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Show STEAMER BLOWN UP IN GULF OF SMYRNJ One Hundred and Fifty Pert-oni Drowned When Vessel Flying Turk-ieh Turk-ieh Flag Strike a Mine. Smrnn - The steamer Texas, be longing id ih,. Archlpealgo American St fii mh i p tomputiy, struck a initio at the entrance to the qulf of Smyrna and sark i)m Inindrcd and fifty per ons were drowned Tlic Texas was fly I tip tti Ttliltlsh ling and was engiu-.ed In I'aii'.v'tiK mai fri'tn Con -taiiMMopIc to the Levant It Vlli ti -.It si tied Unit the T-XHf va an , hum irii'i vessel, the eirot tristnf Iroiii the t;jit tllilt she is ;ir1 if tin- Hi ft iif :t 1 nal concern muling .tinier H;c name of the Archipclag' Amci'iaii ii i -ts ( company. ('iilistnin i's i () . - Ninety passenger out of Id ici tht Texas were rescued, according to repot ih received here, Heveral of t!ie rescued were Injutcd No mention U made of Mie crew. It li alleged lint the disaster Willi due to the Texas' deviating ftotn tin course indicated by the pllnf liont preceding her through tile mine field. The (!ul! of Smyrna Is one of the tlnest harlot's In the Mediterranean, and Smyrna itself Ih the principal seaport of Asiatic Turkey. The eti trance w ax extensively mis ed recently recent-ly bv the Turkish authorities to pro-fled pro-fled the port against nn attack by the Italian fli ei. |
