Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-08
SHIP GOES DOWN;
h 300 PEOPLE DROWN
Admitting That it Was His
r Fault, Captain Suicides.
WAS CROWDED WITH EMIoRANTs

italians, With Knives In Their Hands
and without Regard to Women or
Children, Fought for Possession Of
the Lifeboats.
'Cartagena, Spain, Aug. IA terrible
marine disaster occurred Saturday az
ternoon on the Cape Palos.
THE Italian steamship Sirio, from
Genoa for Barcelona, Cddiz, M1ntere-
deo and Buenos Ayres, with aOOu, 500
persons on board. was wrecked oil
Aormigas island.
Three hundred emigrants, mos OF
them Italians ANA Spaniards, were
drowned.
The captain OF the steamer commit
ted suicide.
The bishop OF San Pedro, Brazil,
was also lost, and II is reported that
another bishop is among the mssns
The remainder Of the passengers
and the officers and crew 60, away IN
the ships boats Of were rescued b.
means OF boats sent to them from the
shore.
A number Of fishermen, who made
attempts at rescue, were drowned.
TACse rescued from the vessel are
nov al Cape PalOs In a pltiable Goa
dltiOn, being without food or raihleGL
The SigiJ struck rocky reef known
as Bajos Eormigas and sank soon
after. stern first HOrmigas island
lies about 2is miles to the eastward
OF Cape Palos.
The Sirio was owned by the Nayi'
gaoizne lialiana OF Genoa
Before he committed suicide, the
captain declared the steamer had Gi5
passengers on board and that her crew
numbered l27 men. The Sirlo had
$40 passengers when leaving Genoa
hue additional Spanish passengers
were taken on board at Barcelona,
where the vessel touched a lev hours
before the disaster
The disaster occurred at o'clock
IN the at ernoon Tne steamer was
threading a difiicult passage through
the Hormigas group where the BaIos
Hormigas reef as a continual menace
90 navigation.
The vessel began 10 settle rapidly
Immediately after she had struck, and
a terrible scene " Confusion ami pan.
&c ensued on board The fishermen
along the coas sought 20 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 a,ci
The survivors have gone into al
camp on the main square II tae town
A. Cape PalOs Here narrowing
scenes are enacted as the stricken
families anxiously seek beloved mem
bers among the rescued
A mother. who lost her three chill
dren. went insane The doctor n
the slrio gave up his wife and ch'.d
- lost. but they we're finally brpurh Y
IN by one ~ the fescuing hlat'. an !
the scene as this iaml., was rrun!'sf
was most affecting
One OF the boats sent Ont ~ me
fishermen brough, In - pass'rtrr'
The condition u The survivors DO
most depsorsble. They har, lp-'
eveFythlEg and are without none,
food or clothing Tire maritime au
thorities Of CartAEeDa have Dispatches
q tag 10 the scene cArrying relife up
pAas. The buildings % circus sad
The pOorhouse are being used a. 'sra
porary quarters foe the survivor
The latest reports from ~ cape say
that three boats have Us brought 10
q number % rezcBei An ail.'i7th
sadness H allied 70 the satsstiacse
owiRE 10 the fact that a nnntsr ~
flshermen. Who vsre confas'iug r-f
enAsg opeFn'sons we-e arovzef .t
consequrAns q Re ovFFuut'es - s
boaf
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n Filirf hjnseif srfr3h-fff - 20
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