The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-26
WENT TOTHEB0TT0M.
italian Steamer Maria P. Collides
With the Ortigia.
ORs snip Leaving Genoa and the Oshsl
SlsklaE POFt-Only Those who wers q
Duty - the Time Were saved-Ons
Hundred and Forty-Saven Lest.

GENOA, July 23,-The Italian steam.
ers OrEgia and Maria P collided of Isela
del Pint. at the entrance 70 the Gulf Of
Genoa. The latter sank and AZ people
were drowned.
The Maria P was bound from Naples
to Ia Plata. There was crew OF II
and the passengers numbered l72 She
was calling here enroute 20 her destina-
ton. She was entering. the Calf Of
Genoa at ] 80 o'clock Sunday morning,
when she met the Ortigia, outbound.
They only noticed each ether when a
collision was inevitable. The bow Of
the Ortigia crashed into the starboard
Of the Maria P, penetrating six yards,
and ripping mp the MariaIP like wood.
The water rushed in through the hole
and the Maria P sank in three minutes.
The majority of the passengers were
asleep at Che time of the accident and
had no time to escape. They were en-
quilted with tho vessel. The 0rtigia
remained on the spot until o'clock in
order to pick up the Survivors. She
rescued Il of the crew and % Of the pas
sengers Of the Maria P.
Other steamers have be bn dispatched
to the scene of the disaste II and are now
searching for further survivors. The
Ortigia's bow was smash bd for a space
of y feet along the waite u line There
is some comment upon Il e fact brought
to mind by the disaster that the Ortigia
once collided on the same spot with the
French steamer Joseph. AT the cOnclu-
sion of the sitting Of 9he chamber at
Rome the minister OfmaI inc announced
the news of the disaster n the midst Of
q profound sensation, adding that an
officer, a seaman, stoker d nd 144 passen-
gers of the Maria P had persisted. The
Ortigia had % passengers on board.
The Maria P's captain Wi is named Fer
rara. The chamber has ordered an in
quiTy into the disaster.
The sky was overcast a the time of
the accident and there W as little sea.
Both captains were asledp and Third
Officer ReVello was on watch on the
Ortigia and Second Of icer d'Angelo
was on watch on the Maria P. The
Ortigia was going at Fhe rate Of IL
miles an hour and the Maria P at the
rate Of eight. Both vessels saw the
lights of the other and continued on
their proper roads till the mistake was
made, it is not established by whom,
which brought the Maria P broadside
toward the Ordgia. Third Officer
Revello of the Ortigia saw the danger
and ordered the engines reversed, but
too late. The Ortigia strhck the Maria
P, making an enormous gap in her side,
Although the boats of the Ortigia were
lowered and the crew rescued all they
could of the survivors, tn latter, for the
most part, remain in sudh a state of
terror since the rescue tn bt they are IN
able to give single detail of the dis
aster.
Captain Gorrara, who was saved,
said he was sleeping in his cabin when
he was awakened by cries and shouts.
He rushed on deck, TO see the Odgia
breaking away. Seeing that all was
lost he jumped into the sea, where he
was picked upb the Ortigia's boats. The
survivors lost everything. Second Off
Ger d. Angelo of the Maria P, who was
on watch when she was struck, was
drowned. Among the saved is a child
s years old, who is the only survivor Of
seven who went down with the i'll fated
ship. An inquiry into the catastrophe
has been opened