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I1U UGIIGIUI OlllltOiSpecial Evening Telegram.BILBAO. Spain, Aug. 28 Reports of the Spanish Workme Federation in session here to-day lt;cided by a vote of 17 to 13 not to p claim a general strike. iThe Fogota’s VoyagThe s.s.Fogota, (apt. B. Barbc arrived here at 10.30 a.m. yesterc Crom Fogo District. She had Iweather the whole trip with smo0vater, but Thursday night she oerienced rather unusual conditio To complete the circuit (’apt. Barblt; vas anxious to get over from Fogo ’hange Islands before dark and )Ut to do so, but just after gett I | outside of the former port a dei all of smoke closed down on water and nothing could be se hough the captain hugged the sirclosely. The searchlight was tl i | set going, but even with the aid .his no trace of the coastline could lad. Capt. Barbour was anxious ick up Stone Island, but noth could be seen of it for over an he It was the captain's intention to ehor there and the lead was thro and 25 fathoms of line paid out. 1 no bottom could be found, so that 3hip was compelled to proceed in gloom, though conditions were di gerous' for navigating these wate The Prospero was hung up at S Cove, at the-rear of Fogo, and coi not proceed owing to the dei smoke. After picking up Stone and the captain took a S.W. corn to Hare Bay IIealt;J. and this bei ligh land he could see over 1 smoke. He then took a N.W. com for Change Island Tickle and stri] the right entrance, when she ma pert. She left Fogo at 7.35 p.m. a did not make Change Islands un 10.30, covering the 4 miles in thi hours. When the searchlight was j going a peculiar circumstance w noted. Myriads of the little bii known as stormy petrels flew arou the ship and many of them ma straight for the light and were das sd to death, while others hit t bridge and were killed, and sevei times the light had to be shut off mate Wesley Kean could not work vpwing to the birds flying against 1 'face. The passengers on deck we frequently hit by them and severof the birds flew into the smokiroom and the captain s room on dec Quite a number which were kill against the bridge and searchlig were swept off the decks by t creW. Capt. Barbour thinks that t smoke was the result of an extensi local forest fire. The ship le Change Islands Friday morning indena£ fog and on arrival at Seal Clt;Pithe Prospero had just left there. shiDi handled 260t passengers on round trip. Her passengers for port ; were: Miss Malcolm, C. Be ister/ Eti Russell, P. A. Abbott, M I.. Abbott, N.. Kean, R. White, A. Windsor, Mrs. M. Rice, S. White* and tjwnily, Mesars, Sherman, Pow Gillia, Valentine, Young and 7 ste age.IfeMFedf The Rev. G. J. Bond. Dr. Snrasrue an
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St Johns Evening Telegram
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Mon, Aug 29, 1910
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