... LOST TREASURE SHIPS. IN a sea fight off Chio in 1770 the Russian flagship was sunk. It had a quantity of specie on board, and of late certain Greek adventurers obtained a teskerd, or a firman, or what document was needed, to search for it. We do not ...

... TWO BRITISH SHIPS LOST. HEAVY OSS0 OF LIFE. A telegrnm received from Frernantle (Western Aus.- tralia) I e.avo- Tie Blriti.sh1 ship, Carlisle Castle, bound from the Clyde for Preuintle, hne been totally lost elf Rtoeking- hane, 1-iull particilara have ...

... colonial rate of postage to her Majesty's ships serving on foreign stations, a letter addressed to the Postmaster-General has elicited the following reply:— Letters sent from this country to her Majesty's ships in any part of the world are now prepayable ...

... TWO BRITISH SHIPS LOST. The English ship Four Winds from Iquiqua tvith nitrate, was stranded and sank on Monday night in a heavy south-west gale at Heligoland. The crew and twenty-three persons were saved. The four-masted ship Falls of Foyer, from Junin ...

... in the number of passengers lost. The average number of seamen lost in sailing vessels was 997 and of passengers 54, agaiust 378 seamen and 14 passengers lost in 1897- 98. The average number of seamen lost in steam- ships was 495 and of ...

... theen;ghi;. ?? ' ur Barges aepart w.fos-e voiceless steersmen keep !. lh~i~r way without a star hpou the deep; w a And from lost ships homing with ghostly rews, ti Come crles oiihbcommuniceale iews, ' While cargoes pile the piers, a moon-whie hea- f *g Budgets ...

... continued and the ships lost sight of each other. Throughout Monday, the 6th, and Tuesday,tbe 7th,the Pavonia was ins desperate conditionall ber boilers adrift and rolling about inthehold. There then seemed very little hope of saving the ship, but the crew ...

... the Azores, when the tow rope fouled the propeller of the Ccorado, and the vessels parted. A hurricane sprangtup, and bhe ships lost sight of each other. The Colorado suffered severely in the exceptional weather. She had all her boats swept away, her decks ...

... losers, her 40 ships lost, condemned, ?? representing 2.69 per cent. of her total tonnage. The Norwegian losses were also heavy, including as they did 71 ships, and 1.94 per cent. of their tonnage. The French losses figure at 14 ships and .55 per cent ...

... us, and we marched back to our ships. At 2 A.M. we were turned out, general quarters, the search-lights had discovered the enemy stirring, and we could see them massing for an attack on the fort they had lost. But the ships and fort blazed away almost at ...

... and the ships lost sight of eiich other. Throughout Monday, the 6th, and Tuesday, the 7th, the Pavonia was in a desperate condition, with all her boilers adrift and rolling about in the hold. There then seemed very little hope of saving the ship, but the ...

... we marched back to our I ships. At 2 A,;i. WCe Were turnled out, geucrai quarters, the search--lights had discovered thie enemy ttrrsig, and we could see them miassing for an attack ott the fort tiely had lost. But the ships and fort blazed away ahilost ...