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Show - m -. -" - ' T . . " """"" Balfieship New Hampshire's: Stern Battered by Collision With Steamer i-t ..'.I." m . !! II ! !, , Pieto copyright, 1912, by American Presa Association. OFFICIALS of the Now York navy yard, where tlio battleship New rinmp-ehlro rinmp-ehlro was put In drydock after her recent cadllslon with tho Knll Klvcr lino stenmer Commonwcaitb, estimate that tho repairs to the bnttlo-Bhip bnttlo-Bhip will requlro two months ami will cost upward or $-10,000. Tho collision occurred In' Nnrragansett buy, and tho New llatnpshlre's stern plate on tho starboard side was Jammed In about four Inches, nml the pinto was ppruug. A court of Inquiry will report to Washington on the responsibility for the accident Officers of tho battleship charge that It was duo to tho high speed of tho s.Vatner through the fog thut.prcvnlled at the tltno. While tho Now Hampshire is out of commission her place In the (leet will bo taken by the Alabama, which has been out of commission for the past two years und which la now in the first reserve. |
