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Show INM TO HIED CRUISER IS SLIGHT 8AM niiJOO, Cal Jan. t. rubUahad raporta of tha damaa-a fc tha hall af taa armorod eruiaar California rav salad whan tha Taaaal waa dock ad at Mara hnand ara orach anaiaratad. aooaraina ta Admiral W. K. H. Boutharlaryl, eotnmandar of tna PaeUla float. Tho admiral amtad. aboard hla Aanahln, tha Cotorado, now la tha harbor, that tha navy dapanmant had known af tba Injury to tha Can ram ta for a raar and a half and had alao known that tha vaaaal eould aafaly oontlnua at aaa and maka numaraua lona voyaaaa. It ta not kuowti uat how or whan ftia tOO-toot dant In tha Cailfomla'a bottom waa ranalrad. It waa bafora AdmtraJ Southarland took oommand of tha float, and ta bhnucht to ba Um rnaiilt of tha pi naaura of a haavy vaaaal wtticti lay alonaalda for a oonaidarabla tlrna. |