Forty-four Drowned

Plymouth, Peb.J..- At least forty-four Ives are believed to have been lost in he wreek of the mail steamer Channel öueen oiï the island oL Guernsey. Sixty-five people were on board the vessel when she struck on the rocks. The steamer began to flll rapidly and he lifeboats were launched, but In sevral instances were capsized, drowning he occupants. The wreek took place uring a fog. Considerable uncertainty is feit here oncerning the disaster, owing to the onflicting rumörs in circulation; the ffleers of the company asserted In the Irst place that only two were drowned.