Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1894-02-20 | Page 1 | 'Twas Most Horrible

TWAS MOST HORRIBLE Sixtytwo More Were Swallowed Up by the Waters New York Feb 19A special to the World from New Orleans The rumor published a few days ago to the effect that the tug Millard was wrecked off the Nicaragua coast has been Nicrga coat confirmed con-firmed Sixtytwo lives were lost Not a man on board the vessel survived sur-vived to tell the story A reporter met an English gentleman last night who is going to Nicaragua today He received word from Grey town confirming the rumor about the vessel This authority said a cable was sent to London telling of the loss I was to a man in London interested in the Nicaragua Navigation company in the service of which was the illfated vessel The Millard was a tug of twenty tons Captain Joe Thompson making her way with sixty men from Grey town to Bluefields where they were to work for the Navigation t Navigton com pany Several weeks elapsed and rumors were circulated that the vessel had gone down in the Carribbean sea in a squall These rumors are cow confirmed