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Show SEAMEN TELL STORY OF BATTLE WITH FIRE EXEAV YORK, June S. The story of a desperate battle with flames in mid-ocean in which two men lost their lives was told today by .members of the crew of the British Brit-ish tanker Beechleaf. which was towed into port by the transport Westhaven. The Ueechleaf, bound from Baton Rouge, La., to Ireland, took fire off the Azores islands a week ago when an oil fuel line broke. Her engines were quickly put out of commission by the flames, her rudder rud-der control disabled and wireless sending equipment destroyed. The Westhaven brought a cargo of German Ger-man artillery and ammunition captured by America n d i visions. Two forty-ton railroad gun carriages, which were too large to be stowed away in the ship's hold, were lashed to the deck. An ordnance party of eight men under command of Captain Frank C. Vnnetten of Chicago, had charge of the Weuthaven's , cargo. " i y |