THE WRECK OF THE SIRIO.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8205, 8 August 1906, Page 5

THE WRECK OF THE SIRIO.

RESCUE WORK.

Received August 7, 8.45 am. LONDON, August 6,

t The steamer Marie Louise saw the Wirio strike, and heard n tremendous explosion. These jo board tbe Marie Louise rescued 54 who were floating in tbe water. The Austrian Consul, who was pro ceeding to Brazil, was found floating. He had given his lifebelt to a woman and child, and was on the point of drowning when he was resoued.

The sinking steamer threatened to engulf a fishing-boat. Joveu Miguel, the captain of the latter, intimidated bis own crew into remaining and helping to rescue the unfortunate emigrants, IV.ore than that, he compelled those who were resoued to go below after they were taken from the water, and thus make room for others. A lame fisherman suoceeded in rescuing 12 of theSirio's passengers. The Bishop of San Paulo, Brazil, was drowned owing to bis lifebelt not being properly attached. THE CASUALTIES. Received August 7, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, August 6. Between three and four hundred of those on board the Sirio were drowned. The fishing-boats rescued four hundred before the doomed vessel sank

CAPTAIN STILL ALIVE.

BULK OP TOE CREW SAVED. BRUTAL ROUGHS. Received August 7, 10 p.m. LONDON, August 7. The captain of toe Sirio is alive. He declares that the reef on which the steamer struck is uncharted. The disaster is attributed to bis over-confidence, inasmuch as he is familiar with the route. The bulk of the crow were saved. A passenger states that the roughs in the water belaboured a floating group of women with their fists, and snatched their life belts. All the group were drowned. OFFICERS SEVERELY OENSURED. Received August 7, 10.5 p.m. LONDON, August 7. The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that the officers of the Sirio have been severely censured for abandoning their posts, and not attempting to rescue the passengers. The captain fled, and the officers alleged that be had committed suicide in order to give him time to reach a place of safety. SOMM PREVIOUS DISASTERS. The following is a list of some of the moat notable disasters whioh have occurred in recent years:— Princess Alioe, run into by the screw steamer By well Castle and sunk in the Thames, near Woolwich, September 3rd, 1878; between 600 and 700 lives Inst. White Star steamer Atlantic struck on Meas-'her Rook, west of Sambro, April Ist, 1873, 442 saved, about 560 perished. Birkenhead, troopship, struck rook off Siraon Bay, South Africa, February 26th, 1852; 184 saved by boats, 454 crew and soldiers lost.

Anglo Saxon, mail steamer, wrecked ia fog, off Oape Raoe, Newfoundland, A pril 27 th, 1863; 237 lives lost.

Loudon, foundered in Bay of Biscay, January lltb, 1866; 220 persons perished, including G. V. Brooke, tragedian, and Dr. Woolley, Prinoipal of Sydney University. Lady Elgin, American steamer, sunk on Lake Michigan, September Bth, 1860, after collision with schooner Augusta; 287 lives lost, including Mr. Herbert Ingrain, M.P.. founaer Loudon News, and his son.

Mohegan, Atlantic Transport Company, wrecked on the Manacles, October 14th; 1838; 107 drowned.

Stella, South-Western Railway excursion steamer, wreaked in the fog on the Black Rock, near the Oasquets, eight miles off Alderney, March 30th, 1899; 105 drowned.

Deutsohland, -Atlantic steamer from Bremen to New Fork, went on sandbank, the Kentish Knock, at moutn of Themes, in gale, December 6th, 1875; 70 lives lost—many emigrants. Elbe, North German Lloyd steamer, Bremen to Now York, aunk January 30tb, 1895, after collision with the Orathie. of Aberdeen, off Lowestoft, 334 Uvea 1 ost. La Bourgogue, Preach liner, New York to Hapre, sunk in oollisiou with British barque Cromartyshire, 60 miles off Saole Island, Nova Scotia, during fog, July 4th, 1898; 546 drowned. Utopia, sunk during gale by collision with H.M.b. Anson, at anchor in Bay of Gibraltar, March 17th, 1891; 564 drowned, mostly Italian emigrants. Aden, P. and 0., wrecked off Soootra Indian Ocean, June 9th, 1897; 91 drowned. Bokhara, P. and 0., wrecked off Sand Island on her way from Shanghai to Hong Koug, October 18th, 1892; 125 drowned. Teuton, Union Company, struck on rook near Cape Agulhas, Cape of Good Hone, August 30th, 1881, nearly 200 lost. Exmouth, emigrant ship, from Londonderry to Quebec, April 28th, J847; 240 persons on board, nearly all drowned Abergavenny, East Indiaman, wrecked on the Bill of Portland, February 6th, 1905; over 300 perished. The General Slooum, June 15tb, 1904, caught fire East River, New York; 1,000 lives lost. Emigrant steamer Norge, June 29th, 1904, wrecked near Rookall Island; about 600 people drowned.

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