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Show TERROR8 OF THE DEEP. Passengers on French Liner Hsvs Remarkable Experience. Now York. Tho French lino steam-or steam-or La Snvolo, rrom Havre, March 2, carrying more than 1,000 passengers, arrived horo after perhaps tho most sovoro experience ot tho trnns-Atlnn-tic llnora thnt havo recently reported rough wenthor at sea. Tho stoamir ran Into a series ot gales which Increased In violcnco until un-til Thursdny, when n monstor wave swept tho main deck and forced Captain Cap-tain Tournlor to bring his trembling craft to. Sho drifted eight hours ho-foro ho-foro tho voyngo could safely bo resumed. re-sumed. This wave, which measured, tho or-llcers or-llcers say, nbout fifty feet In height, broke over tho ship from tho forward port side. In k moment tons of wnter flooded tho vessel, shattering a heavy oak door which opened Into the corridor corri-dor outeldo tho smoking saloon. Great volumes of water rushed In, swept along tho corridor and then poured down tho grand stairway Into tho mnln dining saloon. The heavy Iron Btalrway loading from tho main deck down to tho promcundo dock was washed away with tho flood. Occupants Oc-cupants of tho smoking room wore thrown from their feet, and when, upon recovering thomsolves, thoy opened tho dcor to leant what had happened, tho water trom tho corridor rushed In upon them. It Invaded tho cabins nnd state rooms, ninny or them being flooded to a depth of several reet. |