New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12
LOSS OF l56 LIVES
IN WRECK AT SEA
FRENCH SHIP DRIpEA
on MINORC4.
Onlu One Sared from the Gen
eral Cban=y-Fo0r Three
Americans Lost.

Palma Island of Majorca' feo.
,-.,.,,.esi,- +-onl her course IN one
=. ,,-irzas+ storms which have swept
- Mediterranean Sea in forty yeats
s.srrr French Transatlantic 0'ea'''
,~.,,,ns,y.s steamer Generai
,.-asred At fun speed. in the DEAD
-. IN -be treacherous reefs near
IN. Island cf Niinorca, and al eA,'
eDe Of the 157 souls on board per IiS'i'u.,
The sole survivor Is an Algerian ''-S
sans official. Marcel Rodel. VINO "aS
--ascued bz- a fisherman ano i'e7 -
-5rh+ in the hospital At Ciudadeia- raN
,~r x = result of the horrors Ih1ousH
which he rassed and unable 10 give d"
account Of the disaster
o- The ships company there were
erEhrv-se-en 7asseT gers, q "ho'l' '''i'''
.,.ra N The first cabin The GREY. num-
tr-ed seventy The ship was in COM
and Of csptain CavoI- one Of the most
-.raf-r officers Of the line. In his long
.rre-ience he had never before had an
ACCIDENT Captain Cayol soon was TO
1sve retired from the service
The passengers Of tlle ChanzT we're
--os4r,- French officers and officials re
rv-ninE y their posts in Algeria, accom-
rsri45 n their wives and children. 4
fer soldiers. some italians and Turks
e-6 ore priest. The only Anglo-Sahoh
-arres on The passenger list were Green
and c-ale.z- The, were members Of an
one-s troupe Of ele7-en which had been
engaged - sing At the Casino in Al
gers
The French Consul a. Cuidadela re-
-e~.s that large numbers Of bodies are
@os-5r- ~ sea. hut that The storm con-
,s--,1es. making impossible their recoT-
-
The hull Of the steamer IS said TO
re7r evidence that sn explosion Propa-
Al-- n the boilers. occurred
The T-47zrz1- i 2 total wreck. Steamers
r-s-e been sent from Spain and from
minis in tie Balearic Islands to the scene
n she cata srrnphe-
Among :he victims 1-as the well known
Partisan music hall singer Francis bu-
<ar1r Is well as other music haH favor
ffes
The General Chanz- struck al = CLOCK
THURSDAY night after Captain Cayol, with
I'll his experience and efficiency. had been
unprecedented violence Other ships IN
The neishborfood had safely ridden out
th@ storm. hut the Chanzy fell prey TO
--e clements. was lifted off her course
through the BaIearic Archipelago, and
brought up on the coast Of Minorca, in
-hr vicinity Of Ciudadela-
Fishermen At. day ybreak picked up
Rodel. clingirg 70 q piece Of Wrechage.
TarseilIes. Feb. 1.-THE news of the
u-rec,. % the General Chauzy caused con-
s-erua-ion in this city whence the vessel
sailed Wednesday for Algiers- Relatives
and friends of the passengers and crew
rushed 10 the steamship office, imploring
details of the accident. There were
rathctic scenes when they were Informed
that. except one passenger. all on board
had perished-
i is believed that three American
Vaudeville PLAYERS from san Francisco
were on board the steamer. Their names
sre given as Elsie Henry and MessrS-
brenda and Delymnl-
When rhe Chanzy sailed from this
porr, according to the details reaching
here tonight. instead Of heading direct
for Elgiers she Rugged the coast as far /
Is Barcelona IN orde- 10 avoid the
frorm. ard finally rau under the shelter
# the islands Of Nfnorca and Majorca-
The engines broke down, however. and /
The vessel was rendered poUerless. The 1
f,orm hurled her against the rocks on |
RI north coast Of the island % Minorca, /
r the vicinity or Ciudadela. and she /
went down almost Immediately The /
sale survivor. Marcel RodeI. brought the /
news 10 Palma.
According 70 the steamship company +;
sailing LIST. the steamer Mar6chal >Bu- Z
Reaud should have sailed on Wednes- !
osE, but &as replaced by the Chanzy- /
Many passengers booked for Algeria had /
waited = 20 by the Chanzy because Of /
1he great confidence they felt in her !
captain
The French Lire authorities say that /
'6eT have hopes that some Of the pas |
selgers have escaped and landed on /
s'her parts q the island Of Minorca-
The government already is arranging /
T" assist the families Of the crew, who +
were al members Of the merchant .
marine.
The Chanzy carried two hundred sacks !
msn for Algiers. and WAS due there !
% THURSDAY At noon
Inc General Chanzy was built at 81. /
Szaire IN 1881 Shc had : ret tonnage /
'e'i length. 2sS feet: breadth. Sc feet, 4
eq depth of . feet.
eli Fagget general manager OF the .
--pagnle Generate Transatlantique in .
oift, said yesterday that Captain /
-" Of FHe General Chanzy had been /
Gie service Of the line for twenty-five /
a. and fac never before met with az
oeh' MaiIe abroad last year M Fs-
faeeie Be met Captain Cayol. whom he .
e1cer,3.- - an interesting MN and an /
Afi,d-l'at-f clever nav gator
rf - Spanish island is tie largest
1iedta ooieaIlc group, fn The Western
f1jr,, l"lit"N- lis greatest length is
slor. We miles and its average width
Ger.es ~ Hllc~ Its coast Is much iu-
aane--fI5h On alI sides except the SolstH All /
lesdIs,f presents succession of bold ]
far1 r. lncIDsnC small creeks and
;e.,r - island lies between latitude
1a6e -etpp t9D5 north and betv-oef, lcDgj-
''se aHc s 20 east