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Show Battleship Narrowly Saved. By Associated Press. NEW YORK, June IS. Tho giant battleship Florida, on which .finishing touches aro being made in tho Brooklyn Brook-lyn navy yard, narowly escaped serious damago during tho heavy storm today, when tho first violent gust struck tho East River, an immense floating- derrick', der-rick', with a lifting capacitv of 125 tons was approaching alongsido to hoist armor plate on the battleship's deck. The wind created a wave of dangerous proportions, which would have sent tho derrick crashing into the battleship's side, but a navy tug near at hand saw the danger and quickly towed tho dor-rick dor-rick out of Jiarm'8 way. |