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Show Crossed Ocean on Raft. Jeremiah Mullane, last member of the trio that won fume In the summer of 1807 when they arrived In Southampton, Southamp-ton, England, after n -i.'l-dny trip from New York on u life raft equipped with n sail, died recently In l'lissale, N, J ut the age of seventy-eight. dipt. John Mikes and George Miller, both of New York, who made the trip with Mullane, died several years ago. Their raft, the Nonpareil, was only i2 feet long and 11! feet wide, mill their Buccessrul trip across the Atlantic was hailed throughout the wiyld n.s a great feat and won favor for the men with Queen Vlctorln. |