Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1910 — THIRTY-NINE DROWNED [ARTICLE]

THIRTY-NINE DROWNED

Disaster at the Entrance to Straits of Gibraltar. The Spanish steamer Martos went down off Tarifa, at the entrance to the straits of Gibraltar after a collision ’with the German steamer Elsa. Thirty-nine persons were drowned ]when the vessel sank, of whom thir-•ty-two were passengers. The survivors were landed here. ) Nine of the victims on the Martos were in the; first cabin The others who perished were in the steerage. The bow of the Elsa was stove in'by the collision, and her forepeak filled quickly with water. The steamier, however, managed to keep afloat A dense fog prevailed at the time of the collision. , Amending •...; j’me Laws. ’ A wild stab of sound made the helpless airwaves shudder. “Great guns, what’s that!” cried the man across the way. “That.” replied his wife, “is our neighbor. Miss Screech, singing at the open window?’ The man scowled darkly. “There shotrtd be no open season for windows in the Screech family,” he grimly declared.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ■ J