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Show Rise HIS LITE TOAVOID DELAY FW YORK, Hept. ft. The atorv of the heroism of a ateamahip officer who rirked. bia life in order that hit veaael bftuld not b delayad, waa told heren tha arrival from Liverpool of the be lated f'unard liner f'armania. Two daya after leaving Viiecnatnrn. tha rhief engineer found that aome aeri-ona aeri-ona naaehaniral trouble had developed in the center tnrhine. Tn ord to nee the remain. ng turbine It waa neceaaary to gr into tha drum of tha renter fur bina and ahnt aoma doora. Tha engine war topped and there waa in prospect a wait of aeverat houra whila tba renter turbine fooled off enough for man to enter it. It waa then that Third Kngineer A. C Met'ndeheon volunteered to go into the manhole and do the aeeeaeary work with wrench and hammer. The ther mo meter ahowed H degreee at the mouth of tha manhole, but the young engineer entered the turbine and stayed inaide ire minutes. Ha then came nut for air and returned afain four times. He stayed ia the temperature for aome twenty miautee ia all. Later 4'aptain Iow called him to hia cabin and formally for-mally commended him for hia bravery. |