The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-25

people. A private fund has also been
started to provide for the immediate
needs OF the ship-wrecked passengers.
Two other saloon passengers besides
Signor Colbron were saved.
GIBRALTAR, March 19.-The revised Of
fetal count of the lost and saved passen-
gers and crew OF the ill-fated Utopia shows
that there were $50 souls on board the
steamer when she ran on the Arson. OF
this number the saved include 200 steer
age passengers, two saloon passengers,
three Italian interpreters and twenty
three OF the crew, all the latter being
Englishmen or men who had shipped at
English ports.
The funeral OF the two men-of-war men,
James Cotton. seaman. and George Hales,
stoker, who were drowned from the
steam launch of the lmmortalite on Tues
day night while engaged in the work of
Tescuing the endangered passengers on
the Utopia, took place today. The bands
of all the war ships forming the British
squadron now at anchor at Gibraltar
played dead march in the funeral pro-
cession. The officers OF the Immortalite
headed by her commander, Capt. Sir
William Wiseman, delegations from the
crews of the other British ironclads and
from the Swedish man-of war, Freya, and
a representation from the garrison of
Gibraltar were present al the funeral GER
emonies. All the ironclads fred salutes
as the bodies were lowered into the graves
at the government cemetery here, and all
the stores in Gibraltar were closed as a
mark OF sympathy with the gallant blue
jackets.
Capt. McKeague OF the Utopia has
been arrested for wrongful acts, improper
conduct, negligence and mismanagement.
He was released on bail.
The accounts given by the divers who
are engaged in the work on the wrecked
steamer, of the terrible sight which they
have witnessed on the vessel, still further
increase the appalling character OF the
catastrophe. These men, in describing
the terrible scenes, say that they found
the matches and the char-room of the
Utopia closely packed with the bodies OF
the unfortunate passengers who had be-
come wedgrd into an almost solid mass in
their frantic rush to reach the decks OF
the steamer after she had crashed into the
sharp ram Of the ironclad. The positions
in which the bodies were found show that
the poor people made a terrible struggle
for life. and that desperate attempts were
made to escape from the doomed vessel
as the sea came rushing in through the
the rent in her side.
Owing 10 a lack of accommodations in
the naval hospital here many of the crew
and the emigrants who were rescued have
been compelled to camp on the glacis
The military are closely patrolling the
shore for the purpose OF rescuing any
more OF the bodies that may be washed in
by the waves.
The inhab tants Of this place. who, from
the shore, wiinei sed the horrifying scene
Of hundreds OF persons being swallowed
up in the rag ny waters OF the bay, are I'M
sdnted in their praise of the great gallanty
displayed by the men OF the British squad
ron anchored here, who boldly hurried
10 the rescue of the endangered passengers
without stopping TO consider the risk they
ran in launching their small boats on an
angry sea and in the teeth of heavy gale.
Much praise is al-o bestowed on TIE men
OF the yacht Resolute, who also manned a
boat and succeeded in saving sixteen per-
son who, but for this brave and timely
assistance, would soon have given up the
struggle and sank TO the bottom.
The inquiry into the circumstances OF
the Utopia disaster was begun today.
Surgeon Seller of the Inflated steamer
said that the voyage had been unevenlful
be ore the disaster Shortly a ter passing
Europa Point at 6 o'clock in the evening
he heard pass niger exclaim: eve are
running into a mIn-ol-war." Wills. the
vessel was sinking Surgeon Seller un-
dressed himself, jumped overheard and
was soon rescued. He heard the captain
and mate ordering the boats lowered after
the collision. He had implicit confidence
in their captain