Show FLEET REACHES RIO JANEIRO american battleships come to anchor in brazilian waters rio doJan do janeiro elro the american fleet of 0 sixteen battleships entered the port of rio do janeiro at 3 sunday afternoon after a passage from port of spain trinidad more than miles unman unmarred ed by serious accident replete with ft ath interesting d dents and ending with a royal welcome from the thousands tint that hail had gathered to greet the visitors the neet fleet weighed anchor at 4 in the afternoon of december 29 9 at port of spain and exactly at 4 january 12 the vessels were swinging at their anchors in this beautiful harbor the fleet has now covered about miles about a third of tho the distance of the voyage to san francisco |