| Show THE MISS1NO VESSELS Growing Fear That Several of Them Arc Lost SA N FRANCISCO Oct 27The Merchants Mer-chants exchange announced today that no Information had been received from the overdue vessels bound from this city to loreign poris vv nne mere is sun hope of hearing from the Lord Spencer which left here two hundred days ago for Queenstown it is not believed that the Star of Australia bound to Queens town and the Earl of Hopetoun for Adelaide will ever be heard from again Although the Lord Brassey has been out eightytwo days from Hong Kong to Port Blakely her absence is accounted for by the fact that she is a light ship with a foul bottom More local interest has centered on the Lord Spencer than on any vessel that has ever sailed from this port When it was announced that the British underwriters under-writers were offering SO per cent for reinsurance re-insurance there was a rush to get some of the risks The offer of the British underwriters made business brisk for the brokers No overdue vessel for many years has opened up so many transactions transac-tions as the Lord Spencer Should the latter fail to arrive at her destination the shipping and insurance men of this city will bo badly bitten If however the Lord Spencer turns up within the next few days thousands of dollars will be raked in by speeiatorz |
