Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1908-08-27 | Page 1 | Fleet Sails from Sydney

FLEET SAILS FROM SYDNEY Battleships Again on Sea After a Visit of Six Days in Port Sydney X N S S W V Aug 27 The fleet of or American battleships sailed from this pert P part rt this morning bound for Cor Melbourne The sky was cloudless the sun was wat wa warm and only a moderate sea was running At 8 a m the flagship Connecticut weighed anchor and led the warships on the single line out past the sloping shores of ot the harbor which were covered with thou thousands thousands thousands sands of or persons who had gathered to bid the fleet farewell Carewell The Connecticut cleared I the heads beads at and the last battleship cleared twenty minutes later Then fol Col followed followed lowed the Glacier the th and the th Ajax A mile outside they tu 3 the south and at a speed of or ten knots knuts soon disappeared Sydney has given of oC her best to make the stay of oC the Americans In this port poh po t a memorable one For six days the officers and men were feted and entertained in every conceivable manner and not n t one untoward incident occurred to mar this notable event In Sydne s history