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Show JUS VAGHF IS eifiWIi UP BY OfR ENGINEER Colonel D. C. Jackling's yacht Cyprus, Cy-prus, built in Seattle, was sunk re-jcently, re-jcently, two days out Halifax, after i having been sold to the Russian government. gov-ernment. After the sale a Russian crew and officers took charge of the veBBel. The engineers did not understand oil-burning oil-burning boilers, and one of these exploded ex-ploded at sea. The vessel went down almost Immediately and three lives ! were lost. . This news was received In San Francisco on Saturday, says the San Francirtco Examiner, in a letter from Captain George Lewis, formerly in command of the yacht, to Captain J. Swanson. Captain Lewis is now dockmaster for the Morse Drydock company of Jersey City, 'N, J. |