The Lost Burutu - list of the passengers and crew saved. Liverpool Echo 07/10/1918

THE LOST BURUTU

LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED

The feared loss of life as a result of the sinking of the Burutu after collision amounts to from 150 to 200.

The following official list of survivors was supplied by the Elder Dempster Company this afternoon:

Passengers:

R. Sidney Smith, M.T. Young, Arthur Howe, Raymond Conway, K.J. Douglas, Lieutenant M Shaw, A.J. Goodwin, D.T. J (D.F.G?) Underwood, F.B. Walter, T.N. Knowles, A.S. Sandall, J. Fakey (Vahey?) J. Carlisle, E.H. Bullman, C. Armstrong, W. Craig, T.E. Kewley, Miss C Duff, Edward Rock, E. Turner Smith, R.M. Blackwood, T.J, Jarvis (J Jarvey?) H.P Raymond, J.C. Orr and D McNaught.

Crew:

C. Benson, W Slingerland, E Erikson, H Praat, H J Wilson, H Brown, J Atherton, D Stewart, Thomas Cole (native) George Williams (native) George Snowball (native) F Hughes, J H Jones, J Banks, F H Jennings, Tom Peter (native), Elias di Reis, James Gibson, James Warburton (native), H Large, James Cobble (native), C Dybell, J Cavanagh, Blamer Johnson (native) and William Dixon (native)

ONLY THREE OFFICERS SAVED

The Burutu collision occured at midnight when most on board were asleep. The chief steward and third and fifth engineers were the only officers saved.

THE CITY OF CALCUTTA

The steamer colliding with the Burutu (says the Exchange Telegraph Company) was the City of Calcutta, which made a huge rent in the Burutu's plates. The latter immediately took a heavy list, which prevented the launching of the boats.

[Note - The City of Calcutta is one of the City boats in the Ellerman combination with a tonnage of 7,636]

SANK IN NINE MINUTES

A Liverpool survivor told an Echo representative that the ship sank in nine minutes and went down head first.