The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
Liner HITS mine 1.
1863 ARE MISSING
BRITISH SHIP MALoJA SENT TO
BOTTOM IN DOVER STRAITS.
42s PERSONS WERE ON BOARD
Majority Were Saved by Other Boats
Another Vessel Attempting To q
Aid Victims Is Also Hit by sf
Mine and Destroyed. .' ..'..s

| Ala Victims rs Also Tux py ri
Mine and Destroyed. .' ..r...
London, Feb. 28.-Reyised figures
show that 169 persons, including SIS
passengers, are missing and probably
lost in sinking OF the PenirsHlar &
Orient liner, Maloja. 4. "ia7-t
In giving ont this statement, Off.
Gals OF the line expressed hope that
further rescues would be reported.
! The revised figures show that the
Maloja carried 429 persons, intending
ll9 passengers and account for only
1850 survivors. ''..- ',."'''t -
| Bahy Girl Among Survivors.
Dover, England, Feb. 28,-A brown
eyed baby girl, warmly. wrapped in
several blankets, was brought today
as, one OF the survivors Of the p. 4 o
liner, Maloja. She had been saved
by a patrol crew who picked her up
as she was floating on her back as
contented as though she was in ner
crib She was nnharmed by expos,
IRE, although she was picked up an
hour afterwards. Authorities are
| survivors, Er-E..
.., The Early Account. ~. -s'.'.
London, Feb 28-The Peninsular
and Oriental line steamship Maloja.
12,4S1 tons gross, carrying approx.
mately $50 passengers and a crew, OF
about 200, mostly lascars, was sunk
in the Straits of Dover presumably by
striking mine. ~: =
A majority of the passengers, &C
cording to an official announcement.
were saved. An unofficial report says
that about twenty-five bodies were
landed at Dover No Americans are be.
lieved to have been aboard the Maloja.
A Central News dispatch from Dover
states that the death roll in the loss OF
the Maloja has reached A. t.' ..... Z.
The steamship Empress Of Fort Will
liam Of 2,171 tons gross. while attempt
ling to rescue the survivors Of the Ma
LOLA, struck another mine and sank in
less than a half hour The crew of
the Empress was saved by other boats
/ in the vicinity. ...,. ....
Other Vessels Destroyed.
Reports also were received OF the
sinking of two other ships, probably
by mines, the abandonment of a steam
er afire at sea. and the sinking Of two
ships in the Mediterranean by a sub
marine. @,.H >... .ot~ Is -@r.
| The scene of the disaster to the
Maioja was ten miles off the port Of
Dover and the explosion was so vto-
lent that houses along the water front
were shaken.
Relief boats quickly put out from
the harbor of Dover and succeeded in
picking up a number of the Maloja's
passengers when the liner went down.
The Maloja carried in the first-class
cabin &c men, % women and Z chill
dren. Among the passengers was JUS
tice OldfeId Of the India high courts.
Sister Ship Of Persia.
The Peninsular and Oriental line
steamship Maloja was an Australian
mail boat and sister boat of the Per
sia, which was torpedoed and sunk off
the Island of Crete December 80 last,
with the loss of 1886 lives. ~.
The Maloja was last reported as
having arrived at Marseilles January
81, bound for London from Sydney, N.
S. w.
The steamship was $50 feet long, 62
] feet beam and "a feet deep. 1t was
built at Belfast in 1911.
BirsIt Also sunk. ..
The steamship Bright also has been
sunk. Seventeen survivors have been
landed.
The British steamship Suevier, from
New York February IL for HaVre, has
been abandoned afire at sea, according
to dispatch to Lloyds from Inishtra-
hull, Ireland All members OF the
crew are reported to have been taken
off by another steamer.
Submarine Sinks Two.
Paris, Feb. 2s.--An official an
nouncement made by the French min
istry of marine regarding the sinking
Of the british steamship Fastnet says
the vessel was sent to the bottom by
a submarine in the western Mediter-
ranean. The crew of the steamship
was rescued by a French cruiser.
The Fastnet was of 2,227 tons gross
and was built in 1887. 1t was 200 feet
long, 3S feet beam and 10 feet deep. ST.
The captain OF the Fastnet reports
that he saw the same submarine; sink
1.-THE Swedish steamer Tornborg. the
boats of which the undersea vessel
towed away. U.s. b.. 81
Meeklenburg To- Sunk. ~
Flushing, Holland Cvia London),
Feb. 2s.-The mail steamer MeckIen-
burg OF the iceland line ran ON mine
while on voyage from TiIbury TO
Flushing. The vessel was lost.
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