The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-07-27
PASSENGERS DROWN.
HssuLT OF a COLLISION.
ne G.sf of G~~aa shs <@--e Of r~~rz-
ss. F.ssissy-os- Hussr-a ..d Torsy
~txsx Lives Tn-s<hs as Have B-~e
Izss.

Genoa July s1--T-,s4 italian steamers
ortlzla snd Maria p cosltied OF Issis
tel Pint. Sc The sstraBs@ 70 tbs gulf Of
Genoa to-day. The tsrte- sank, srd
iss psz1pE= were drowned
Th= ylarlg 2. ysss bound from Naples
70 La Plaza There Ezs crew ot szTeEl-
seen and sts passengers numbered 10
Shs waz calling bsre 81 route 10 hsr
destination She Tas e1ssri1z the
Gulf os GenSa n, % o'elo.cS This uso-u-
inz. whan shs met thu OrzigLs- ous-
bound They only nDsiezst each Ozfsssr
when g collision WAS iusTlzzbis-
The bow % rh@ Or-ieie crashed into
the xrsrboa-d z5de Of the 3iaEia p, pen
atrzeing SIX yards and ripping TIP the
Maria r. Ike match wood The Tzter
rushed In through the bOIe srt tne
Maria P sank In tiIree minutes TIE
ma tsrisy Of The passengers were asleep
at The time of The a1ridEDr. and had 10
time 10 ss.cap-e sftsg rfs alarm WAS
given They were snSulfed with The
vessel
Tb@ O-sIziz remained on tie spot III
I'll ak n-ci0cs In oder 10 PICK UP tfse
slI-TivO-s She rescued fourteen 81 Et1e
crew. and twen-y-eiehr Of me Tzsseri-
gers Of the MARIA z. O1iIer steal Ders
hare been dispatched 10 .he snene Of
the dEszsze- and sre now searching f0-
further survivors
The O-tIsia'E bow was smashed tJz
space Of twelve teet along the water
linz There - snFHe eonssnsnr upon tflts
fact brought 10 mind by the disaster
that The O-1Igia Oree cDllj5ed On rtAe
SAM spot with the French s-ezu1sT
Oucie JDzap5e-
Az 7i4e cJuc.EzsiJn " The sitting Of The
chamber Today a. Rome the minister o.
marine announced the news II the
disaster In tn Hiids- % q TrUfOund
sensation, adding ziiat sn Cffieg-. SEA
nlzl- =Eoaer and ~ passenger u rhs
Maria p had gs.-isiis-d-
The Cfiamb"2- has ordered an inquiry
into The disasser-
The O-ri-la liad twenty-five gEsssenes-s
On board TIse Maria 2 n czpzzin Taz
named Fe-rnra-
Tne zs-y WIS OTgrcas- az the TINE Of
the accident and thegs. was littIs 80
Both captains were asleep. and Third
Officer EeveIls wa on watch On tn
Orticia- and Second Oftiesr Angelo was
On watch On 1ise Maria 2
Tile Orsizin was going al the rate o,
slsven Mir an hour. and the Maria 2.
a. e-AT- ~ ~ - AaAl-7ra Ess-A rrS---AE
Jaw The lights " ths Other and con-
timed On their prDpaT roads I'll the mis-
take vas made. il "a not easily es-Efl-
lisifed by whom which brought th..
Maria p. brDsdside towards tile Or1isz-
Third Officer Reveile Of rfIe O--igla cav
;Le danger and ordered the engines -
verssc- Bur the order came TOO late
TfSe OTtiSia struck the Maria P. making
an eIs0ruOus gap in bsr side All the
fy031E u ttEe Orri.ia were lowered and
the Crews reHued all they could Of the
survivors Tie latter, fOr .fls most par.
remained in such state u terror since
the rescIIe that tiIey are unable TO gfTs
q single detail Of ne disaster. The sur
vfvo-1 iOs- everything
second Officer Angelo % the Maria P.
vino was Oh watch On ifzar ship when
sic was struck By the Ortigia, YVES
drowned. Among The saved Il 2 child
of eigtt years. vino Is the only survivor
N q family % seven. who went down
with the Inflated strip.
An inquiry into ths catastrophe has
been opened