Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-07

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Some people assumed threatening
aspect, declaring that facts were being
withheld.
Disaster OF Cape PaIos.
The terrible marine disaster ocurred
Saturday night off Cape Falos. The
Barcelona, Cadiz, Montevidio and
on board, was wrecked off Hormigas
Island
Three hundred immigrants, most of
them Italians and spaniards were
drowned
The captain Of the steamer commit
ted suicide
The bishop of San Pedro, Brazil, was
also lost and it is reported that anoth-
er bishop is among the missing.
The remainder of the passengers
and the officers and crew got away In
the ships boats or were reached by
means of boats sent to them from the
shore.
A number of fishermen who made at
tempts at rescue were drowned.
Those rescued from the vessel are
now atf'Cape Palos in pitiable condi-
ton, being without food or clothing.
Struck Rocky Reef.
The Sirio struck a rocky reef, known
at Bajos Hormigas, and sank soon
after, stern first. Hormigas island lies
about two and half miles to the east
ward of Cape Palos.
The Sirio was owned by the Naviga-
gione Itialiana of Genoa.
Before he committed suicide the cap
tain declared the steamer had 645 pas
sengers on board, and that her crew
Numbered 1877 men.
The Sirio had $40 passengers when
leaving Genoa, but additional passen-
gers were taken on board at Barcelona
where the vessel touched few hours
before the disaster.
The disaster occurred at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The steamer
was threading difficult passage
through the Hormigas group, where
the Bajos Hornigas reef is a continual
menace to nagivation. The vessel be.
gan to settle rapidly Immediately she
had struck, and terrible scene Of con-
fusion and panic ensued on board. The
fishermen along the coast sought to
render every assistance in their power.
and sent out boats which brought
many survivors ashore. Most of the
officers and crew of the Sirio are
among the saved.
Narrowing Scenes Among Rescued.
The survivors have gone into camp
on the main square of the town at
Cape Palos. Here narrowing scenes
are enacted as the stricken families
anxiously seek beloved members
among the rescued. A mother who
lost her three children went insane.
The doctor of the Sirio gave UP his
wife and child as lost, but they were
fnallv brought in by one of the rescu
ing boats, and the scene as this family
was reunited was most affecting One
of the boats sent out by the fishermen
brought in twenty-four passengers
The condition Of the survivors is most
deplorable They have lost everything
and are without money, food or cloth
Ing. The maritime authorities oi
Cartegena have dispatched tug to the
scene carrying relief supplies. The
buildings of circus and the poor
house are being used as temporary
quarters for the survivors.
The latest reports from the cape
say that three boats have just brought
in a number of rescued.
An additional sadness IS added t.
the catastrophe owing to the fac
that number of fishermen who were
conducting rescuing operations were
drowned in consequence of the over
turning of boat
The Sirio left Genoa Aug. 2.
Captain Saved.
Rome, Aug. 6-The Italian Genera
Navigation company. owners of the
wrecked steamer Sirio, received dis
patch last night purporting to come
from the captain of the Sirio, reserv
ing his report of the details of the
wreck, but saying the crew were safe
This raises the possibility that tn,
captain was ultimately rescued.
Regatta Opens.
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