Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1905-06-14 | Page 3 | Theoretically Sunk

Theoretically Sunk Sunk Baltimore June before dawn this morning the auxiliary cruiser Sylvia of Admiral Dickins squadron which is manned by the Maryland re reserves serves was discovered at a point op opposite opposite Fort Howard destroying mines The Sylvia had come up the bay so stealthily that she had not been before detected and the crew in small boats had already removed a number of mines before being seen from the fort the searchlights being ineffective at that hour Upon discovering the enemy the big guns at Fort Howard boomed out and the Sylvia was theoretically sunk in short order afterwards proceeding down the bay probably to join Admiral Dickins