Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1909 — DISASTERS AT SEA [ARTICLE]

DISASTERS AT SEA

FEBRUARY. 2. Phoenix line steamship St. Cuthbert destroyed by explosion off Nova Scotia; 15 deaths. 14. American ship Emily Reed wrecked off the Oregon coast; 10 sailors lost. 17. Britisfi steamer Aslak wrecked on the Norwegian coast; 14 sailors lost. APRTIs. * .’.Tr 2. British torpedo boat destroyer Tiger cut in two by collision with the cruiser Berwick off the Isle of Wight; 3ft men drowned. 35. 15 persons drowned by the capsizing of the steamer Marion near the mouth of the St. Francis river, Arkansas. it sailors killed and missing In a collision between the British cruiser Gladiator and the American liner St. Paul off the Ide of Wight 3ft Japan’s protected cTOlser Matsushima destroyed by explosion off Pescadores islands; over 200 deaths reported. , , MAY. XI The fishing schooner Fame run down by the Dominion Atlantic lino steamer Boston off the coast of Maine; 13 sailers drowned. rows. 3ft Spanish steamer Larache wrecked near Muros, with heavy loss of life among passengers and crow. AUOtTST. 3ft 6B pnssMioese lost fit the wrecking of the Norwegian steamer Folgefonden nff Norway.