The Rising Sun of the 24th contains many particulars of the recent wrecks in Japanese waters, and we make the following extracts from it One of the most fearful disasters of recent years has to be recorded in the wreck of the Turkish man-of-war E. toru, and the loss of five hundred and fit: seven lives, off Oshima, on the night of Tuesday, the 16th instant, Particular to hand of the catastrophe are as yet very brief, and have been principally learned by telegram; but so far as we can gather, the ill fated vessel left Yokohama on the 15th, bound to Kube, and probably. in conse-icing bad weather, was What time she stranded is ut stated, but as it is reported fiat her boilers blew up at 9,30 p.m., it must have been about that time, as apparently no one had up till then made any attempt to! leave the ship, supposing that to have been practicable, which would, of course, depend upon the state of the sea. Out of a total complement of about 630 officers and men, only 67 have been saved, many of whom are reported to have sustained serious injuries, either from the explosion or from coming in violent contact with the roc! which line the coast in that vicinity, Osman Pasha, the bearer of the 'Turkish decoration to' the Emperor of Japan, and Captain Ah Bey, are both numbered with dead, the former having been knocked on the head by a spar while attempting to swim ashore. The news of the disaster was first brought to Kobe on Friday morning, by the Boji Murn, a small native coasting steamer. The German gunboat JFolf, the only man-of-war in port, atonceleft to render all possible assistance to the survivors, and she returned from the scene of the wreck on Sunday, with the unfortunate, or rather fortunate, people on board. That the Ertogrul had come to an untimely end, and taken with her nearly all the people on board, will not, we think, have surprised anyone who had the slightest knowledge of what she was,—an obsolete old tub, not fit to be trusted with people's lives, even in harbour, except in fine weather, much lasa 10 cruise round the world. The only thing to be surprised ut is that she did without coming of; in fact, it was currently reported at the time she left Constantinople with Osman Pasha on board, that she had been purposely sent on what would in all probability be her last voyage, and that has turned out to have been only too true. With regard to Oshima, (this particular Oshima, as there are several other islands of the same name on various parts of the coast) that place is gaining a sad reputation for being the scene, if not the direct cause, of serious disasters, of which it is only necessary to mention the names of the 8.8. Normmiton, Carnarconshire, and Ulysses.
The following further particulars of the loss of the Evtogrul, for which we are in-since the above was written, The Ertoyrul left Yokohama on Sunday, not on Monday as the Yokohama papers reported, at about eleven o'clock in the morning. All went well until one.o'clock Monday afternoon, when a strong wind commenced to blow, increasing in violence towards night. There was a heavy ea" running at ten o'clock, when they were off Oshima and the vessel was going at full steam. At that time a terrific noise was heard and all that followed was confusion. A terrible scene ensued. Men and officers were mostly below in their berths. Those who were not killed on the spot rushed up on what remained of the deck to find the vessel foundering. The dand-master says that nothing was left of the vessel but little pieces, vut that is prob ably a picturesque exaggeration, The eaptain, Ah Bey, appeared on the bridge for a moment, with a lamp in his hand. "He was heard to cry out several times " Save your selves," then he disappeared and was seen no more. The survivors say that he made no efforts to save himself, "The navigating officer, Nouri Bey, perished in the same way. The chief engineer was almost the first to die. He perhaps suspected that something was wrong, for immediately b fore the explosion he went from his cabin to the engine-room and when the fatal moment arrived he was literally blown to atoms. A couple of minutes after, all that remained of the Ertoyril as a vessel had sunk, and the sea was full of men, fighting for life, and floating debris. Many, itis said, went mad, and they threw up their hands and sank, Osman Pasha, the Admiral, was truck on the head by a spar and sans immediately, Those who were saved were: the strongest swimmers, for the shore was quite a mile and a half distant, and there was a heavy sea running. Only 6 officers and 57 of the crew reached the land, and many of these are so fearfully injured that they are not expected to recover. It took the lieutenant and his comrade two hours to swim ash which they did without receiving any injury. Then they assisted j sume of those who were exhausted or injured to land. Out of the six officers who survive one has a broken leg and another a broken arm, while many of the men are badly hurt.
'A few hours after receipt of the news of the loss of the Brtogrul, a telegram was received from Kube, announcing the total loss of the Nippon Yusen Kuisha's.
Musashi Maru, and the same ©o.'s 8.v-obit Mart, The former vessel, " tine powerful new ship, of 1,693 tons register, was at the time on a voyage from Shimonoseks (or, more probably, Moji) to Yokohams, with a full cargo of coxl, and meeting with the same strong northerly eae that caused the loss of the E. ogrnl, off Kochi, Shikoku Island, she had the misfortune to have one of her ventilator covers washed away, Whether that alone was the cause of her foundering, we cannot say, but it seems scarcely possible that it could have, been, and we must wait for further particulars about the matter. Unfortunately, out of a crew of sixty-six all told, only one orson, a native quartermaster, we be-Fieve, has survived, a0 it is very ques: tionable if a satisfactory explanation of hor loss will ever be known. Her compleent of officers included six Eurupeans, the captain, two deck officers, and three engineers, several of whom are well known here. For the following list of her ofticera we are indebted to the local agent of the N.Y. K:—
Captain. Chief Officer Chief "ik. Sekiguchi.
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