29 OCTOBER 1927, Page 3

The Italian liner, Principessa Mafalda,' foundered on Tuesday night off

the Brazilian coast, between Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. The first reports to reach England were truly alarming ; it seemed that many hundreds of lives had been lost. But when we go to press it is stated that all but about thirty persons have been rescued. Several steamers quickly responded to the wireless calls for help. It is believed that the disaster was caused by an explosion.