Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-20
UTOPIA DISASTER
TEE LOST NUMBER PlVg HUNDRED AND
FIPTY-TW0.
Funeral Of the hes-ol-Wsrs keu-Ths CaDts.a
Of tie Utopia Arrested ior Improper o0ldla
and Manageable Divers See
Horrible Sights Beneath tie Sea.

GIBRALTAR, March le-The revised
official count OF the lost aud saved pass
engerS and crew Of the Inflated Dtopm
shows that there were $50 souls On board
the steamer when she ran tothe Ausou.
OF the number Of saved include tRo
hundred and ninety steerage passengers.
two saloon passengers, three Italian .u-
terperters aud twenty-threc of th. crew.
all the latter being Englishmen. or men
who had shipped at English ports.
The funeral OF the two men-Oi-war's
men, Albert Cotton, seaman, and Geo.
Hale, Stoker, who were drowned from
the steam launch Immortalie. on Tues
day night. while engaged boo rescuing
the endangered passengers of the An
chor line steamship Utopia. took place
to-day. The bands Of all the war ships
forming the British squadron now at
anchor at Gibraltar played dead
marches In the funeral procession
| The officers Of the lmm0r-
talie, headed by her commander
Capt. Sir Wm. Wiscman, delegations
from the crews OF the other British iron
clans and from the Swedish man-of-Wlr
Freya, and a representation from ihe
garrison of Gibraltar were present 200
the funeral ceremonies. Ai the iron
clads fired a salute Is the bodies were
lowered into the graves in the cemetery
here. aud all he stores boo Gibraltar
were closed as a mark OF sympathy With
the gallant blue jackets.
Captain Mckeague. OF the t0pia.
has been arrested for wrongful acts. m-
proper conduct. negligence and mis-
management. He was released 0r bail.
The accounts given 10y the diver, who
are engaged in the work on The wrecked
steamer Of the terrible sights which
they have witnessed on tho vessel sun
further increases the appalling charac-
ter OF the catastrophe These men in
describing the horrible scene say tlry
found the hatches aud the chart room
OF the Utopia closely packed with the
bodies Of the unfortunate passengers
who had become Wedycd into an almost
solid mass in their frantic rush Co reach
the decks of the steamer after >hr lad
crashed into the sharp ram u, ilo Irun-
clad. The position, Zoo which tlr bodies
were found show that On, poor people
Uduf Il itiIlUlt ~WNEA| |F INI l'If aIA .I.f
desperate attempts were made 20 .,-
cape from the doomed vessel as thr ,,a
came rushing in through thc rent boz icr
side.
Owing to % lack ol accommodation, n
the naval hospital here many oi tur
rev and the rmisIaut> vino were r...
-ued have been compelled lY cn,4fnp 900
the glacis The military are closely pl
trolling the shore for ih, plrpD.r ui
rcscuiug any more of the lodir. that
may be- washed iu by ih, waves The
Of this place who from tIr
'horc witnessed tine hofrilylug seen. OF
hundreds of persons being swallowed
up in the raging waters of tho bay. ar.
instituted in their praise of tLe great
displayed by tLe men ol iho
British squadron anchored horc who
boldly hurried ~ the rc.cuc of th, Dn-
iangered passengers without stopping
% consider the risk they ran boo launrL
NJ their small boats ON au angry .rl
md 100 the teeth of heay5 gaIr.