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Show ONE MAN KILLED IN A COLLISION Tacoma, Wash,, Jan 13. One man was killed and two seriously hurt on the British steamer Strathalbyn which collided last night in Puget Sound with the American-Hawaiian liner Virginia. Jack Drcyel, seaman of Shetland Islands, Scotland, was killed kill-ed and his body lost when the bow of tho Stralhyalbyn was torn away Six men were playing cards in tho forecastle and had narrow escapes. Four firemen sleeping in their bunks aboe were thrown from the buns, two being seriously Injured. Tho whole forecastle and one bunk of tho firemen's cabin were torn away leaving a great hole 30 feet long In tho bow. Hold No 1 filled with water wa-ter and the Strathalbyn with a list of 75 degrees to starboard, limped Into Tacoma early today. The Virginian with several holes in her bow and side above tho water lino also was docked here. Captain Beecher, who v.'as pilot aboard the Strathalbyn., said: "If the collision between tho Virginian Vir-ginian and Strathalbyn had not occurred oc-curred there would havo boon a collision col-lision between the Strathalbyn and the steamer FJyer, which was nearby and aboard which there were a largo number of passengers |