St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

ing each other in frantic efforts to keep
each other atlOat, and many good
swimmer went down with some hOrri-
fled. fear maddened person clinging TO
him with the tenacity of the deSpera-
ton of death.
The official report of the number of
persons on board the Utopia shows that
when she left Naples the steamship had
$50 souls on board, including passengers
and crew. OF this number only 311 have
been saved. Thus 500 Of her passengers
and crew are either drowned or MISSING.
The divers and the boats crews WHO
have been at work ali day in the efforts
being made by the naval authorities to
recover as many as possible of the
bodies of the pasSengueS and crew of
the sunken steamer Utopia have recov-
cred ninety bodies. Among those who
were saved from the sinking vessel by
the boats of the men-of-war were twenty
of the Utopia's crew. The
Passengers Rescued
included W. I. Colburn, a stock broker
of New \ 1Ork city, who was one OF the
saloon passengers. G. G.. Davis, of B0s-
ton, another of the saloon passengers.
IS among those who are reported miss
ing. The officers ami crew of Ii. Nj. s.
Anson state that the Utopia fouIed the
ram of the AnSOn and thus caused the
damage which resulted iii the pasoen-
ger steamer sinking within few min
utes after being struck. The Anson's
officers assert that no blame can be at
tached to the war vessel.
LONDON, March 1S.-The agents in
this city of the Anchor line, to which
the Utopia belonged. have been in
ln0t
the engine room, and that she sank
stern foremost five minutes after the
collision in seven fath0mS OF water.
The agents announce that they find it
difficult to ascertain the exact number
of lives lost, but they say that 130
Italians were saved; that eight bodies
have been washed ashore, and that
there are
173 Persons Rescued
from the Utopia alive on board the
British war ships. The agents add tnat
the force of the gale, which still pre-
walls in Gibraltar bay, prevents the peO-
pie on shore from communicating salts
factOrily with the commanders of the
war ships, so they are unable to ascer-
tain the names of the survivors. Sew
eral boats belonging to tire feet were
wrecked while engaged in the rescue.
The agents of the Anchor Line Steam
ship company to-day received the fol-
lowing report of the disaster: The
list of the saved embraces cabin pas
SengerS, 29Q Steerage paSser gers and %
of the crew. Fifteen of the crew and
415 passengers were lost. The ship was
not insured. The cargo intended for
Mediterranean ports was valued at
$500, 900, and the steamship at $1,000
The passengers saved will be brought
over Oh the steamship AsSyria, of the
same line, which was at Genoa at the
time of the accident, and has been Or
dered to Gibraltar" By this delay the
UtOpia'S passengers will not arrive here
until after the new law providing that
no emlgrant without personal effects
shall be permitted to land" goes into
effect. Col. Weber said to-day that the
survivors of the Utopia would probably
be examined in Gibraltar, and the desti-
tute and sick and crippled left behind,
and only those with baggage and able
to bare for themselves brought. The
Anchor line was notified by Col. Weber
Of these facts.
WASHINGTON, March IS. "A tele-
gram was received at the department of
state this morning from United States
Consul Sprague at Gibraltar announcing
the collision and sinking of the Italian
emigrant steamer Utopia, and express
ing the fear that twO-thirds OF the pas
SengerS were drowned.
New YORK, March IS. The news of
the disaster off Gibraltar has caused
great commotion in the Italian colony
here. About 1000 Italian men and wonl-
en- gathered about the door of the in
formation bureau at the barge office,
and difficulty was experienced by the
police in keeping the crowd in check.