Tokio, 13th May.
the British steamer Sobralense, 1,232 tons net, chartered by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, with 1,500 piculs of beancake and twenty-two passengers from Newchwang, was sunk outright by a mine on Friday morning, eight miles from Port Arthur, A salvage vessel belonging to the Port Arthur Admiralty rescued sixty-three of those on board, including a few dead.
The Naval Department has issued another warning that the utmost care should be taken to prevent a repetition of this disaster—Our, own oorrespondent,
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