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fire. as'arins & Ellie aasnranfe.
1867 TONY PATRONS 1879
AND TIE GENERAL PUBLIC.


desire hereby to express my unfeigned gratitude
lor the very liberal patronage have received during
the past eight years, and 10 say that am now pre
pared 10 place any amount OF Insurance on the most
Improved plans, ami at current rates. IN the best
Companies am the authorized Agent of Colnpa-
q es second 10 none IN this or any other country
am careful 10 represent none but those " no are
not only fair in the issue Of The policy. hut also In
ne a'iJuslln"n and settlement of losses
ne cap lal represented at my agency now amounts
10 over Sky Millions Dollars, over Fifty of which
is FIRE assets, AMI represented by the follow ing
strong and reliable Companies
Manllat an Life Insurance Co, Y.
North British and Mercantile Insurance Co. OF
London.
loyal canad an Insurance Co. Montreal, Canada
Home Insurance Company N. Y,
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Hanover Fire Insurance CO.. New York
German American Insurance CO., New York.
National Fire Insurance Co., Hartford. Conn.
silcnn's rails Insurance Co., Genn's Falls, N. Y.
sIn;n.II,l Merchants s. Insurance Co. Newark, n. j.
Fairfield Insurance Co.. South NOrwalk, Conn
New Orleans Insurance Co., N. U.
West Chester Insurance Co., N Y.
Amazon Insurance Co., Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
AllelIiNna Insurance Co., PIttsburg, IA
also desire particularly to call your attention to
our term policies on Dwellings. which we can make
at raies about the same as Mutual Companies
Hoping by close attention To business to receive
acohlihuance OF your patronage, am
'"iiI TIihMAEs' MAY f. pLuuMER,
WILMINGTON INSURANCE AGENCY,
5p2 MAkksT STREET CLAYTON IoUsE,)
Jih2-ly WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
nELAWARE BOARD DIRECTORS
II OF THE
UNION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMpAN
OF MAINE.
orYIcs, all sHIPLBY ST., WILMINGTON nxl
OFFICRRs:
JOSHUA hARIs, President.
G. F. THOMAS, Vice President
u. II. KhNT, Treasurer.
DIR. d. A DODGE, Secretary
EXECUTIVE CoAMITTgB:
Capt N. X. Benson, II. Y. DeNormandie, j. H. Finn
DIR. JOHN P. WALES, Medical Examiner.
All monies collected In this State are to rema,,
here and be loaned by this Board OF Directors nnoI
nrstcass real estate securities and thus make this
practically Home Company,
II is to tile interest OF those wishing Insurance. tc
patronize this Company and Keep their money Of
home. feh9i-iy.a
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Al. books sent, ost-pald, FOR retail prize.
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Boston. Iii B'dway, New YorN.
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NEW GOODS.
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d2O MARKET snTEET,
Offers for sale
Writing Desks,
Work Boxes
Cgai Cases,
punrocp,pu Pocket Cutlery
AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
Illustrated Books.
Juvenile and Toy Books,
Pocket Books,
AND VARIETY OF USEFUL AND FANCY
ARTICLES. declS-9t
THOMAS T. TAsEgR, JB. STEPHEN r. M. TAsKRH
MoRRIs' TAsKER & co.
PASCAL IRON WORKS
Philadelphia.
TAsKER IRON WORK
New Castle, Del.
ONCE FIFTH AND TASKER SITS Pnilsdelphia
0s,ce sn uha warehouse, 10 Gold Street, New York.
ouce hnu Warehouse NO. SO oliver ST. Boston.
MANUFACTURERS OF
WROUGHT IRON WELDED TUBES, PLAIN, pslys-
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Water.
TUBES.
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GAS AND STEAM-FI1TERS' TOOLS
CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE
STREET LAMP POSTS AND LANTERNS
IMPROVED COAL-GAS APPARATUS etc
we would call special attention to our Patent yu
canihed Rubber-coated IuDe. marQq-ly
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ALL VARIETIES OF PRINTING EXECUTED.
Our Machinery is Good and Complete.
Our Force is " ell Organized.
We oversee our own Work
We employ Capable Hands,
Our Material is the Best,
WE SOLICIT THE ORDERS OF THE BUSINESS
MEN WITHIN REACH OF US.
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Il VIA
DELAWARE& RAHlTAN CANAL, ~~.
WILL RES RESUME HsT TIGik hsTE TRIPS. .ars3isst
The Inst steamer of the Inc leaving King rect
Whali, Wilmington, Del,
SATURDAY, MARCH POST inst atgP,M.
Returning, will leave Pier 49, Il. r. New York,
"WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2irH, inst at4PM.
And thereafler Steamers viii sail frcm New York
| MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS AT
4P.M
And ON Wilmington, rel,
| TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS,
| at2P. NJ.
| Rates as low as hy any other Line.
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| BUsn's
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DAILY STEAM FREIGHT LINE.
LEAVE FRENCH ST. WHARF WILMINGTON,
at p. NJ, and the
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at O'Clock, T. NJ.
IN either city, or transported to either rail-
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for reshil ment.
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MERRllEW, tgent,
Second Wharf above Chestnut ST., Phila.
r. Be particular to order eight by Bush's Line.
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Afterwa,d take up
TIE HuuR OF SINGING.
CHOICE TRIOS, OR
TIE SONG MONARCH.
These books are for High Scho us and Academies
The Hour OF singing II .n0l by L. y. Emerson and
W. ;. ildrn. isalranged fore, . or voices Choice
Trios bl,Ou 10y ). 1ildcn. Tor voices, are choice
III e~trV sense, and The song Mon rcll % censl w
II. X. Palmer, assisted by l. Emerson, uncxcelled
High Suhot Is,
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Patent Lint,
Glass Nipple Shells.
st. Vincents Arrow Root
Bowers Glycerine,
Turned Wood Boxes,
Nelson's Geatine,
Concentrated Glycerine,
Schering's Choral Hydrate.
Tin Seidlitz Boxes,
Star Mills Paper,
Filtering Paper.
French Mustard Plasters.
Effervescng Granular Salts, (Kea>bey Mattison 's)
n Cs Sugar coated Pills and Granules,
AllcOck's Porous Plasters,
MOller's Cod Liver OH,
Vinegar Btters,
uoloways Worm CONNECTIONS,
Matthey Caylus Capsules
Planters Capsules,
TaIrant's Seltzer Aperient,
Henszeys Troches,
Browns Bronchial Troches,
Yankee Shaving Soap,
SCheffer's Pcpsine,
LOWS Lininent.
Supplied to the trade at the lowest market rates,
by
&. BRINGHuR>T a co,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Corner sixth and Market streets
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L,IRsT NATIONAL isANh
OF WII.MJNii'"os;
DEPOSITORY oF TnE puELn gus,
AVID
FINANCIAL AtiRNr OF THIS unlTED ~ .i,t
EDWARD BETTN, tresheal
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tW Philadelphia and New YORK axchnayt ~
nlshed IT, regular deposltors without charge
Discount days, Mondays and Thursdays, A. 5a y
DIRECTORS.
Clement Is Smyth, George ". Bn1h
Israel PueVy Eil Garrett
HeEry y, Mct 'olnb, Joshua f. Fraid
Daniel James Willt8m Tslnal
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$pefial gnttrfs.
JOrdan,s ronIc Ale

Is Just what you want, to 5 reag hen tie syi TEN,
under the enervating Influences OF Spriag. FOLD by
B. & C. SHoEMAK SR
PHARN iCISTS,
novs-tf 500 Market str ct.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-02

Testimony
Icheerfhlly give this testimony to the public that
Mrs. Fosters Blood Purifier and letter Ointment
cured me:
was AFFLICTED for many years with disordered
blood, troublesome and obstinate letter OF the
skin and swelling of the glands Of the neck, which
was the occasion of prolonged suffering and ex.
pense.
consulted eight Of the most prominent physi-
without receiving any permanent relief on the
contrary getting worse, till finally almost despair
ing of hope, i was induced to try Mrs. Fosters
Blood Purifier, which was recommended to me as
being a certain cure for my disease. 1t was the
turning point in my case ; after using two bottles
OF the Blood Purifier IN connection with the Tettei
Ointment, the swelling ceased, the eruptons disap.
peared and now | am entirely and efectuaily cured
II further information is desired concerning my
case call at my residence.
THOS. SCOTT,
1890 Claymont Street over llth Street Bridge
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-02

TNHE NEW CASTLE COUNTY
L MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
oFFICE.--sO9 MARKET STREET.
lnsures against FIRE Houses and oil other kinds
OF Buildings with their contents for periods of time
varying from three months to term OF years.
MANAGsRs.-WiamT Tatnall, NJ. NJ. Cieaver John
Guyer, Charles W. Rowland, Edward Bringhurst
Edward Il Bellah, James Bradford, George Rich
srlyth, 4. 7. Shannon, James Riddle, Geo. II Bates,
Ashton Richardson.
WILLIAM TATNALL, President.
g. D. SMITH. TTeasuref..- octl6-ly
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rAe oasa Aersa saes of In oi ihs ns gts cp
w. aware. In and for
AhthohY heyDold. New Castle County.
In pursuance OF an order OF the Honorable Ed
ward W. Gilpin, ksquire, Chief Justice OF the State
OF Delaware, and as such the Presid ny Judge of
hereby given that an application has been made by
Anthony Higgins, Esquire, attorney ana duly author
lEed age Of the United States OF america that the
the said United States are esirous of urchasn Er
the erection of Light House. Ranve L pht. ami
Light Keepers Dwelling, certain tract of land the
property OF Anthony HI ybold, within the limits of
M saiu State, situated IN Red Lion Hundred, In New
Castle County, which from disagreement IN price
he refuses to convey to the United States Bounded
and described. al follows to-wit:
. beginning at stake on the southerly side OF
lane or farm road at a point from which the south
east corner OF brick tenant dwelling house on the
farm OF said Anthony keyhold, bears north seventy
tnree degrees and forty-two minutes west distant
IRON sad corner OF said house, four hundred and
eighty-two feet and fifteen hundredths O a fool
4S2 l5-l0O), thence from said beginning stake south
lity minutes east four hundred feet to stake In the
nciu, thence n0rth eighty-fiye degrees and 1fty
minutes west, two hundred and eighteen feet and
elgh-tenths OF foot to another stake in the field al
a point from which the said southeast corner Of the
aforesaid brick house, bears north twenty six de-
grees ana six minutes west, thence from the last
mentioned stake moth nifty minutes west fOnr
hundred feet to stake by the post and rail fence on
lhe southerly side OF the aforesaid lane or farm
road from viii h stake the south asst corner of the
Aforesaid brick building, bears north slxty.three
uegree and lfty-eight minutes west and is distant
twO hundred and seventy-twO feet and tenth of
Ioot thence from the last meEtiO ed stake by the
soulhery side OF SAID lane OF farm road souih
eighty-lYe degrees and fif minutes east two hun
ureu anu eighteen feet and eight tenths of foot
70 tne place OF beginning. Containing two acres of
land and also the right Of way 10 the same over
lne above mentioned lane or farm road, $50 the
properly OF the said Anthony Reybo,d and within
the limits OF the said state, situated in tile above
mentioned County and Hundred, said lane or farm
fo4u eanihg from the above described lot of land,
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PUT UT ONLY In BLUR BoxKs.
TRIED AND SURF REMEDY
Bold by Druggists generally, and mar22 a.
JOHNsTON HOLLOWAY Co. PhladelphlA Pa
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Spsfis. Hntiffs.


w. Z. Williams,
DRUGGIST,
NINTH AND MARKET STREETS.
Keeps full line Of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Fure, fresh, and carefully selected for j.
DISPENSING PRESCRIPTIONS AND FILLING
ORDSRS FOR FAMILY USE
FiRsr-THE BEST QUALITY oBTAlNABLE.
Never sacrificing quality for cheapness.
SECOND SON BILE PRICES
Sp cia' attention paid to compromising
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY AND AcCu-
RATELY.
W. e. " NILlIAMS' Prescription Store
Corner Ninth and Market Sts.
decl9-ly Whining on, Del.
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SCHOOL MUSIC BOOKS.
Commence yolr Inst uctlon with
AMERICAN SCHOOL MUSIC READERS

Pouk t35 cen'sl has charming course for Pri-
mary schools. Book l. l5J centsl has one equally
tractive for trammar schools and Book III [5l
ctntsl Is lifted for higher Grammar classes and pig
'chools. The very practical, interesting and thor
ough course IN these books was constructed hy l.. q.
Emerson and W. ). 7 i,den.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-02
For a companIon BOOK us!

FOR companion BOOK use
CHEERFUL VOICES. A large coll rc:on of genial
choo Songs, by L. o. Emerson A pop
uar book. 30 cents.
The New York herald., 1875-12-08
THE DANGEROUS SHOALS.

The course Of German steamers clearing nom Bre.
men for Now York Is as foIlows:-westery untn the
mouth sf the Weser River is cleared, then southeriy
into The German Ocean, or North Sea Making her
way south, tho vessel leaves the Texel on her
port beam, and sails down the coast Of Holland
past Amsterdam, the Hague, Finishing and Ostcnd
Upon getting down almost aSreas, Of Dunkirk . good
deal of wcsting DC made IN order 10 reach mid.
water IN the English Channel, between Dover and
catas From the Straits Of Dover ,he snip Bound ior
The New York herald., 1875-12-08
The Rescued Nearing the English Shore
A Welcome Sight

IspEcIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.
LONDON, Dec 7, 1875.
The HERALD correspondent at Sheerness
reports as follows:-A boat came ashore here
to-day from the German mail steamship
Deutschland, bearing Quartermaster August
Beck OF that vessel and the bodies of two
dead men.
They had been in the boat during space
of thirty-eight hours
THE oUARTERMAsTER's REPORT
Quartermaster Beck reports that the
Deutschland was aground somewhere in the
North Sea.
HER DAY OF SAILING.
She left Bremerhaven Roads on the 4th
inst, under command of Captain Briickstein,
with mails and passengers for New York.
WHAT he KNOWS OF THE DISASTER.
A later telegram from Sheerness to the
HERALD, dated half-past two o'clock in the
afternoon, reports that Quartermaster Au-
gust Beck knows not what has become of
the passengers of the Deutschland. He
says that the steamship struck q sandbank,
supposed to be either the Galloper or Kent
ish Knock Sands, at the entrance to the
river Thames.
THE FIRST BOAT AWAY.
One of the ships boats left the distressed
vessel before the one which bore away the
quartermaster and his unfortunate com
panions.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VICTIMS.
The quartermaster thinks that there were
one hundred and fifty passengers on board
and that all Of them are lost
ADMIRALTY EFFORT FOR RELIEF
The English Admiralty, on learning Of the
occurrence Of the disaster, despatched tug
from sheernees dockyard, with orders to
search in the neighborhood of the scene of
the wreck and afford any assistance which
could be rendered under the circumstances.
SOME OF THE SURVIVORS LANDED
The Captain of the Deutschland, with
portion OF the passengers and some of the
crew, have been landed at Harwich by the
tugboat Liverpool, Of Harwieh.
THE LOSS OF LIFE
About fifty of the passengers and the re-
mainder Of the crew are supposed to have
been drowned.
POSITION OF THE WRECK
The Deutschland is said to be on the Long
Sands.
sALvoRs OUT.
A tugboat has gone out to the steamship,
also Ramsgate tugboat and lifeboat
LATE PARTICULARS.
have aseertained from different sources
that the Deutschland left Bremerhaven Roads
at the hour Of nine o'clock last Sunday
morning, the 9th inst, and grounded on the
Kentish Knock at the hour Of five o'clock
next Monday morning, the 9th inst.
STATE OF THE WEATHER
A heavy gale from the northeast, thick
with snow, has beaten over Kentish Knock.
PARTED AM1DsHIPs.
The unfortunate vessel now lies in four
and one-half fathoms, at low water. She has
apparently parted amidships
PULL OF WATER
Lw,,al far
she was full Of water.
A HERALD VISIT TO THE oUARTERMAsrER.
The HERALD correspondent at Sheerness
felegraphs, at later hour as follows Your
correspondent has seen Quartermaster
The New York herald., 1875-12-08
Prizilla Dambard.

The five ladies last named were nuns
They are still missing.
THE sTEERAaE PASSENGERS
The names of the steerage passengers cam
not yet be obtained.
The New York herald., 1875-12-08

who accompanied him, being lightly clad
and without shoes or stockings. soon died,
and a seaman expired shortly afterward.
SIGHTING THE LAND.
At five o'clock this morning the quarter
master. from his boat, perceived an artillery
man on duty at Sheerness Fort.
CAPTAIN BRUcKsTEINs STATEMENT.
BY still later telegram from Harwich
for the HERALD, am informed that the
Captain of the Deutschland says that his
signals of distress were answered from the
light vessels and the Coast Guard station at
Harwich during Monday evening, but that
owing to the prevalence of the gale it was
impossible for the officers or the people on
shore to assist the vessel.
LIFEBoAT WANTING.
There was no lifeboat at the station, and
none else could live in the rough sea-
THE SCENE AT THE WRECK.
The scene which was witnessed at the
wreck on the arrival of the relief tugboat
defes description. Strong men, women and
children were clinging to the rigging Many
of their companions had been just washed
away, and some of the survivors were in their
last struggles with death.
IN ruv c.pYN
In the cabin were seen the corpses of
ladies and children dressed just as they
were when they retired for the night
HOW MANY WERE SAVED.
One hundred and forty persons were taken
off by the tug. They had a very scant supply
of clothing.
OFFICIAL GERMAN AID.
On the arrival Of the survivors at Harwich
the German Consul, Oliver John Williams,
attended to their immediate wants and pro-
vided them with food, clothing and lodgings.
They were exceedingly grateful for the en-
joyment of rest and refreshments, after hav-
ing been for hours exposed to the most severe
frost which has been experienced during the
present winter.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE PERSONS ON BOARD.
According to Lloyds the Deutschland had
on board two first cabin passengers, twenty
four in the second cabin, ninety-seven in the
steerage and crew which mustered seventy
five persons.
Others say the numbers are larger than
those given by Lloyds
THE MAIL MASTER LOST.
The mail master of the vessel has been
drowned.
NAMES OF PASSENGERS sAvED-THE FIVE NUNS
LONDON, Dec. might.
The following is list of the passengers
who have been landed at Harwich from the
wreck of the Deutschland, viz -
Wilhelm LEIGH.
Carl Deitrichs.
Herr Meyer, first cabin.
Theodore Tildman.
Helen Schew.
j. F. Safer.
Hermann Nathan.
Franz Haum.
Auguste Haum.
Eduard Slaam.
Ella Slaam.
Alfred Wullig.
Adolph Hermann.
Anna Pitztolday
Theodore FHndling.
MISSING.
The following persons from the irst cabin
ere missing and supposed TO have been lost,
VIZ -
Barbara Helkenschmudt
Henrica Tassbauder.
Norbela Keenkober.
Aurea Radiuera
The New York herald., 1875-12-08
LLoYD's REPORT FROM HARwrcH.

LONDON, Dec 7, 1875
The following is a verbGtim copy of Lloyd's
telegram from Harwich in regard to the
Deutschland
'srhe steamer Deutschland, from Bremen
for New York, with emigrants, stranded on
Kentish Knock at FIVE o'clock on Monday
morning during heavy northeast gale. The
weather was thick with snow. The crew and
passengers were drowned.
"The Deutschland has beaten over the
Kenti4h Knock and is now in four and .
half fathoms low water. She has apparently
parted amidships. When Captain Brick
stein left the steamer she was full of water,
which was rising and falling with the tide.
Assistance has been sent to the Deutschland"
THE CAPTAIN LANDED-rHE WRECK DRIFTING
TOWARD SHORE.
LONDON, Dec. 7-7-30 P. M.
Captain Brickstein and part Of the pas
sengers and crew of the steamship Deutsch-
land have just landed at Harwich.
1t is still supposed that about fifty of the
passengers and crew were drowned.
THE POSITION OF THE WRECK CHANGED.
The Deutschland is now on the Long
Sands, still further toward the Essex shore
of England than the Kentish Knock. Two
tugs and lifeboat have proceeded to the
scene of the disaster.
WHAT THR AGENTS OF LLoYDs IN LONDON SAY
LONDON Dec. Might
The agents of the North German Lloyds
Steamship Company state that the steamer
Deutschland had two first cabin, twenty
four second class and ninety-seven steerage
passengers.
A BRITISH NAVAL OFFICERS REPORT.
The commander of the British man-of-war
Penelope telegraphs from Harwich to the
Admiralty that fifty lives have been lost
The remainder Of the passengers and crew
have landed at Harwich, where they are
under the care of the German Consul.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
The Quartermaster Of the steamer, in his
statement, says that the name of the Captain
of the Deutschland was Busius.
The steamer left Bremen on Sunday morn
ingand struck the Knock on Sunday evening.
Every effort was made to get her of, but in
vain. The sea washed over the ship, carry
ing away much of her gear.
The Captain kept very cool Immediately
after the ship struck he ordered life-belts to
be distributed among the passengers and
crew. The next morning, as it was thought
the ship was about to break up, the order
was given to lower the boats. August and
two seamen were detailed TO man one Of the
boats, which capsized twice In lowering.
When she righted they drifted away from
the steamer
They tried to pull back, but could not
A heavy snow storm prevailed, and the
weather was piercing cold His two oom-
panions perished from the exposure.
August says the crew numbered 1870.
When he last saw the steamer cndeavors
we're being made TO launch all the boats.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM rHH WRECK.
LONDON, Dec $3.50 A. NJ
The Adrerhs~ reports that she total aumber of per
sons rescued from the Deutschland Is i6o.
Twenv-nve mail bags we're saved
The New York herald., 1875-12-08
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.

rhe Secretary or he Treasury tcegraphed yesterday
TO the Collector Of Port that be may allow the City
or Merida 70 take petroleum Vera Cruz II other
practical mode should be lound The general subJect
had been referred 10 the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
The New York herald., 1875-12-08
THE STEAMSHIP ANGLIA DISABLED
AT SEA.

LONDON Dec. 4 1879
Advces have received here the effect that the
steamship Anglia, Captain Smith, Of the Anchor line,
from New York November IS for glasgow, has recently
been seen with loss Of propeller proceeding under SAIL
Two tugs have been despatched 70 her assistance