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Show A TEKKIFKJ STOIIM Faonnlercil Hy Hie Meiinlilp "Colon" Un I ho North 1'ilge ur llio (IflirMrnin. ncponrorA nRincRY invcstioa TION COMMITTCC. la tlie llrrmiti lllrlilair. V.mfl I'AthA'a Hrnllllon la a frill- ill Coinlllloii. Te'exrtth lo Iho Mtn 11 r i a Ni.inn. A I'aellle Mall Meamec la letted Al.niil l.y the Male-. I'AXAllA, I'tli. 3. I'he l'aclllo Mall ttnmthli(Jb(oii encountered n ttrrlllu storm on Ita voy ago from New York 011 Iho noilhtrn edge of tho (lull HI ream. A (.rtllloetiutheatt gale came iii, lost. lug tho ship about, (ireatkeaslumbl.tl III over her bows aul swept the deck from stem to slim. Down through the companion ways It went, flooding the rooms anJ fright, nlng thu a-seiigtrt, a-seiigtrt, who were finally battened under lo Intiiro their greater comfort and further provide for safety. The ui tain's room was swtpt by the era, tho door being tmadied In at though It wen. 110 thicker than a shingle, shin-gle, und the deck houses weru Iu dan-ger dan-ger of being swept away. T he sea was su heavy and broke so high tlut It was linll.lu for thu rill, ccr to keep hit plat .1011 thu bridge. The ttarlevird light Iwx wat annulled aud the lluht tKlt out. The r.iruiilil lrfiat ou thu taiit tide wat tlllo.1 with water by the heavy sen. Another WAe fallowing fal-lowing struck II, smatheil tlm rail and hiavy ilecetol Iron four Inches tlilik and well secured, and swell thu boat away. Captain Lima concluded to head tho ahlpuiiaatward. In tlilt be watsui-cetaful. watsui-cetaful. but hours elalweil liefore the weatlnr inuderalitl tulllclently lo allow hint Iu ut the shlpon her course. 1 he pamngtrs were kqt Ulow mrly forty-eight hours. Next day tho steamer rame marl sharing the fatu or the l'i:oayir. It wosalmott lniajaalble to H-e n ship's length aheid, and when n Huh or llghtwasteeualmottdead ahead from a threc-maidcd schooner, which was lying huvolo, and iiidenvourlng te wiaihirtha gale, It w at for noiiin mo ments uuciitahi whither or not Iho iraih or u collltlon would llnlth Iho work ur destruction from whlili the steamer was eudeavurlng to unitie. Tho stitnuer ri'Iuted to obey her hi Mil promtly aud lasted In dauglrous proximity to the uutuiicllhg neighbor neigh-bor on that lonelyoceati highway. No boat could havo lived li a sea so heavy at was ruuidiigattho lime, and u collltlon col-lltlon woul I probably have resulted III the lots or both .vessels Willi all, on boutd. ' " - - , |