Washington, Sept. 14. TE steamer Arkansan, flying the American flag, was struck and damaged by shell fragments during a raid on the town of Suez during Thursday night, the State Department has announced.
The announcement added that no casualties were reported, but that the United States authorities are seeking further details.
The Arkansan is owned by the American Hawaiian steamship Company of San Francisco and New York, and was operating between the United States and the Red Sea.
Cairo advised the State Departmen' The United States Legation in
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