Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-30 | Page 2 | Twenty-Two Cadets Drowned

TWENTY TWO CADETS DROWNED copenhagen denmark A serious disaster occurred monday night near here when the danish cadet training schooner georg stag was rammed and sunk by the british steamer an cona the georg stag sank in one and one halt minutes twenty two cadets were drowned and fifty seven rescued the boys were all in their bunks at the time ot the disaster the night was overcast but it was not so dark that objects could be seen at some dig tance the acona was considerably dam aged along her water line the port I 1 authorities have placed an embargo on the ancona which will here until the inquiry into the collas ion is completed the georg stag was a schooner of tons registration and was feet long apparently she was a training vessel for the tile marine and was owned by a vate farm of copenhagen