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( AWFUL DISASTER ON DUTCH COAST. GREAT EASTERN CO.'S BOAT WRECKED. I WHOLE OF CREW AND PASSENGERS PERISH. LOSS OF ONE HONORED AND FORTY LIVES ■- — i. The Press Association states that Lloyd's fcgent at. Rotterdam telegraphed at 7.58 on Thursday morning as ioliows — British steamer Berlin, from Harwich for Hook of Holland, has stranded at the North Pier, and has broken up. Passengers and crew are in a dangerous position. Assistance and lifeboat are with her. The Berlin is a steamer of 1,775 tons gross, owned by the Great Ear-tern Railway' .Company. Press. Association 1. officially inforiired later. thaot the Great Eastern Railway Com- pany's boat Berlin was wrecked on Thurs- day morning off the Hook of Holland, and that all on board, 91 passengers and 50 crew, were drowned. Other private telegrams to the "Daily Post" on Thursday morning confirm the distressing intelligence. NO CLUES TO PASSENGERS TOOK THEIR TICKETS AT THE GANG- WAY. The Precs Association, in a later message, ota-bes that there is great difficulty in asoer- iaining the names of those who pemshed on iibe Berlin. The passengers took their tickets in the tJrdinary way, as if going on a railway jour- Bey, and there is of course no actual record Vi the personal bookings. It will probably therefore only be known from enquiries by relatives what persons Jewe- lost their lives. It is stated, however, that among those ,miio -have perished is one of the King's mes- pwngpms- who was making a journey to the Continent. f The BeTim wesrt ashore at the new water- fwa-y, on the northern bant of which are the quay. and railway station. The new water- jgfay is at the entrance of the River Maas, is accessible at all states of the tide. FORE PART SUNK. } 'A Lloyd's Rotterdam telegram, timed '11).7 a.m., pte6: "Berlin broken fore part nobody saved yet; probably several ^dK>wned." (?). Swansea commercial men and others who 1risit the Continent are well acquainted with 4ite Berlin, and the other boats of the same fine. They speak in warmest praise of the ^ifcoropany's boats. KING'S MESSENGER DROWNED." I i ALSO 19 MEMBERS OF GERMAN OPERA COMPANY. J ——— Press Association is officially informed I that amongst the drowned in the Berlin mere Mr. Arthur Herbert, a King's messen- w. and nineteen members of the German [ Opera Company. The following is a list of the crew:— I Ceptain, J. P-PSCI'QUS; ofist ojiker, & Mors- Sey, second officer, J. Wyatt carpenter, 9. r cook, T. Balm an; able-seamen, J. ) Harvey, R. Raymont, A. Pells, T. Gould, 1A. Britton, and H. Samkin; ordinary seamen, F. Fisher and T. Harper; deck- j boys, J. Farthing and C..Gibbons; first f engineer, W. Dellant; second engineer, W. Xendall third engineer, W. Gregory; fourth engineer, C. Mills; donkey-man, H. Carlisle; firemen, B. Catchpole, J. Gilbert, D. Smith, A. Walters, J. Rycroft, J. Gast- ling, W. Howlett, F. Bibson, G. Syrett, J. Rouse, A. Pond, G. Woods, F. Robinson, A- Coppin and A. Chapman; chief steward, W. Moor; seconcr" steward, J. Kedgley; second cabin steward, A. Cooper; head eatoon steward, G. Bullock; saloon stew- ard-1. W. Carter and E. Salter; extra stew- Rde, J. Keen, A. Durrant and F. Mead; pantry boy, W. Wilding; cook's assistant, j M. Pnttock; stewardesses, Mrs. Bulman and Mias Brown; second cabin stewardess, adre. Ellis. J A telegram has just been received stating that there was another stewardess on board ffiamed J. Mallows. The crew belonged to Harwich, Parke- Vton, and district. • ♦'WEATHER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISASTER," Interviewed on Thursday, Mr. Busk, man- *ger of the Continental Department of the Great Eastern Railway, said that he could only account for the weather as being in the TOain responsible for the disaster. They had had news that a terrific gale was blow- ing at the time. Captain Precious was a senior captain of ithe fleet, and he was a most able man, and the company had the greatest confidence in 'him. He was an old servant, having risen v from the ranks. OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY THE G.E.R. The Great Extern Railway Co. have <Nnied the following official statement:— The Great Eastern Railway Company ex- ceedingly regrets that, from information re- ceived on Thursday moaning from the Hook (of Holland, the steamship Berlin, which left Harwich on Wednesday night, with passengers for the Hook of Holland, was totally lost off that port on Thursday morn- ing, with passengers and crew. I "WERF THERE ANY SOUTH WALES PASSENGERS ABOARD? In response to a telegram from the "Dai y Post" inquiring whether there were ci-v South Wales passengers aboard t.he Berlin, the Great Eastern Railway Co. telegraphed the following reply :— "Regret for moment cannot give names and addresses passengers. As soon as can g-'t particulars will wire you." PREPARING A PASSENGER LIST. The Great Eastern Company state that <rvery effort is being madie to prepare a list of those on board, which would be avail- Ifcble during the afternoon. A parcel of diamonds valued at several thousands of pounds was being sent to Hoi- landhythe steamer, but the less in this Case will be covered by insurance at Lloyds. KING'S MESSENGER'S FATE. Mr. Herbert, the King's messenger, who laas been lost in the disaster is, says The Press Association, Mr. Arthur Herbert, son Mr. Robert ChaR. Herbert, and a grand- 8011 of the third Earl of Powis. He was fcPpointe3 a Queen's Foreign Special Mes- lenger in 1899. He was formerly a lieuten- ant in the Hon. Artillery Company, and in 19W seared in South Africa. He was about jsK> jeaars el a$g The duties of foreign service messengers are to convey despatches of the more impor- tant and confidential kind to foreign parts. Mr Herbert left the Foroign Office on Wed nesdav night and was the bearer of a par- ticularly heavy and important despatch. A later telegram from Harwich Ftater; that the North Pier i, submerged at high tides, and is a most dangerous spot to navigate. The spot where the Brrlin struck was one ct the most rugg-ed on the Dutch coa^t SOME OF THE VICTIMS. It is known that the following were among thos-e who have perishedA gentlemir named Watson; two Dutchmen named Ilais- mon, diamond merchants, of Amsterdam; another gentleman named Spiker. of Am- sterdam; and two gentlemen named Jen- nings and Ailsworth. said to belong to a London Motor Company; together with an- other Dutchman named Davidson and a boy five years of age. The steamer carried thirteen mail bags, all of which have been lost. JOCKEY AND HIS FATHER PERISH. The Press Association telegraphs:—It is understood that among those on board the Berlin were J. F. Kollason, the jockey, a^d his father. Rollazoii ieft Harwich on Wed- nesday night for Holland, where he was under orders to ride for Mr Kat-endyke for eight months. Rollason had intended to ride Pescadero for- Mr Perkins m the Avon Selling Plate at Warwick on Wednesday, tut he left early for Holland because he had decided to take 110 risks.

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