The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-06
THREE HUNDRED DIE.
frighiiul Disaster 0rruy or the
Coast Of Spain.
NUMBERS 90 DOWN
>"sne Of The scenes Incidental to the
ie'ribl" hi>hap That Happened
To an Immigrant Vessel
We're Hcartrepdinr.

ait'Reha Spain. Aug ga terrible
marine disaster occurred off Cape Pa.
los The Italian steamship Sirlo from
GENOA to Barcelona. Cadiz. Monte
Nldeo and Buenos Ayrcs. with about
NOD persons on board. was wrecked off
Hormisas island. Fully 800 imrn,.
grants. most Of them Italians and
Spaniards. were drowned The can.
tain OF the steamer committed suicide
Inc bishop of San Pedro, Brazil. was
lost aud it is said that another bishop
Is among the missing.
The remainder of the passengers and
'he officers and crew got away in the
SHIPS boats, or were rescued nv neans
oi boats sent to them from the shor.
A number of fishermen who made
attempts at rescue were drowned
nose rescued from the vessel are now
dI cape Palos in pitiable condition.
being without food or clothing.
Inc Sirieo struck a rocky reef
known as Bajost Hormigas and sank
soon after Hormigas island lies about
TWO and half miles to the eastward Of
Cape Palos.
he Strio was owned by the Nayi-
eazlone ltaliana Of Genoa. Before he
committed suicide the captain declar-
ed the steamer had 546 passengers
ABOARD, and that her crew numbered
lZi men. The Sirio had $40 passeu-
gers when leaving Genoa, but addition
al spanish passengers were taken on
board at Barcelona where the vessel
touched few hours before the disas-
ter
The disaster occurred at O'Clock
Saturday afternoon. The steamer was
threading difficult passage through
the Hormigas group, where the Bajost
Hormigas reef is a continual menace
to navigation. The vessel began to
settle rapidly Immediately she had
struck, and terrible scene of confu-
sion and panic ensued on board. The
fishermen along the coast sought to
render every assistance, and sent out
boats which brought many susvivors
ashore. Most of the officers and crew
of the Sirio We're amo~g the saved
The survivors have gone into camp
on the main square Of the town of
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 a lost, but they were finally
brought in by one of the rescuing
boats, and the scene as this family
reunited, was most affecting.
One of the boats seut out by the
fishermen brought in twenty-four.
Many heart rending incidents are
related. A group of six children clam
bered into the shrouds of the Sirio
while their mothers were taken off
by one OF the trawlers The Sirio sank
before the children could be rescued.
The mothers, frantic with despair,
watched their children as they were
engufed. The children uttered pierre
ing ShriekS as they were drawn under
the waves. 1t was with difficulty that
the women were restrained from jump
ing into the sea. A monk among the
passengers was drowned while kneel-
ing on deck.
The Austrian consul at Rio de jan
GIRO Jumped into the sea wearing life
bit. He then noticed a woman and
child near him on the point or going
down. He gave up his boat to them
and tried to swim ashore. He was al
| most exhausted when rescued by a
I fishing vessel.
I The body of a child brought ashore
had around it's neck picture of the
Madonna. and a young Italian who was
drowned had cl2sped in his hand. pic
ture of his fiancee. All stnE'rs went
! down with the ship. They were unable
+, reach deck in time to save them
selves.