FIGHTING IN COLOMBIA.
DESPERATE MARITIME ENGAGEMENT. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received 22,0.32 a m. New Yobk, January 21. The revolutionary vessels Padilla, Darien, and GaUan attempted to force a landing at Sabins, in the Panama Bay. The Colombian Government vessels Lantara .and Chicuato, assisted by guns from Sasboveda, resisted them. | The Padilla attacked the Lintara at ! c'ose quarter?, burning and sinking her after tbe crew had deserted. The superintendent of the Panama Railway has cabled to New York that I three insurgent and two Government vessels were sunk. Governor Alban was killed during' the engagement.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 18, 22 January 1902, Page 3
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94FIGHTING IN COLOMBIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 18, 22 January 1902, Page 3
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