The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-09
AWFUL SCENES ARE
BEING DESCRIBED
Reports OF Passenger OF Ship
When Sunk in
Sea.
800 LOSE THEIR LIVES
Heroic Reseues Are Effected, but In
Other Cases Horrible
Brutality 10 Ex-
hibited.

Brutality 10 Es-
hibised.
C~artagenn. Aug. s.-Rcports continuG
To arrive here Of the terrible scenes Mt
scnding the wreck Of the steamer Slrio.
which resulted In the loss of over 3oC
lives.
The drowning of the bishop OF Sac
Paoio. Brazil. is now attributed To- the
action OF an Argentine passenger who
forcibly took from the bishop the life
7 belt with which the latter had provided
himself.
One Italian woman kept her three
children aroat on n plank until the;
were all picked up. a bridegroom. whc
was on his honeymoon. lost his wife
and sister. and one old man who was
saved lost his three children.
Captain Paradi. commander OF the
Slrio. was 6. years old and had forty
1--WE years experience In navigation.
The slrio Is considered a total loss.
Ten Die After Rescue.
A number OF bodies OK drowned per.
% were buried today. Ter rescued
passengers died after being brought
ashore.
Survivors say the sirio sank with ex-
treme rapidity and many passengers
were ON deck ms the steamer dtsap-
pcarcd.
Boats were so ovcrcrowded that n
number OF them Immediately capsized.
throwing their occupants Into the wa
ter.
Quantities Of food and clothing for
the survivors are arriving here from
all parts OF the country. Public sub
scription started for the relief of dcs-
titute passengers has already reached
"A largo SUN.
Survivors are qunrtercd In thcatcrs.
hospitals. clubs and the poorer classes
among the inhabitants OF Cartagena
are ryiaiing each other In assisting
shipwreckcd people.
hero and Heroine.
Charles venturina. "A resident Of
Barcelona. who wiLs n passenger with
his family on the Slrio. succeeded in
saving his three sons and nine other
passengers. N%enturina's daughter. aged
Is. an expert swimmer. saved two chill
dren. one family. consisting Of father.
mother and six children. was drowned
with the exception OF the father. who
lost his .
Ships Books Are Lost.
MI AFf ttllI y bbthN Nfff lRHNs IL IL
impossible NJ present To ascertain the
full extent OF the disaster. Nineteenth
of the passengers were Italians, u
the remainder S~paninrds. All the sur-
vivors have been landed at Cape Palos.
The Inhabitants provided them with
clothing and nourishmeut. Thirty were
landed NJ Hormigas island about one
mile from the scene OF the tragedy.
Fishermen brought In the first news
az the laundering OF the SlTio. and IL
created CONSERVATION here. Bo1tloads
pf the shipwrcckcd passengers and
crew began To- reach shore shortly al
ter the news became known.
Passengers confirm the fearful ma
turc Of the calamity. From the broken
narratives OF the terror stricken sur
Vivors u would appear that II was the
intention OF the captain OF the Sirio
inter leaving Barcelona to call nj Ca
liz before proceeding 10 Brazil. The
captain. In order 90 shorten the route
and gain time. proposed to pass as
close rs possible To the dangerous
rocky lodges surrounding the Hormi-
gas islands. Without any warning
md while running at fun speed the
Sirio crashed upon the rocks with Ter
rifle force.
Parie en- Board.
a few minuics later the vessel sank
beneath tho waves. The passengers
Were In n state OF horror and panic.
Crowds rushed forward. pushing each
other and fighting for places In the
boat. Many fell and We're trnmpled to
death. Dozens OF men and womcn
threw themselves into the sea.
a young mother. who was carrying
her baby. was advised Ia abandon the
child and try To save herself alone. This
she refused To do. declaring that she
preferred that they die together. Both
eventually were picked up alive from
the water.
The archbishop OF San Pedro went
down with the vessel while blessing
the drowning passengers. The other
bishop. who was at first supposed To-
have been drowned. has since been re-
ported safe. He is at Cartagena.
\ steamer engaged In rescue work
has reached port. She has ON board
he bodies 81 several Infants.
The Austrian consul NJ Rio dc jan
Giro was saved. but lost n large amount
II money when the vessel went down.
The government has issued lnstruc-
tions that every possible measure for
the relief OF the stricken people shall
be taken.
Fought Like Fiends.
London. Aug. G.-Thc Madrid corre-
spondent 81 the Daily Telegraph de-
scribcs the Sirio disaster ~ one " the
worst on record.
Inc llalldU ~tiUlNfhlNH, Win RUlNtN
In their hands and without regard fur
the women or children. fought with
the greatest brutality for the possess
sion Of life bupSs and boats. Many
were killed or wounded. including sew
crai members ~ the crew. who were at
hacked by cmigrants.
When the captain saw that the ves-
sol was lost and hat the emigrHnts hal
captured the boat he committed suicide
by shooting with "A revolver. The other
officers then lost their heads and there
was nobody To direct the work 81 res
cue.
Eye witnesses give awful pictures Of
the brutal panic on board. For halt an
hour the ciuiErants were masters uf
the situation. They completely over
came the crew by sheer force 81 num-
beers. and this In spite 81 thc efforts 81
the officers. who tried 10 saw the wom-
en- and children FIRST.
One report even states. the cnrrc-
spondent continues. that a group III
cmiErants approached onc 81 the ships
boats which already WAS full IN which
.sua about ~ H.. Iatsnab.I upA H.