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Show SEVERAL STEAMERS CAUGHT j if? i IN GRIP OF ICE FLOES f igg ST. JOHNS', N. F.. April IS. Bringing iine tidings of the sinking of the stennier i Grand Lake of the sealing fleet and tho j r serious Injurv of several others caught J In the grip of ice floes, the steam sealer ?. ' -rj New Foundlnnd limped Into port yestor- I n, day leaking badly. ""T The Grand Lake met with destruction . V last Sunday. She was shut up in the re- W ,L lentlcss jaws of two great Ice floes untH t "d her sides gave way and even her engines ; iphci were crushed. Her crew, numbering 21 4 Bpce men. made their escnpo to the steamer : ),(,;, Vanguard, which was close by. . A catch of 20.000 seals went down with the Grand Lake This cargo was valued iuin at $1S0.000 and was Insured. IsSIJ; The steamers Iceland and Ka.nger wcr mWj also badlv crushed by tho Ice, but were Bhaut kept afloat until their crews could care Ko'-r for them on Ice floes .and make tempo- mho niry repairs. mheno The steamer Algerlne is alEO reported . lj; "c. badly damaged. ; l;,v'l.l |