Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-31
OTHER GREAT MARINE DISASTERS.
Hundreds of VOynSers Lost Like
Those ON the EIbe.

Hundreds of VOyaEers Lost Like
Those on the Elbe.
From the New York Times.
Marine history is darkened by many dis
asters to passenger steamships and appall-
ing loss of life.
The steamship Hungarian, owned by the
Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, was
lest February 20, 1860. on Cape Ledge. near
Halifax. Two hundred and five people, in
GLIDING all officers, persisted. A great storm
prevailed at the time, and 1t was more
than week before the extent Of the de-
plorable event was realized. OF the pas
sengers, nearly all were immigrants from
Liverpool
Five hundred and forty-six lives were
lest in the wreck Of the White Star steam
ship Atlantic on Mars Head, Cape Pros
pect, near Halifax, April 2, 1873 The
steamship carried more than 800 steerage
passengers. The cabin passengers num-
bered fifty.
The Atlantic left Liverpool for this city
with an insufficient supply Of coal. Heavy
storms We're encountered, and the fuel was
nearly exhausted. The Atlantic's captain,
as he thought, made toward Sambro light,
but two hours later the steamship struck
upon the rocks.
An attempt was made to lower boats,
but before the davits were manned the
big vessel careened leeward and sank. All
of the women were drowned.
After successfully combating storms and
safely passing through fogs, the steamer
vember D. 1873, ran into the Loeb Earn,
an iron sailing vessel of 200 tons burden.
in midocean. The steamship sank, and 226
persons went down with the wreck.
Eighty-seven people were saved.
The Vile du Havre, at that time, was
about the finest steamship afioat. Next to
the Great Eastern, She was the largest
vessel that had ever entered this port
Liberia he
Barton ran into each other in April, 1874,
ana not person on either vessel was
saved.
The Hamburg mail steamer Schiller was
wrecked in a fog on rocks off the Scilly
Isles May Z, 1870 Three hundred and thir-
ty-one people persisted.
The French steamer ByZantin encounter
ed the English steamer Rinaldo during
fearful gale in Dardanelles, December Is,
1878. and about 200 lives were lost.
The Ava, a British-India Navigation Com
pany ship. was sunk in the Bay of Bengal
by running into the sailing ship Brunhilda.
Seventy lives were lost.
The Oncle Joseph, French steamer col
lided with the Italian steamer Ortigia. off
SpezZia, November "a, 1880, and $50 lives
were lost.
The Hamburg-American steamship CHM
bria, while on her way from Hamburg to
Havre, was run into by the British steam
ship Sultan, January 81, 1881. The Cimbria
sank In a few moments. Three hundred
and ninety-eight people persisted. There
was a dense fog at the time of the col
liSion.
The British steamship AaXham and the
Spanish steamer Gijon colided not far
from Corunna on the night of July p, 1854.
There was heavy fog at the time. One
hundred and thirty people were drowned.
The steamship Geiser and the Thing
valla collided August IA. 1888, thirty miles
south of Sable Island. One hundred and
six lives were lost. OF those who persisted
seventy-three We're passengers.
The steamer w. A. Scholten, from Rot
terdam to this city, ran into collier about
ten miles off Dover. on the night of No
vember 10. 1885, and 49, lives were lost.