The record-union., 1895-08-09

LONDON, Aug. S.-A dispatch to Lloyd
| from Sydney announces the loss of thu
British steamer Catterthun. The Cater
thun was a passenger steamar aud wa
bound from Sydney for Hongkong. Sh'
ran on Seal Rocks, between Sydney anC
Brisbane, and became total wreck.
The dispatch states that some of th'
passengers and crew were saved, bu
some are missing, and it is feared art
lost.
A Central NelCS dispatch from Mel
bourne says that the vessel sank at
O'Clock this morning. Soon after the
steamer struck it was found that she was
sinking and that there was no possible
chance for her. Orders were given tC
abandon the ship. The boats were
quickly lowered and every one safely
reached them and started for the main
| land.
| Only one of the boats has been heard oi
UP to this time, and the greatest anxiety
| is felt as to the fate OF the others. The
boat with the survivors reached Forster
this morning and reported the loss OF the
steamer.
There were many Australians and Eng
lish among the passengers.
A tug has returned from the scene OF
the wreck of the British steamer Cater
thun. and saved some of the passengers
and crew. There is now little doubt
sixty persons we're drowned, of whom
forty-six were Chinese.
Second Officer Langlar. who had the
watch on deol< at the time of the disaster
states that the night was very dark. Sud-
,lxyf fhn nnrin rriti ia
shock and sue foundered few minutes
afterward. The Chinese made rush for
the boats, but only one boat-load reached
the shore.
The missing passengers include thirty
women.
A dispatch from Melbourne received
this evening says that divers have left
for the scene of the wreck for the pur-
pose of attempting to recover the ii, 900
soveregns in specie on board the steamer.
This dispatch further states that it is now
known that the total number OF lives lost
is II, many OF the Chinese passengers and
crew being saved. OF the Europeans on
board, only the four previously men
toned survived.
ANOTHER SEA DISASTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. S.-The thrilling
story of the sinking OF two vessels in col
lissiOn, and the probable loss OF about
forty lives was told this evening by Cap
tain Henderson, late OF the British ship
Prince Oscar, who, with sixteen Of his
crew, arrived AT this port this afternoon
by the steamer Capaca from Chill and
Peruvian ports. Iour OF the crew OF the
Prince Oscar went down on the ship, and
two others were drowned by the upset
ting OF lifeboat in the heavy seas.
The name OF the ship with which the
Prince Oscar was in collision is not
L. tn (rantojn III nn1orSpn a
entire crew are supposed 20 have per-
ished. Captain henderson thinks from
her size that her crew numbered thirty
or forty. The collision occurred on July
9Th in latitude 90 30 south. and longitude
2o0, near the route OF vessels bound from
London to Melbourne, Australia.
After drifting about for two days and
half without food or water, and suffer-
ing hardships and misery, Captain Hen
derson and his men were pick ed up by a
sailing vessel, which transferred them TO
tho Capaca. The Prince Oscar left
Shields, England, for Iquique. Chill,
May 81, with cargo of coal and a crew Of
twenty-five.
KILLING OF JIM CUMMINGS.
1t Removed From the World Noted
Desperado.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. S.-The man known as
James Clark. who was assassinated at
Telluride. Col, yesterday, was the origi-
mol Jim Cum mings, the desperate,
whose bad record has lived AMI grown
since the war. To-day a telegram was
sent from Telluride to Mrs. Mary Cum
mings, the aged mother of the dead man,
at Independence, Mo. 1t was signed by
}. l.. Glenn, and read as follows:
I" jim was killed yesterday. What
shall | do with the body?'
Mrs. Cummings was not in Independ-
ence, being away on visit.
Cummings was a member of Guam
trelPs band during the war, and was one
of the most desperate members of Jesse
James gang OF outlaws, that later
operated from Minnesota to Texas.
When pursuit became hot be went to the
mountains. and has since been known as
James Clark.
The death of Cummings removes the
last Of that band Of desperate men who
set the example of bold robberies, fol-
lowed later by SO many ilnitators.