Show TEAMER steamer BLOWN UP IN GULF OF SMYRNA j ono one hundred undred and fifty persons drowned when vessel flying turk sh ish flag strikes a mine A I 1 smyrna the steamer tex texas as bez be longing to the american steamship company struck a mine at the entrance to the gulf of smyrna and sank one hundred and fifty persons were di owned r T the lie texas was flying the turkish flag and was engaged in carrying mall mail from acon constantinople s tanti nople to the levant it was first stated that the was an american vessel the error arising from the fact that she is part of the fleet of a local concern trading under the name of the archipelago american steamship company 1 constantinople ninety passengers out dut of on the texas were rescued ace according to reports received he here r e several of the rescued were injured no mention is made of the crewe crew it is alleged 1 that the disaster was due to the texas dey deviating lating from the course indicated by the pilot boat preceding her through gathe the mine field the gulf of smyrna is one of the finest harbors in the mediterranean fanean and smyrna itself is the principal seaport of asiatic turkey the entrance was extensively mined recently by y the turkish authorities s to protect the port against an a attack atac k by tho italian cleot fleet |