The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-07
AFTERMATH
 OF DISASTER The Details of Spanish
 Holocaust. RESCUE WORK CONTINUES Bishop of Sac Paolo Robbed of
 Life Preserver. Commander of the sirio Did Not con- nait Suicide But Was UnwilIing- " Taken From His sinking

Carthagena, Spain. August s.-Re- ports were received here of the hor- ribIe scenes attending the wreck off Harmegas Islands Saturday evening of the Italian steamer Sirio, from Genoa. r August 2, via Barcelona and other points for Buenos Ayres. resulting in | the loss of over 800 lives | The drowning of the Bishop of Sao- Paolo, Brazil. is now attributed to the action of an Argentine passenssr wno | forcibly teok from the bishop Hle- belt, with which the latter had provid- | ed himself.
 One Italian woman kept hsr three children afloat on a plank until they were all picked up
 | A bridegroom who was on his hon- | eymoon lost his wife and sister and | one old man, who was saved lost three children.
 Captain Giuseppe Paradi, comnnand- CT of the Sirio was sixty-two years old and had forty-five years experiences In navigation.
 The sfrio is considered a total loss. Her captain is said to have formerly commanded the Perseus. which sank off Cartagena
 | A number of the bodies of the | drowned were buried today. Ten of the rescued passengers died after be- Ing brought ashore.
 | The survivors say the Siric sank with extreme rapidity. Many of fhs l passengers were on deck as the steam CT disappeared. The boats were so overcrowded that number oE them immediately capsized. throwing sheir occupants into the waters l Quantities of food and clothing for | the survivors are arriving here. A | relief fund has already reached largo sum. The survivors are auartered In the theatres. hospitals and clubs. the | poorer classes Of the inhabitants of Cartagena rivaiiing each other in as sisting the ship wrecked people. Charles Venturinf a resident Of Barcelona who was a passenger with his family on the Sfrto succeeded Tn saving his three sons and nine other passengers. ssnor ventnrinps daugh-
 one family of eight was drowned
 with the exception of the father, who lost his reason.
 Brigia Morley who arrived at the Italian consulate relates how she and her husband were hurled into the sea by the force of the explosion of the sirios boilers. She was picked up and brought ashore but she does nos know the fate of her husband. Numerous Bodies On shore.
 Numerous bodies were thrown upon
 
 them are of persons of the better class. Several small fishing smaclrs have arrived, bringing in some times
 one and sometimes several survivors
 of the Sirio who were found floating
 at sea long distance from the scene
 of the disaster.
 It is believed that some of the pas
 sengers who secured life belts have
 been picked up alive by French. Ger
 man, Italian or British sailing ves~
 sells passing in the vicinity and renl-
 parked at Barcelona. Port Vendres or
 Marseilles. The vicinity of Cape Paloa
 is much freQuented by sailing ves~
 sells and steamships.
 Spanish warships stationed at Car
 ta9ena and Alicante have been order
 ed to search the neighborhood or the
 catastrophe for survivors who may De
 still floating on pieces of wreckage
 or with life buoys.
 British warships at Gibraltar also have left at full speed in the direction of Cape Pa1os to render assistance in exploring the surrounding seas.
 The first reports of the disaster de- cIared without qualification that the captain of the Sirio had committed suicide. Later information. however, shows that he was on board the steam CT when she sank and expressed the l determination to go down with his vessel He was afterward rescued fla spite of his refusal to be saved.
 The spanish minister of the interior | has requested the minister of finance to supply funds to succor the strick- l en passangers. The Italian consul here and the members of the Italian colony, acting in cooperation with local authorities. have provided for l the Immediate wants of the ship wrecked people.
 The survivors of the sirio are compose ed of S4s Italians. 70 Spaniards. Ik Arabs, 10 Austrians. 6 Orientals. ( l ArRentines, { Brazilians. Montene- grams and 11s persons whose national fly is not set forth.
 | One of the woman survivors has given birth to . child since being brought ashore.