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to Salt Lake Tribune -- 1,200 words -- Big passenger steamship liner Rio de Janeiro from Hong Kong -- ran into mile rock post outside the Golden Gate, San Francisco yesterday morning in a thick fog -- stove her bow in and sank in 20 minutes -- About 100 people reported drowned -- including part of the Chinese crew -- great disaster -- ship total loss, a sister of Senator Wm M Stewart one of the victims -- Bed at 1 -- cloudy --

George I Lamy -- Judge Webster -- Wife -- 1901
Tim Dempsey -- 131 Shipwreck Victims
Wrangle on Insurance in Legislature

Sunday Feb 24

Clear & very pleasant -- Wrote page letter to send to Geo I Lamy, Editor of the Gardnerville Record tomorrow morning about some corrections to make in my letter I mailed to him yesterday morning -- Also wrote & sent page letter to Judge Webster to send me $10 for my 2 last weeks reporting -- Also sent page letter to wife -- Evening with George Wilcox visited Tim Dempsey at his home -- Tim is getting around and was on the street a short time today -- thinks be able to resume his barkeeping position at the Arlington March 1 -- Bed at 12 -- clear and frosty -- The victims of the Rio Janeiro shipwreck are not reported up to 131 in the SF Bulletin

Monday Feb 25

Cloudy -- moderate -- Legislature in session, both Houses all right -- Sent my letter to Lamy by morning mail -- Senate PM session only 10 minutes --