Paris,
22 July. In the afternoon of 17 July occurred a fire in the Russian 3-master
Enigkeit of 350 last at her anchorage off Bordeaux. She was underway from
Riga, Latvia with a cargo of shelves. The fire skipped to the Elisa owned by a
merchant of Bordeaux anchored nearby the Russian ship. The Elisa was
despite being heavily damaged saved thanks to the efforts of the sailors. The
Russian ship and her cargo was completely lost, the damaged was estimated being
more as 150.000 francs.