Connecticut western news., 1895-07-25
DISASTER AT SEA.
ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK AND ONE HUNDRED AND FoRTY-ElGHT LOST.
The Maria F. Was Rammed by Another Steamer at the Entrance to the Gulf of Genoa-went to the Bottom With Most of Her Passengers Asleep.

GENOA, July % The Italian steamers Ortegia and Maria P. collided of Isla del Tinto, at the entrance of the Gulf of Ge- noa The latter sank, and 148 passengers were drowned.
 The Maria P. was bound from Naples to La Plata There was a crew of IT, and the passengers numbered IFS. She was calling here en route to her destination. She was entering the Gulf of Genoa when she met the Ortegia, outward bound. They only noticed each other when a col Gsion was inevitable.
 The bow of tho Ortegia crashed into the starboard side of the Maria P, penetrating six yards and ripping up the Maria P. 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 giy- en. They were engulfed with the vessel. The Ortegia remained on the spot for sev- eral hours in order to pick up the surviv- ors- She rescued 14 of the crew and 2S of the passengers of the Maria P.
 Other steamers have been dispatched to the scene of the disaster, and are now searching for further survivors
 The Ortegia's bow was smashed for a distance of 12 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 Oncle Joseph.
 At the conclusion of the sitting of the chamber at Rome the minister of marine announced the news of the disaster in the midst of a profound sensation, adding that an officer, a seaman and a stoker and 124 passengers of the Maria P. had perished.
 The Ortegia had 25 passengers on board. The Maria P.'s captain was Sig. Ferrara. The chamber has ordered an inquiry into the disaster.
 Passengers Were All Asleep. 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 d'Angelo was on watch on the Maria P.
 The Ortegia was going at the rate of II miles an hour and the Maria P. at the rate of miles. 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 Ortegia. Third Officer Revello of the Ortegia saw the danger and ordered the engines re- versed. But the order came too late. The Ortegia struck the Maria P, making an enormous gap in her side
 All the boats of the Ortegia were low cred, and the crews rescued all they could of the survivors. The latter for the most part remain in such a state of terror since the rescue that they are unable to give a single detail of the disaster. Captain Ferrara, who was saved, said that he was sleeping in his cabin when he was awakened by cries and shouts and great noise. He rushed upon deck and saw the Ortegia backing of, while his own ship was sinking. Seeing that all was lost, he jumped into the sea, where he was picked up by the Ortegia's boat.