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Show MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE MAKES THE ATLANTIC BAD PLACE FOR SHIPS XVAV TORlv. April 22. Incoming liners report heavy weather on the trip across the Atlantic The skippers aay it was the worst April they had seen in many years. The steamer Amerika, which arived Sunday, was a day late. The captains attributed the gales and hurricanes that beset their vessels to the recent earthquakes In Mexico. I,a Provence Prov-ence of the French line, on last Friday fought a gale for five hours, and her compass com-pass and wireless apparatus were put out of commission. Shortly after midnight YSednesday the hurricane hit the Etrurla. The liner s speed was reduced and she ogged only .171 miles, as against 464, her best day s run on the trip. The Philadelphia also got her share of t bad weather. |