Wreck of the Chins. Strikes During a Thick Haze
London, Friday night.—It is expected that the P. and O. Company's steamer China, which is ashore at Azalea Point, the easternmost point of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
5 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
An American Prize. Capture Op a Spanish Steamer. London. April 24
Intelligence has just reached London to the effort that the United States cruiser New York has captured the Spanish steamer Pedro, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. America and Spain. Blockade Op Cuban Ports. the American Fleet on the Way to Havana. a Spanish Steamer Captured. the Pedro Seized by an American Cruiser. London, April 22
President M'Kinley has issued a proelamation declaring that a blockade has instituted on the north coast of Cuba within that part between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. America and Spain the Spanish Fleet Annihilated. a Great Sea Fight. the Spaniards Allowed to Leave Santiago Harbour. Chased by Rear-admiral Sampson's Squadron. the Spanish Vessels Forced Ashore. Blazing From Stem to Stern. the Torpedo-boat Destroyers Abandoned. Capture of Admiral Cerveras. Thirteen Hundred Spaniards Taken Prisoners
Rear-Admiral Sampson allowed the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cerveras to leave Santiago Harbour on Sunday. The flagship led the fleet passing…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A terrible disaster occurred yesterday on the coast of Cornwall. The steamer Mohegan, belonging to…
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