| Show ocean steamer lost st johns N F aug 6 the mail steamer virginia lake arrived at tilt cove on west bay miles from here at daylight bringing certain corroboration of reported loss of an ocean hiuer 1 in the straits of belle isle A fisherman at noddy bay reported that he saw a steamer collide with an ice berg and sink eoon after the report is generally believed but nothing reliable is obtain able the fisherman that the steamer looked like a chip and he could eee the people trying to launch boats but she sunk before they could do anything the straits of belle isle lie between new Found land and labrador and ia the most northern of two channels which the gulf of st lawrence with the atlantic ocean it is twelve miles wide and navigation in it is reputed to be unsafe it is not the route taken by passenger liners usually austin bald win company abo new york agents f of allan line of ete amera eaid today that they were eura it was not one of their steamers which was lost while they did not positively know the route taken by their steamers it was known they never went by the of belle isle the only other montreal passenger line of ete amera they knew of was the bon aadson line they believed that pas lines never went by that route and that it could not have been a passenger lice as reported |
