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Show CROWD IS AWED BY NEAR-CATASTROPHE VALLICJO, CM., Dec 9. Thousands of spectators tooI terror-stricken here today to-day when the I'nHetl Staie.s destroyer Khaw stuck on tlie ways while being launched, and a moment later, urged by pneumatic rams, leaped toward the tug Active. v.hn h was assisting In the launching. Quick work in thc Active's whfelhouf-'e and engine room averted dls- ! ast f ?. N'a cat Constructor Henry M. Gl'-.ison said that last nitrht's frosty air "froze" the grease on the ways, ' and besides "pure- cusscdnes" of inaiymate matter had a part in tho mishap. |