Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-24 | Page 1 | Old Ship is Sunk

OLD SHIP IS SUNK sent to the bottom by shells from a gunboat london bov 23 the old 74 aun frigate forte huilt in 1813 j bunh in the madway today by shells fired by the british gunboat bustard fire broke out this morning on the forte which had been used as a coal depot and two thousand tons of coal were boon ablaze the alre parties were unable owing to the heat to get doss enough to deal with the flames so the shelling wa reported to in order to prevent the alre from spreading to neighboring shipping