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Show I FOUR MEN LOSE I LIVES BY DROWNING ? K NORFOLK, Va Jan. 10. Capt. Bi Charles Miller and three men, coni- K posing the crow of the bargo Ala- & mba, went down with their vessel, ' Jive miles east of Cape Lookout, Mon- day morning. Norfolk heard the news 'f, today when Capt. W. L. Harman and ? three men, the rescued crew of tho J barge Pocomoke, were brought In. t The Alamba and Pokoraoko woro la ' turf of the tug Margaret bound from j New York to Savannah, when they ij struck a terriffic northwest galo Mon- day morning. The tug was forced to ' abandon the barges. High seas beat over 'the helpless vessels -nnd they filled rapidly. Tho British steamer CHxcrgovo discovered, ihe barges and endeavored to send aJIfcbont to their assistance but tho seas wore so high that the boat was swamped. LIfo preservers then were thrown to the men on the Pocomoke who Jumped Into tho freezing water and woro pulled on board the British ship with ropes. In tho meastimo the Alamba had disappeared. oo |