and caught the Maioja. It is believed that he is among the lost. Two nurses who were detained missed