Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1893 — THE BRAZILIAN WAR. [ARTICLE]

THE BRAZILIAN WAR.

Sinking of tha Insurgent Vessel Javary. '* -- - t President Peixoto telegraphed to the Brazilian Minister, at London. Thursday, that the insurgent ironclad Javary had been sunk by the fire of one of tho batteries at Nietheroy. The dispatch added that the crew of the Javary perished. The Javary was an iron-armored turret ship of 3,700 tons. She carried four teninch Whitworth muzzle-loading rifle guns, six five-inch rapid firing guns and five machine guns. Tha Javary had 2,203 horse power engines and twelves Inches of armor. She was a powerful vessel, of light draught and suitable for coast defense or river service. She was built in France in 1875