A serious shipping disaster was reported in Monday's news- papers.
The • Sirio,' a steamer of 2,275 tons, bound from Genoa to Buenos Ayres with some eight hundred Italian and Spanish emigrants on board, ran on the rocks near Cape Palos on Saturday afternoon, and sank almost immediately. Many lives were saved by two Spanish fishing vessels, but upwards of two hundred persons were drowned, and grave charges have been made by the survivors against the officers and crew, who are alleged to have fought their way with revolvers and knives to the boats and lifebelts, leaving the passengers to their fate. But for panic and inhumanity, the loss of life might have been greatly reduced. A bright feature in a' distressing calamity has been the heroism of the Spanish fishermen and sailors in the work of rescue, while the Spanish Government has shown promptitude as well as generosity in relieving the destitute passengers.
