Dismasted Russian 3-mast schooner Alice towed into Oostende, Belgium according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Thursday 5 December 1901

An item reported that on Monday evening at Oostende, Belgium the Russian 3-mast schooner Alice was towed into the harbour. She was loaded with pipeclay or catlinite underway from Fowey, England towards Riga, Latvia. In the latest storm broke two of her masts when she was sailing off Texel, Netherlands. Five crew members fled with a jawl to a nearby British ship. The four other crewmembers included her captain stayed on board hoping for an opportunity to bring her into safety. The same day was she discovered by the Belgian steam fishing sloop O 20 which towed her to Oostende.