Dutch tug Titan towing Italian bark Erasmo from USA towards Italy according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad 14 October 1903

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 12th reported that the Dutch tug Titan towing the Italian ship Erasmo underway from Philadelphia, USA towards Genoa, Italy arrived on the 11th at Ponta Delgada, Azores. On the Friday before they were harassed by a hurricane causing the loss of the foremast. Further more was everything on board ships well.