THE WRECK OF THE SIRIO.
TREASURE BOX LOCKED AND EMPTY. By Telegraph Press Association Copyright. London, October 8. Advices from Cartagena report that divers have recovered the treasure box of the wrecked emigrant ship: Sirio, and that it was locked. It ■was supposed to contain much money and the passengers' jewels, but' it .was found empty. The discovery has caused a renewal of the popular indignation against the officers and crew'of the vessel," ' .' Y The Sirio, aft Italian emigrant steamer, was wrecked in August -off; the'', coast .of j Spain and about 150 lives were lost. When ■the ship struck the captain and most of the • officers abandoned her and the drowning passenger?.. The captain disappeared, and it was reported that he had shot himself immediately after tho vessel struck, but he wasfound ashore. '"';",.'.■■. '■'■•'./.' , '", ' ~. * ~, ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13304, 10 October 1906, Page 7
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