The record-union., 1896-06-18
Only Three Lives So Far Known to
Have Been Saved.
The Town of Kamaishi, in Northern
Japan, Entirely Destroyed by
Earthquake, and at Least One
Hundred and Fifty Distinct Shocks
Within Twenty Hours.

LONDON, June IA dispatch re-
ceived here to-day reports that the
British steamship Drummond Castle,
which sailed from Table Bay May 2Sth
for this port, with $50 persons on board
sank near Ushant, the most western of
the islands off the coast Of Brittany
France. She was damaged by collision
with another steamer, and sank in three
minutes A survivor of the disaster
named Merwerk is at Ushant, and two
| others at Isle de Molen. Six bodies
have been recovered. A report from
Castle Line stated that the Drummond
| passenger list contained 143 names,
and that she carried a crew of 104 men
| The United Press correspondent at
Brest telegraphed tonight that no pos
tive knowledge had been obtained up
to that hour regarding the fate of the
missing passengers and crew of the
| sunken steamship except, as before re-
ported, that one survivor was at Ushant
and two others were at Isle de Molen,
and that six bodies had been recovered.
The correspondent also stated that a
search is being made by steamers in the
vicinity Of the scene of the disaster
IN the hope of rescuing other survivors.
The owners of the Drummond Castle
confirm the report that she has been
wrecked
The Drummond Castle was from Cape
Town and was commanded by Captain
Pierce. The Drummond Cactle was a
2.3Sl-ton steel steamer, 365 feet long,
4o feet 3 inches beam and 81 feet 3
inches in depth of hold She was built
| in Glasgow in 1881 for D. Currie & Co.,
London shipowners.
The following dispatch was received
| this evening by the Castle Steamship
Company from the British Consul at
| Brest:
THE Drummond Castle struck the
rocks west Of Isle de Molene at mid
night on the 10th and sank immediate
" There was no time to take out the
| boats. Present information is that one
| person was saved at Ushant and two
other survivors are at Isle de Molene.
Iheir names are not given. A Govern
ment tug is carrying on a search
| Another dispatch from Brest SAYS
| residents of Isle de Molene state that at
midnight on June 10th they heard the
| piercing cries of passengers on the ILL
tated steamship, but that the sudden
ness of the disaster prevented any aid
| being rendered.
| FOUNDERED IN THREE MINUTES
LONDON, June ia telegram was
received tonight at the Admiralty
Of1lce from the commander of the Brit
ish warship Sybell, which is cruising
in the Bay of Bicay, confirming the re-
ports previously received regarding the
suddenness of the laundering of the
Drummond Castle. The telegram saws
the warship lowered her boats and did
all possible to rescue those on board
the steamship, but the efforts were in
vain.
Many friends of persons who were
known to have been on board the lost
steamship, especially ladies, remained
at the steamship offices until late at
night, hoping to learn that there were
other survivors of the disaster. and
that among them would be their friends
Ihe telegrams received only tended
to confirm the worst reports and sew
eral persons tainted and many palm
fu scenes were enacted when the mos
sages were read
The Castle Steamship Company at
midnight tonight had received no fur
ther news regarding the sinking of the
boat
The Daily News" prints the names
OF some of the passengers ON the Drum
bond Castle, including a number of