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Stopped by a Russian Cruiser

Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXXI, Number 353, 17 September 1904

Russians hold up British collier - by Associated Press.

Constantinople, Sept. 16, 1904 — The British ship Margit Groedel, with a cargo of coal from Cardiff for Sulina, reports that she was stopped by the Russian cruiser Terek on September 6th off Cape St. Vincent. The Terek fired three blank shots to bring the steamer about. Two Russian officers and two armed men boarded the Groedel and overhauled her papers. The captain of the Groedel was asked to sign a declaration that he had not been put-to any inconvenience by the delay. He at first refused, but when told that his steamer would be detained until the arrival of the Russian Admiral, the declaration was signed and the collier was allowed to proceed. One of the Russian officers informed the captain of the Groedel that there were nine other Russian cruisers in the vicinity.

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