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Show Ship Coes Down With 83 Perishing. Riga, Latvia. The coasting steam-i steam-i er Neibade sank Thursday night in 1 the Gulf of Riga with the loss of fifty-' : three sailors and thirty passengers The cause of the disaster is not known, but it was possibly due to the explosion of a floating mine. The ship foundered in a heavy storm that pre- vented any rescue. The Neibade was ; rcarcely three miles off the beach of I YVeeaki north of Riga when she sank, i People along the shore saw her sig- j 1 nals of distress, but the heavy seas i prevented them from launching any ' oats for a rescue. |