Parowan Times | 1926-09-15 | Page 6 | Ship Goes down with 83 Perishing

ship goes down with 83 perishing riga latvia the coasting steamer sank thursday night in the gult gulf ot of riga with the loss ot of fifty three sailors and thirty passengers the cause of the dimasi disaster Is not known but it 11 was possibly due to the explosion ot of a floating mine th The enship ship foundered in a heavy storm that prevented any rescue the was scarcely three miles ott off the beach ot of north ot of riga when she sank people along the shore saw her signals ot of distress but the heavy seas prevented them from launching any boals boats tor for a rescue