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Show STEAMER PLAYS I TAG if DEATH 1 CAPTAIN RELATES EXPERIENCED WITH A TYPHOON AND A FLOATING MINE. CHINESE COAST IS THE SCENE Lookout of Vessel Sights Engine of IH War Just Before Storm Comes l Up Passes Over Boat on Crest of Wave. IH Now York. CnpL Lars Andorson ot l tho Norwegian trnmn steamer Eklund put Into tho port of Chofoo on tho north China const nwhllo ago with a tala about how hla ship had played tug with a floating mlno nnd a typhoon out off tho arm of tho Llaotuug pcnln- Tho cxpcrlcnco of tho Norwegian captain wns novel not becauso It combined tho typhoon nnd tho float-Ing float-Ing mlno. Other ships In tho China sen up between Shantung and Korea hnvo struck tho deadly ongtnes sown by tho ItiiBslnns and Japnncso nllko during tho war. Although tho, war 'has been over two years, floating mines nro still bobbing up In tho HH paths of ships: HJ According to Cnpt. Anderson tho Kkltind wns out of Chlnnnmpo, HH Korea, bound for Tnku, whon about two o'clock on the first afternoon tho lookout on tho brldgo sighted the Moating mlno oft to tho starboard nbout half n mllo ahead. Tho glass hnd boon falling rapidly all after-noon after-noon nnd Cnpt. Andorson know that n typhoon was coming up out oC tho southonBt. Tho roaring column of wind struck tho Eklund within ton minutes after tho mlno had been sighted. For tho noxt throo hours Capt. Andorson nnd his crow of 20 woro casting dlco with death ovory mtnuto. If tho typhoon didn't sink them thoy wero cortnln that tho mlno would, only ono death would ho quicker than the It was Inky black all about and tho rnln fell In torrents. Capt. An-tlorson An-tlorson and two sailors lashed thorn-selves thorn-selves to tho rigging away up noar tho noso of tho boat to keep an oyo The Mine Went Right Over the Ship. opon for tho mlno. Tho rest ot tho crow simply wont below, battoncd down .hatches und waited to hear tho crack of doom. Tho captain tiod hlmsolf to tho stanchions of tho brldgo whero his hands could reach tho cnglno room signals. Doforo tho storm had boon on for nn hour Capt. Andorson suddenly saw both lookouts at tho bow turn in tholr placo nnd frantically slgnnl, holding up tholr hands and pushing thorn away from them with tho violence ot dosporntlon. Andorson promptly pulled tho signal for rovcrsed ongtneH nnd although tho boat was only going nt half spcod It slnckoncd so suddenly thnt It began to loso head. Tho bow slowed, and thon a great comber roso up. alongside nnd crlnklod high ovor tho starboard rail. The captain cast ono hasty Innco at tho wavo and tried to right' his bow so ns HH to moot It. Ho wasn't quick enough. mfSi Tho wavo camo and with it tho mlno. "Thoro tho thing snt on tho top of It tho wavo," said Cnpt. Andorson, In dotnlllng tho ndventuro afterward. "It mfa looked llko a hedgehog all curled up !"M? and nsleop, with tho glass prickles thfiC sticking out In nil directions. To - JMft break ono of thoso tubos of glass Sm & tubes would bo to sot off enough gun- fly? cotton to blow tho ship In silvers. fV "I saw tho wavo curl, with tho mlno right at tho crest, then it broko and camo down ovor tho starboard rail. About 40 tons of wntor, moro or less, -fi-hlt tho bow nnd shoved our noao un- hi dor until the wntor camo up to tho vaii brldgo. JlsS "I thought wo woro novor going to ;7Ji como up. And, sir, thnt mlno went WjU right ovor tho boat on tho top of thn wnvo, passing so uenr the brldgo that BS I could havo roached out and touched mm It. It slowed off tho port rail and dls- J) appeared behind tho uhlp." That was all tho captain of the Eklund saw of tho floating mlno, 'M When tho typhoon passed ho found tho two lookouts, still lashed to their posts, doad. Otherwlso tho ship and her crow wore unhurt. |