Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-08-23 | Page 1 | Vessel Will Probably be a Complete Loss

VESSEL WILL PROBABLY BE A COMPLETE LOSS TOKIO. Aug. 22. Further dolalls of tho grounding of the British crulsor Bedford, Bed-ford, which ran ashore on thu western portion of Quelpart Island Sunday, show that the vessel Is seriously damaged and lies In n bad position. Only meager reports by wireless have been received, but according to thnstj It appears that thci Bedford struck the rocks two miles west of Quelpart Island, lying about fifty miles south of Korea, off tho entrance to the straits of Korea, during a thick fog at -1 o'clock Sunday morning. The cruiser was then sailing with a British sound ron from Wei Jin! VTcI. China, for Nagasaki, The bottom of the ship and the machinery, according accord-ing to wireless report, suffered seriously from the rocks and tho vessel Is pounding pound-ing heavily In the seas. A number of Japanese war vessels and salvagers wero dispatched from the nearest Jnpanesc station Immediately upon receipt of the news of thu dls.'U5tcr, but whether the ship can bu salvaged la doubtful.