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FURTHER DETAILS
or the Ycarfai "riopla" Collision In
Gibraltar Bay, Rcscnlng the
Passengers.
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THE UTOPIA"
Details OF tile Awful Disaster t.6
Lives Lost.
GIBRALTAR, March is.-The divers
and boats crews who have been Mt
work all day In the efforts being made
by the British naval authorities TO
reaciiu Ms many M possible OF the bodies
OF the passenger and crew VI the sun.
Ken steamer, have ut this hour rescued
ninety bollics. Among those saved
from the sinking vessel by the boats Of
the man.of.wnr were twenty " the
Itopia's crew. G. NJ. Davis, Of Boston,
saloon passenger, IL among those
reported missing. The officers aud
crew Of II. NJ. >. dHson stated that
the Utopia foulvd with the ram OF the
dHson and thus caused the damage
which resulted Ia the passenger steam
or sinking. The ins0nia officers as
sert TINT no blame can bo attached to
the war vessel.
STRUCK AnArT.
LONDON, March is.-The agents IN
this city Of tho Anchor line, TO which
the ftogia belonged, have been IN
formed that the Utopid was struck
nhaft the engin, room aud that she
sank stern formost i've minutes after
the collision IN seven fathOms Of water.
The agents announce that they find u
difficult 10 ascertain the cxact mum.
her sf.iivcs lost, hut they nay that 1880
Italians we've saved, that eight bodies
have been washed ashore, aud that
there aro iTS persons rescued from tho
Utopfa alive ON board the British war
ships.
The agents add that the force Of the
gale, witch stlll prevails In Gibraltar
bay, prevents the People ON shore from
communicating satisfactorily with the
commanders Of the wnf-ships, 10 they
ARE unable 10 ascertain the names Of
the survivors. Several boats Of the
ileet were wrecked while engaged In
the rescue.
4 NI.w YORKER SAVED.
WASHINGTON, March is.-A tcle.
gram was received nj the Department
Of state this morniIg from United
States Consul Sprague nj Gibraltar,
announcing the collision and sinking
OF the Italian cmlgrant steamer Utopia
and expressing fear that two.thlrie Of
the passengers were drowned. WIN.
4. Colburn Of New York was among
he passengers saved.
ITALIANS EXCITED.
NEW YoRII, Msr'h ls.-N-ws Of the
disaster To III. Utopia or Gibraltar has
caused n great commotion In the
italian colony here. About four thou
sand Italians gathered about the door
Of the information bureau at tho Barge
ONCE, aud great difficulty was cx-
Ierlenced by the police In keeping the
crowd In check.
observation-disclosures ACCOUNT.
Prtcrson.the Swedish quarlcrmnster,
vino had been steering the UtOpi0 a
short time before the collision, said that
Just before the vessels came together
he went below. While Their. he felt
the shock Of tho collision aud rushed
ON deck. Just before lie reached the
main deck the Utopia Ind gone broad.
slide upon the iasOn's ram. The com.
mander OF the Utopia, Captain Me.
KeRgie, according 10 Peterson, was on
the steamships bridge until the last
moment. Peterson adds that NJ the
Utopia was crushed by the AnsoA's ram
he ciamlorcd up the davits OF one OF the
steamships boats and cut the ropes
holdinglr He had no time, however,
10 luwcr tho boat NJ the bows " theft0.
1,id had passed beneath the war ship
aud II was evident the passenger
steamer was rapidly sinking. soon
Y ter, the boats OF the 1nsoH having
been promptly lowered, one OF the
mau.of-war's cutters ran alongside the
Utopia, and Petersen managed 10 jump
into her. He says while on board the
Utopia after the collision he was sur.
rounded by u terrible mnss OF human
beings, fighting their way desperately
and savagely, regardless OF sex or age,
towards the boats.
MIN, woMES AND CHILDREN
tumbled and climbed over each other
In that horrible fight for life, seeking n
chance 10 escape from drowning. One
poor women, who was rescued by the
1nson's bluejackets, went raving
mad when sho was convinced thar
her chlldred were drowned. There
we've similar distressing incldents
OF all occurring when the TtoDia,
with final desperate iurch, sank, with
her human freight clinging about her,
and drew hundreds Of living persons
down with her. Many OF those who
sprung Into the sea when they saw the
steamship could not float many min
ules longer, were then also drawn
down In The awful whirlpool caused by
the Uiopiu's disappearance. Some
came To the surface again for fcw
moments before sinking finally to their
watery tombs. Others, more lucky,
were ahle 10 cling to pieces OF wreck.
ngc, floating spars, oars, gratings,
hatchways, boats, lifeboats, etc., and
this kept them above water until res.
ened by the warship's boats.
But, M usual In such cases, the
weaker succumbed more readily.
bhrioklng, praying women sank TO ilse
no more, with their terrified ofisprings
claspei 10 their breasts. The children
olung To their parents 10 des-
perately rs TO In several cases cause
death TO both where they might have
escaped had better Judgment been
used.
AN OFFICIAL REPORT.
Al s;3O y. m. II was announced that
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