Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-04
Of Nearly 1900 Persons
Aboard Only About $40 Are
Believed to Have Been
Saved From Death,
CATASTROPHE NOT DUE
TO TEUTON SUBMARINE
Details Of Sea Tragedy AreI
Meager, but Official AMI
nOuncement Is Made From
Paris After Long Delay,
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Paris, March 3 G2:55 a. m.)-It
was announced at the French minis
try OF marine today that there We're
nearly 1000 men on board the French
auxiliary cruiser Provence when she
was sunk in the Mediterranean on
February 2G.
As the ministry of marine on Feb
ruary 20 announced that the number
of survivors of the Provence disaster
was estimated at $40, it is indicated
by the foregoing dispatch that up
wards of 3,130 lives were lost.
II was stated that on board the
Provence were the staff of the Third
colonial infantry regiment, the Third
battalion, the Second company OF the
First battalion. the Second machine
gun company and one extra company,
in all nearly 1000 men.
No Submarine Seen.
The official statement announcing
the sinking of the Provence said
The French auxiliary cruiser Pro-
vence II ESQ designated to distinguish
her from the French battleship Pro-
Nence), engaged in transporting
troops to Saloniki, was sunk in the
Mediterranean on February &c. Two
hundred and ninety-6ix survivors
have been brought to Malta and
about 400 to Melos by French and
British patrol vessels summoned by
wireless.
mo signs of a submarine were no.
ticed either before or after the sink
ing. La Provence was armed with
five cannon OF IA centimetres, two of
81 millimetres and for of ~ milli-
metres"
Greatest Marine Disaster.
Tho loss of more than 1900 lives
in the sinking of the French auxiliary
cruiser Provence is the greatest ocean
disaster of modern times. Up to the
present, the largest number of lives
ever lost in one wreck was when the
White Star liner Titanic struck an
iceberg off the New Foundland banks
on April II. 1912, and sank with a
death loss of 1896. The rescued
numbered 743
The French ministry of marine had
previously issued no statement as TO
the number of persons on tho Pro-
vencc when she went down. Tho ves-
sci. however. when in the trans-At-
lantic service, could carry 1860 per-
sons, including the crew. and it has
been presumed that. as she was trans
porting troops between ports not far
apart. she was carrying a number OF
men larger than her normal capacity.
Other Sea Disasters.
Among the other great sea disas-
ters, in addition to the Titanic already
mentioned, were:
The Cunard line steamship Lusi-
tania, which was torpedoed by Ger
man submarine and sunk off the head
OF kinsale, Ireland, on May Z, 1915.
with the loss of 1.206 lives.
The burning of the excursion steam
ship General Slocum in the East river
June 5. 1904, when nearly 1000 per-
sons met their death.
The French line steamship La
Bourgoyne, sunk in collision with the
steamship Cromartyshire, July A.,
1898. with the loss OF $50 lives.
The Japanese liner Kicker Maru,
sunk off the the coast of Japan Sep
tember 2S, 1912, with the loss of l.
600 lives
The Canadian Pacific steamship
Empress of ireland. sunk in collision
with the Danish collier Storstadt III
the St. Lawrence river. May ~, 1914,
with the loss of more than 1000 lives.
The burning of the Uranian line
steamship Volturne In mid-ocean on
october 3, 1913, with the loss OF l5b
lives.