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Show tii it mtirisii cnrjiSER. Mie wan Hanslrd In niillillas and .ever Tented. Lonixj.v.Xov. 1 i. Strango stories areatioat In regard to tho ill-fated cruiser '-SerpenL" It is alleged that she was bundled in building and that her te-t trials under steam wtrefarcts. Tlitsu allegations are noWEaldLi hao been matters of common gossip among sailors ever since the vesKl was launched, but if o they never reached thu general public in print. ItisLnowu tint the men complained com-plained of the brutality of the captain, cap-tain, who threatened to repay them by severe chastisemenL There aje levt-ial desertions from the vsel during her fcwt voyage. The aJ mrralty are suppref sing all details of this kind so far as po.ible and the complete tuny will probably not be made nublls until the report of the iioard of inquiry into the disaster Is made, and perhaps not then. London, Nov. 14. A dispatch from Corunna says the survivors of i ho "Serpenf'otate that several mis haps occurred to her before the ship was wrecked. The admiralty oill-.-ials flatly contradict thettatements of Admiral Elliott and assert 111 it the "Serpent" was perfectly seaworthy. sea-worthy. Thirty todies were washed wash-ed ashore, but none of the officers have yet been round. |