AMERICAN CRUISER SUNK.
AX EXCITING EXPSRIESCE.
POUT DARWIN, December 2S. Details are to hand of a typhoon <if I Guam, and the loss of the American !cruiser iosemite. 'i'lie storm \-as the |worsl ever experienced. Houses weris j wrecked and crops lvffined. it is u;:red that unless relieved the people will die of starvation. In the early purl of the storm five ct tiie VosemJte'H crew, whi'C attempting (o find shelter in a boat, were cafsized and all drowned. The cruiser drugged her anchors and bumped on the reef, knocking1 a hols.hi The fore compartment. She earned away her rudder-post, and damaged her propeller, She was then driven a hundred miles -io sea. The vessel was Kept ailoal for Iwo days with The j'reatosi exertions. A passing vessel took oil' I he crew, who sent tied (he vessel before leaving, an..l she sank.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 310, 29 December 1900, Page 5
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