San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 52, 22 July 1901 — News of the Overdue. Fleet. [ARTICLE]

News of the Overdue Fleet.

The British ship Albania is now out 207 days from Rio de Janeiro for Manila, and last week, the underwriters were paying 70 per cent to reinsure hull and cargo. The Albania left New York on September 11 for Manila, but was caught in heavy weather and had to put into Rio in distress. She sailed again from Rio, on December 27, and has not been heard from since. She is a wooden ship, built in Nova Scotia in 1884. The British ship County of Haddington is now out 170 days from New York for Shanghai, and the underwriters are paying 30 per cent to reinsure her chances. She sailed from New York on February 2, and after discharging at Shanghai was to have come to San Francisco to load grain for Europe.