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Saved By Barnacles I New York June 28The United States steamship Panther Commander George C Reiter arrived from Guantanamo Guan-tanamo bay Cuba today to be supplied sup-plied with a battery The Panther brought with her seven Spanish marine ma-rine mines taken from the bay of Guantanamo Barnacles had grown over them and it is said that when the Marblehead caught one on her propeller pro-peller the plunger was prevented from moving by a barnacle Otherwise the mine would have exploded as the guncotton was in perfect condition I was the barnacles also that saved the Texas c |