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Show TOOK A CHANCE AND LOST. ' ' ' f '?Yl The wreck of .the Tetanic can be attributed to the intense? rivalry or the English and German steamship lines which prompted-', llip White" S't-ai- line officials to encourage,, a net the" officers of the t,hip to attempt, a record-breaking maiden voyage for the powerful vessel. - - & The captain of the ship selected the northern route whcnjic knew the path was through a field of ice of unusual extent and bergs of more than ordinary size, but he took a chance. lie was) speeding his ship after the icefield had been entered, and again lie took a chance, and lost ! That playing with Deaih in order to make a record cost oVcr 1,400 lives, according to the latest reports, only TOO persons, including in-cluding 140 members of the crew, being saved. |