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Show ONLY TWO MEN AIOESCUED Marshfield, Ore., Jan. 13. Of the ' thirty-two men on the Ill-fated steamer steam-er Czarina which struck on Ihe Coos Bay bar yesterday and was practically wreck, two have been rescued and there Is a possibility five more, In- hiding Captain Dugan and Harold Mlllla. win be. Harrr KentzclL first assistant engineer, was picked up unconscious un-conscious In the breakers late jester-day, jester-day, and early today Second Assistant Assist-ant Engineer J, Robinson was washed wash-ed ashore. Some hours after Kentzell was revived ho regained consciousness conscious-ness sufficiently to state that Captain Dugan. and Harold Mlllis. the only passenger, had been bound to one of the mast. Robinson added that when the forward for-ward maBt. to which, he and five others' oth-ers' had climbed, went by the board, the master, first officer, Mlllis and two seamen were still alive In the after af-ter rigging. These Robinson paid were the only oneB left on the ship. Watchers on the beach soon after Robinson Rob-inson was rescued declared that they observed r light flare up for a brief period from the wreck, which was taken to mean that the five are t-Ull alive. The night was a try ing one for the watchers who continually patrolled lie thoro since darkness fell. Among these were C. J. Mlllis. the sieamehlp 3?ent of the Southern Pacific coin-j-auy ut Marshfield, and his wile. Early Ear-ly In the night they gave up all hope ever peeing alive their sou, liar-ol'l. liar-ol'l. a Imty. .f 20 years, who had Just leit them lound for college. ' When Kt'H'zoll was rescued hope for a moment mo-ment sprang up, only to be dabhel to irth apaln by the assertion of H. -1. McKeown that he had seen through "ihrliio glasses both maMs of th" Carina and a rope ladder carried ay and with them their burden of f'f'ec-n nien. Kohlnton's statement revived hope lor a rescue eventuall. |