The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-07-25
OYER ONE HUNDRED PERSONS
DROWNED OFF COAST OF ITALY.
TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE.
NEARLY ALL ON BOARD OF ONE
or THEM ARE LOST.
Only Fourteen OF the Crew aud Twen-
Twilight Passengers Rescued
Peacefully Sleeping When Death
Came to Them.

GENOA, ITALY. THE italian steamer
Ortegia and Marin p. cOllided of Isl,
del Pinto, at the entrance Of the Gul
Of Genoa, Sunday. The latter sanl
and l4S people we're drowned.
The Maria p. was bound from Maple.
to Ia Plata. There was a crew Of sey.
enteen, and the passengers numbered
173. She was calling here en- route tC
her destination. She was entering tho
Gulf Of Genoa at 80 o'clock this morn.
ing, when she met the Ortegia, ont.
bound. They only noticed each other
when a collision was.inevitable.
The bow Of the Ortegia crashed into
the starboard side Of the Maria p.
penetrating six yards and ripping up
the Maria =. Like matchwOod. The
water rushed in through the hole and
the Maria p. sank in three minutes
The majority Of the passengers were
asleep at the time of the accident and
had no time to escape after the alarm
was given. They were engulfed. with
the vessel. The Ortegia remained on
the spot until o'clock in order to pick
mp survivors. She rescued fourteen Of
the crew and twenty-eight of the pas
sengers. Other steamers were dis
patched to the scene Of the disaster to
search for further survivors.
The Ortega's bow was smashed for a
space of twelve feet along the water
line. There is some comment upon the
fact brought to mind by the disaster
that the Ortegia once collided on the
same spot with the French steamer
Uncle Joseph.
At the conclusion Of the sitting Of the
Chamber to-day, at Rome. the Minister
of Marine announced the news Of the
disaster in the midst of profound SEN
sation, adding that anofficer, a seaman,
stOker and IA passengers of the Maria
p. had persisted. The Ortegia had
twenty live passengers on board. The
Marin T. s captain was named Ferrara.
The Chamber has ordered an inquiry
into the disaster.
The sky was overcast at the time of
the accident and there was little sea.
Both captains were asleep and Third
Officer RevellO was on watch on the
Ortegia and Second Officer DengelO
was on watch on the Maria p. The
Ortegia was going mt the rate of eleven
miles an hour and the Maria =. at the
rate of eight miles. Both vessels saw
.he light of the other and continued on
heir proper roads till the mistake
made, it is not known by whom, which |
brought the Maria T.. broadsiGe toward |
he Ortegia. The engines were ordered |
'eversed, but the order came too late. |
The Ortegia struck the Maria r., max
ng an enormous gap in her side.
All the boats of the Ortegia were
owered and the crews rescued all they
.ould of the survivors The latter for
he most part remain in such a state Of
error since the rescue that they are
Unable to give a single detail of the dis
ster.
Capt. Ferrara, who was saved, said
hat he was sleeping in his cabin when
q was awakened by cries and shouts
nd a great noise. Herushed upon deck
nd saw the Ortegia backing off, while
is own ship was sinking Seeing that
Il was lost he jumped into the sea,
here he was picked up by the Orte-
las boat. They lost everything.
Second Officer DangelO, of the Maria
:, who was ON watch, was drowned.
mong the saved is a child eight years
Id, who is the only survivor of family
{ seven who went down with the i'll
ted ship.
The wife, brother and son Of Capt.
errara, of the Maria p, were
rOwned.