Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1892 — HUNDRED LIVES LOST. [ARTICLE]

HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

T 1.."• ; Steamship ftonmanls Wrecked and Passenger* and Crew Go Daw*. The British steamship Ronmaitla Is reported Wrecked it the mouth of the Arelho.rlver near Penlrh*. Spain. It Is said that 100 passengers and all of the crew were drowned. The report of the loss of the Ronmanla Is confirmed. A later dispatch says tha 113 persons were drowned and only nln e were saved. The Ronmanla had flfty-five passengers aboard, together with a crew numbering sixty-seven. The nine persons saved from tho wreck wereglycn shelter in a hospital In the neighborhood of Penlche. The Roomanla r t captain and pilot are amoog the lost Large quantities of wreckage are washing ashore all along the neighboring coast. * * While a ferry boat was crossing River Donrl, near Senface. Bpaln. It -capsized and *ll the people on the decks were thrown Into the water. Msny were saved, but eleven persons went down before assistance could reach them. AniOug.the drowned were seven school children,/^ Just one mile east of Bollealre. 0., Friday night; the President’s train, returning from tha funeral of Mrs. Harrison. struck some heavy object, the character of which is unknown at this writing, broaklug several slats on the bowcatcher and also breaking out of tbe drawbeads ~ % VIUVUk tsr MpQliUtH and the (lining rooru ear Contlnenial