San Pedro, Sept. 1 jronfe twist has been given te the disaster which overtook the nil Hiner Colombin during. the bute rican which caused such widespread disaster in Belize, British The Colombia, which is one of the vessels of the Pacific Mail S. Company, was encrving gold bal ion to the value of $860,000. and is now stated that the legality of the' claims to this: wealth may" de-Bend entirely upon the lives of 8 Bat and a dog, the only "creatures fete board' the vessel, Under Mexican law a ship is not formally abandoned until every liv: Ing thing has been removed. from
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