MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE. POSTED AS MISSING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1928, 10 December 1913, Page 5

MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE.

POSTED AS MISSING.

WIRELESS REPORT OF SHIPPING , DISASTER. - By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrleht Norfolk (W. Virginia), December 8. Wireless reports state that tho steamer Rio Grande took iiro at sea and tho passengers.were transferred to tho British steamer I ''S\vimmorcf> ■■'"'•■ The latters.crew extinguished tho fire and rctransfcrred tho .passengers. Mystery, surrounds tfio message, as no ship known as tho Rio Grande is registered, except a coasting ship, which docs not carry passengers. (Rcc. December 0,11.15 p.m.) New York, December 9. The Revenue cutters have partially solved the mystory of tho wireless mossago about tho Rio Grande. It is stated that all iiro safo on board. No mention is ma.de of any passengers.

OVERDUE LINER ACILIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrfrlit (Roc. December 9, 11.13 p.in.) London, December 9. The Hamburg Amcrika linor Acilia, reported oil November 19 as being six days ovorcluo from Monto Video, lias boon given up for lost. Her cargo is valued at £100,000. London underwriters believe that the Acilin, which is a steamer of 5003 tons, and carried as part of her cargo a shipment of' nitrate valued at .€-15,000, lias been lost off Cape Pillar at the western entrance to the Straits of Magellan. Tho Chilian Government wis asked to dispatch a- cruiser to search for her.