The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
MALOJA WAS SISTER SHIP OF
PERSIA, ToRPEDoED DEC. 80
CARRIED 11e PASSENGERS
AND CREW OF 200.
THOUSANDS SEE SINKING;
RESCUE SHIP IS STRICKEN
Inhabitants Of English City Witness
Rescue Work From Shore-PaS-
sengers on Board Inflated Vessel
Remain Calm Until End
Tanker Empress Goes Down.

Dover, Feb. 29.-Ths bodies landed
from the MaIoja include IS lei II
ONE and 4 children. There were
eleven Lascars. Among the dead is
Mrs. Macleod, wife of General Nc
leod. Market hall was converted into a
morgue, where the police laid out the
bod les Of the dead on improvised biers
for Identification. Only two or three
bodies hav as yet been identified.
Dover, Feb. 29.-The steamship Ma
LOLA, 12.431-ton vessel belonging to the
Peninsular and Oriental line struck a
mine and sank within a half hour, two
miles off Dover. More than 40 per-
sons were drowned or killed as a re-
suit Of the accident.
The Maloja, a sister ship Of the Per-
STA torpedoed and sunk off Crete, De-
cember 80, with a loss Of 336 lives,
left Tilbury Saturday for Bombay,
with mails, 119 passengers Of all class
es aboard, and a crew numbering
about 200. most OF them Lascars. 9th
err passengers we've to Join the ship
at Marseilles.
High seas We're running, and the
captain, realizing that great damage
had been done to the after part of his
the engine room was swamped and the
ship became unm~anageable.
The plight of the vessel was OBJ
served and dozens of craft went at
full speed to her rescue.
Rescue Ship Sunk.
One of them, the British tanker En-
press of Fort William, 2,1SO tons,
struck another mine and sank nearby.
Aboard the Maloja everything pos
sible was done to get the passengers
and crew off. All the boats had al
ready been swung out before she
struck, as a precaution against acct
dent and those aboard had sufficient
time to put on left belts, instructions
IN the use of which had been given
the previous night. But several per-
sons leaped into the water and were
picked up by the surrounding craft. It
saved, but. later, bodies were washed
ashore and their number was gradual
" added to during the day.
Only Meagre Details.
Owing to the fact that Dover fs un-
der strict military law. it was impos-
sible to obtain only meagre details
from the rescued. Captain G.. Irving
said that both passengers and crew
behaved ~splendidly. The passengers
for the most part were British Off
cials in the Indian service, the most
prominent being Judge Oldfield of the
Indian high court.
Only n Of The crew Of the EN-
press of Fort William was drowned.
1t vas about 1890 a. m. that the
disaster occurred. Children were
playing on the deck and most of the
passengers were carrying life belts.
Suddenly a terrific explosion blew in
the side Of the second saloon and 20
minutes later the Maloja sank.
Children Blown to Pieces.
Several children were blown to
pieces and the deck was covered with
Wreckage and wounded, but there was
no sign Of a panic. The heavy sea
made the rescue work difficult.
The majority Of those saved were
on RATS, of which the ship carried a
large number. Most OF the women and
children lost their lives owing to the
fact that m boat already in the wa
ter drifted under another which was
being lowered, and capsized.
The captain was thrown into the
water by the last lurch OF the ship.
Thousands of the inhabitants Of
Dover witnessed the rescue work from
shore. A considerable number ac-
tually saw the blowing of the ship,
while almost the entire population
reached the water front before the YES.
sci went down.