Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-12 | Page 13 | Baltimore on the Alert |

Type	issue
Date	1905-06-12
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Baltimore on the Alert
Type	article
Date	1905-06-12
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	13
OCR Text	Show BALTIMORE ON THE ALERT. Indications That City May Ee First Attacked. BALTIMORE. Juno 12 Since midnight the officers and men of the artillery district dis-trict of Baltimore, under the commai.d of Col. Frank Thorp have been on the alert for any signals of the fleet, which, under Rcar-Admlra! Francis A. Dlcklns, will test the effectiveness of the defenses de-fenses of this city, ihfse consisting f Forts Howard. Smallwood Armlstod and Carroll, nnd the mln". which have been laid in the channel leading to the harbor. Information has been received her,' that at least a part of the fleet, having left the rendezvous at Solomon's Island. Is headed this way. a number of lorpedo-honts and other War ves-eois having been sighted off Horseshoe point, a few mlli-s below th.' mouth of the Severn river Thia would indicate that Baltimore will be tho ft) t objective of the fleet
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