Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1901 — Big Steamer Gone on the Rocks. [ARTICLE]

Big Steamer Gone on the Rocks.

Assyrian, one of the finest freight steamers of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Leyland line, was wrecked on the rocks off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Two thousand tons of valuable cargo is ruined and the big freighter, with eleven feet-of water in her hold, is likely to be a total loss. The crew had great difficulty in escaping and one lifeboat was stove in before the men succeeded in reaching shore. Not a life was lost. Lloyd’s agents here dispatched the steamer Algerine to the scene of the wreck. The Assyrian was running at full speed through the fog when she struck Cape Race and she now lies almost a hulk on the coast.