The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
NAQtpERIyB WIEN
YN6BRIT1SA SHIPS
GODONN0FFDOVER
Big E. & q, Liner Carries Pas
senpers and iLascar Sailors
To Their Death
LITTLE RESCUE VESSEL r.
MEETS A SIMILAR FATE
Both Graft Hit Mine In Sight Of
Harbor and Fatalities Are
Large Dr.,
tA'socistea Press ~ Federal wirslsss.

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LONDON, February 2s.--Strikingp a
floating mine yesterday afternoon With
in sight Of the waterfront houses Of
Dover, the big p 4 0. steamer Maloia
sank twenty minutes later carrying
sdoyniabout thirty Of her white passen
gers and III, OF her I.asear crew. 5 The
small frelght carrying steamer Empress
OF Foft William also was mined and
sank, after a heroic attempt TO nick up
from the water the Struggling SURVIVOR
Of the Maaoia. One OF her crew was
Killed. The rest escaped serious injury.
The Maloja was .baIely two Jni4es OH
pever, bound for Bombay, when the
mine struck her wen aft of the midship
line, blowing great hole in her quar-
Ter Almost instantly she began to heei
over, and for moment there was wild
confusion on her decks. Then her off
GERS got control Of the situation and the
boats were dropped into the sea. y.
From shore, where the explosion Of
the mind was distinctly heard, boats
put cut at once to the sinking ship,
and arrived In time to be of great ser
vice in. picking up SURVEYORS IrUGn th,
water. The shock of the explosion
wis felt in the waterfront houses and
many windows were broken by the
Concussion.iS T.
Empress Goes Down Quickly
The Empress of Fort William, which
at the time of the explosion was not
far from the MaIoja, immediately
swung over her wheel and started for
the disabled steamer. She was not far
from where the liner wis rocking to
and fro an the water, settling swiftly,
when mother mine struck her, close
to the bow. The force of this second
! explosion seemed to lift her bow clear
OF the water and she hogan to settle
even faster than the Maf0ia
- In the mean time on board the p &
U. boat the passengers and crew were
acting splendialy. The mohfentary
panic that followed the crash of the
bursting mine died away. Women and
| children were hurried to the boats BY
the officers and male passengers in an
effort to get them all safe before tho
ship sank. This, however, proved i'm
! ossitae, and when the ship went down
she carried with her numi.er of pas:
sengcrs.l Others were thrown into the
| rtd Nv Tue Iudi iuTCu o. Jne bUedIncF n
she sank. The waters were dotted with
struggling swimmers when the first OF
the shore boats arrived and began the
! work OF rescue 80 ~ =
/ Prominent Britons Aboard
I Among the passengers on the liner
were many prominent British officials
bound for their posts in India and
Egypt. One of the most prominent
was Judge Oldfeld of the Indian High
Court, who had been in England on a
furlough.
The details of the disaster are com.
| paratively few owing to the fact that
, Dover is under military law and the
/ censorship is strict. 1t is known, how.
ever, that at midnight last night the
bodies of eighteen men, eleven women
and four children had been brought on
shore. Eleven of the men were Las,
ears, who made up the larger part oil
1 the crew. o. '~'
The market place in Dover was con,
verified at once into morgue, but early
this morning few of the bodies there
had been Identified. Several Of the in.
4 iured passengers died in the rescue
boats on their way to the shore
| The British steamer SuevieT was an
other sea victim OF Sunday. She was
abandoned at sea by her crew when she
caught fire. All hands were saved.