New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-19

minutes before sinking finally. Others were
able to cling TO pieces Of wrcclacc floating spars.
oars, gratings.. hatclways, boats. life belts etc.
and thus kept themselves above water until res
cued by the werships boats But, as usual in
such cases the weaker succumbed more readily.
Shrickng, praying women sank, with their terri.
fed children claspc1 TO their breasts Husbands
and wives sank While frantically endcavorng to
keep each other afioat and many good swimmer
went down with fcar-maddened person
clineing to him with the tenacity of the despera-
ton OF death
Another account Of the disaster attributes it to
the fact that the British warshp Arson was drift
ing before the gale. and that in so doing she
rainmed the Utopia abaft the funnel. After
ramming the Utopia. the Arson is said to have re-
versed her engines. which caused her 10 back
away from the Utopia. which vessel was prac-
tically impaled on the spur Of the Anson's ram.
and the Utopia almost Immediately afterWard
sank.
The divers and the boats crews who have been
at work all day in the efforts being made by the
British naval authorities to recover many as
possible OF the bodies of the passengers and crew
of the Utopia have recovered about ninety bodies
Among those who were saved from the sinking
vessel By the boats of the men-of-war were twenty
of the Utopas crew. Among the Ctopias officers
McKeague. the ships doctor. the boatswain. the
chief steward and the carpenter.
Tie PASSENGERS who were rescued by the blue
jackets of the -lcet. include w. T. Cobron, stock
broker, of Newly 0rk City, who was one OF the
saloon passengers. c. G.. Davis. of Boston an
other of the saloon passengers is among those re-
The officers and crew of II. NJ. S. Anson say that
the Utopia ioulcd the ram of he AnSon, and thus
caused the damage which resulted IN the passen-
ger steamer sineing within few minutes after
being struck The AnsOnS officers assert that no
blame can be attached TO the vessel.
naval court of inquiry will be convened on
Admiral LOTUS F. Jones. and is commanded by
Captain Bouvcrie F. Clark
The authorities of Gibraltar are furnishing the
rescued people with lodgings, food and clothing
1t is expected that the Anchor Line people VIII
shortly take steps TO forward the ltopias sur
vivOrs TO their destinations in the United States
by another steamship of their line. Some of the
Italians. however are so badly scared by their
experiences of last night that they announce their
intention of never again braVing the dangers OF
an ocean voyage.
London March 1s-A dispatch from Gibraltar.
dated midnight, gives the following account. told
by an eyewitness of the disaster from the forts :
Tic scene was appalling, being heightened ny
the weird. seaTchlight effects The terrified cla-
grants huddlcd in n SwayinC mass thiclilY that
they hid the bows from sight. APonized ruShrS
for more secure fo0thold. struggles TO save
themselves and TO reach their families. showed
that an awful fight for life proceeding. The
shricks borne ashore filled the spectators with
intense horror and despair at their powerless-
ness 10 help.
Among the acts of valor at the height
| of the gale was that of British
| MILDLY. who put off alone in drgry for the pur-
pose of rendering assistance 10 the half-drOwncd
persons who were clnging TO the wrcckagr Of the
! Inflated vessel. Another hero was seaman on
| the ironclad Rodney. He boldly plunged into the
sea. and, after a desperate struggle with the
| waves succeeded in saving one Of the women
| floating in the waHr
| 4 rocket appa Ttus for throwing lifeline 10
| the doomed vessel quickly got in readiness on
| the shore but found 10 be useless owing 10
the vessel being at too great distance for the line
| to reach il. Scarcely any of the women on the
| Utopia saved. OF the crew twcnty-four in
| all were rescued
At the Office OF the Anchor Line Yesterday advccs
from Gibraltar received saying that twenty fvo
| OF the crew Of the wrecked Utopia had been saved
| with 200 steersge and two cabin passengers; 40
| steerage passengers lost, and fifteen Of tho
! crew. The Utopia was not insured and valued
| NJ 100000. Her cargo Is estimated TO have been
worth $500 600. The passengers rescued from the
| Utopia are still at Gibraltar. They will bc brought
here on the Assyria OF tho Anchor Line. She Is now
al Genoa and has been ordered to stop at The Rock
for the UtOpa's passengers. The law forbidding
! the landing Of any immigrant without baggage gees
| into effect April ]. The Assyria will not reach
here until after that ate and n all the rescued people
| lost their property in the sinking Of the UTOPIA,
| the question at occurred 10 the agents Of the
| Anchor Line - to whether II was advisable t. bring
! them over. Colonel Weber assured representative
taken into account by the Barge Once authpnteS Inc
sitting Of the immigrants l. t. take place AT lbHltr.
| The lame. the halt the blind and the vicious are not
T. be taken aboard The ASsyra. only the cream OF the
marty W he 10