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Show - y .Try " " " ' ' , ' 1 r ' " ft rn ;: v. ;:y:.: jvi::, :. A:-..i r?.-T'..e to f.iamrorks left here yesterday at noon SjT . Southa-r r ton. The cha-frrpr ws towed by t:-.rt l::in. r T tonus LIi '- n was l.i-terviewed l.i-terviewed this morning before the departure de-parture of the yar-Ms: Dwnblr, 5 the ec-cuVnt ec-cuVnt of last , v. her;: ': "When the' c.,al!-nger lost ler mast there were certainly six fet of water over her lee dock.. My first impression, when the mast went, was that the bot was sinking. Later, when I was able to scramble up on deck, I found everything gone and the boats out doiiisr rescue work. I never saw the seaman Collier in the water." . Questioned as to his future course, be said he meant to work day and night to got the vacht fitted in time for furtner trials before sailing for New York. His dosire whs to avoid a postponement of the races. ... Sir Thomas said he saw nothing In the recent accident to lessen the great confidence confi-dence he felt In the "Shamrock III. If racing yachts ,are to be built, he said, there must be some risk. If we built a vessel as safe as a finer we might as well kep her at home for any chance she would bave of winning the cup. Design--er i'ife took the same view. He has never appeared so confident as he is now. The body of Collier has not been recovered. recov-ered. Sir Thomas Upton has offered & reward for its recovery, snd has made provision for Collier's widow and chil-drfli. chil-drfli. The wrecked' spars of the challenger were lifted to the -qtrny today. Many stpntseers were present to view the wreck- se. The shell of the mast is of extraordinary extraor-dinary thinness, betr? of 2-16-inch nickel steL Tbe length of the mast was 1 feet, and its srreatest diameter twenty-seven Inches. That the metal was very tough is evidenced by the fact that it -had bent and rebent in various places without breaking. It is believed tbe next trial races will take place on tbe Clyde in a month's time. |