The Washington times., 1914-01-17
HEAVY LOSSES N
l9l3SEAD|SASTERS
Underwriters Faced $4,000
900 Liabilities in Year lust
Ended.

LONDON, Jan 1s-The marine srzg-
edies Of 1913 are unusually heavy, tta
monetary loss totaling $s5.oo0OOo
Not for many years have such heavy
liabilities been faced By the under
writer's OF Lloyds as In the year just
ended True. with the exception OF the
Volturno. there have been 10 spectacu-
lar disasters OF the magnitude Of the
Titanic. but the total claims involved
make I'd In number what they lack II
financial Importance. The casualties.
both to life and property. have been Eu-
merous and hardly month has passed
without providing a sensation for the
stock market In the shape Of a part3cu-
larly heavy financial blow. =,
| Some Illuminating figures have been
i complied which give startling idea os
the toll OF the sea since the beginning
OF January the liabilities OF underwriters
I'D 70 the end of November amounted &c
4 SO. .042.5o. or S1.oo0.0oU in advance for the
same period last year. 1T
5,ssa Accidents In Eleven Months.
During the eleven completed months
OF this year there have been 532 acci-
dents of all descriptions to vessels os
500 tons gross and upward. collisions be-
ing responsible for 1.S20. STANDINGS fcr
l522. weather damage for Se5. and FIRE
and explosions for 423. No fewer than
21s ships-s2 British and I54 foreign, ag-
gre9ating 4sS,s1o tons-were totally loas-
The most sensational disaster OF II
year was the destruction Of the liner
Volturno By fire IN mid-Atlantic, with
the loss OF I36 souls. whiIe over 80 pas
| sengers and crew were. rescued by
feet Of eleven rescue ships.
From the financial point o. view, hoS'-
ever. the Folturno takes comparative
ly low place. for the disasters to the
and Holt liner Yeronsse and the French
liner Amiral Exelmans all resulted II
claims on the market ranging indfVidu-
ally from $4,000 to a.0eo0O.
Years Biggest Losses.
The following table indicates many c.
the principal losses for the year, with
the value Of the ship and cargo, aS fa=
as they can be stated:
Clan Mackenzie. Clan liner, Mersey
for India wrecked near Cadtz.
with valuable general cargo.......-.0 O. oc0e1
Veronese. Lamport and Holt Hnsr
outward bound from Liverpool to
South America wrecked near EIgo. E0ec
Eastweli. wrecked at Ymudien... eaccS
Estonn. Russian East Asiatic liner
abandoned on Ore, bound from
voiturno. Cansdiaa North.ra iin.r" >s''
on charter; bound from Roster-
Hsddon add u Hail Wr.eisd IN sSid:aSS @~s
Camphiil. wrecked on Cape 1saihas sSSSs
A%lsei %lsek.d EtsIn1.S Sl Cana s. sssS Ss: ,lPsr
bound nom HsvTs TO East Afrsean
Tyrone. wrecked on otssD IcSd ''@~
cantsrbaTy. @ % founGsr.d on Ksrs;;G. - 49,
City Of London sunk thFouxh esl-
ASelour. wrecksd on Azalea Reed.
rcn,a Nsara @ ior An.wergS ..:.;:i.:.;.----.. se1s
Briez HueI. foundered In Morte Bay ao,Us
Peruyia. Earvik for Enden (mlss-
eieaalvon. sunk IN the EiSe. M
Other Big Sea DisasterA
Other big casualties seriously Affect
ing the underwriting market were as
follows:
Gsrdenia- sunk through collision In
North Sea
Clarence, wrecked ofr Marsh Point,
Hudson Bay.
sunk after being on fire
Merced, wrecked at Point 0araa, San
Francisco for Portlano-
Tell. stranded near Cape Can.aret
Kinnell, sunk through collision nea-
the Scaw.
Cyclops, wrecked near MoutevIdeo.
Vile de Toulon. dredser. fOundered
while in tow.
Regina Margherita, sunk at Genoa
Paulina, ashore at Daily Bay.
TrogR, wrecked at the South OrkneyS.
Christiania, sunk aear Bcrkum after
collision.
AstiIlero, sunk near SciIly after cofii-
sion. ....
Posei6on, missing, Newcastle fo-
SpeZzia.
Parana, ashore at Montevideo.
Alum Chine, wrecked by explosion -ec
Baltimore.
Arnfrid, ashore at Cape Eugene
Fred Jones. dredger. destroyed by ffGe.
A.adfr, v. Il. s. P, stranded at Maza-
gan.
Eoeton, new Dutch liner, stranded
near Hnrtlepool on trial trip.
Auchenarden, sunk outside Liverpool
after collision
La Blanca. damaged IN collision Wit,
Auchenarden-