A Strange Chance.
The " New York Times " tells a story worth repeating concerning the cruiser Scipio. Before the Spanish war broke out American agents were busy in England buying up suitable vessels, but the declaration ot hostilities and that of neutrality found the transactions incomplete, and certain vessels, like the torpedo boat Somera, could not leave England. The Scipii, however, does not belong to this class. She was discovered, by the happiest 11 chance," off the Newfoundland coast by an American vessel, a drifting derelict, without any indications of her port of origin, without flag, and without a soul on board, but with furnaces lighted and steam up, bunkers full, and a fine array of uew English ?uns, Maxims, Hotchkiss. cannon, field-pieces, and other ordnance, as well as ammunition in her hold. Was there ever such a windfall ? " Just how the Scipio came to be found adrift with such an opportune cargo by a United States ship has never been told —officially."
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Manawatu Herald, 25 July 1899, Page 2
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162A Strange Chance. Manawatu Herald, 25 July 1899, Page 2
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