Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-06-24 | Page 1 | Four Hundred People Drown

FOUR HUNDRED I PEOPLE DROWN : Russian Passenger Steamer J; Sunk in Black Sea by Mine , j; Vessels Sent to Rescue. f J B Petrograd, June 21, via London, M S:15 a. m. Four hundred persons j R lost their lives, according to latest re. ijj $ ports, when the Russian passenger ; 'j steamer Mercury was sunk In the $ Black sea by a mine. Tho total num- i ber of persons aboard 4he steamship ' jf was approximately 550. 'J The disaster occurred about 10 i j J o'clock in the morning off the vil- ' 1 lage of Grigorievka. The passengers y iij ielt a tremendous shock in the for VA ward part of the vessel which stag- ,! gered ahead for three ship's lengths ' , and then went down, bow foremost, in i ' five minutes. I , All available steamers and tugs j hastened from Odessa and rescued the 'V'S survivors clinging to lifeboats and 1$ wreckage. $ - ."!