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Show HUT NO DANGER Wrecked' Corsican on Way to Liverpool For Repairs Montreal, Aug. 14. The Allan line officials say the steamer Corsican, which on Monday collided with, an iceberg, ice-berg, Is now on her way to Liverpool, and that there are no grounds for believing she wns more seriously injured in-jured than at first reported General Passenger Agent George Manna said he had recched word that the Corsican moved on this rnorntng. She was at noon today, when tho Inquiries In-quiries were mndc out of touch with thc wireless stations on the Gulf of St Lawrence. Fog was undoubtedly the cause of her delay, it was said, after tho ship "H truck an lecberk. The gqlf signal Btation xcports, which last night gave the position of the Corsican as 120 miles east of Bello Isle, in company with the Lako Cham-plain Cham-plain the boats reporting that they were ip "no danger" this morning did not mention either steamer, though dense fog at nearly all gulf points is announced. Tho explanation given hero for the prcsenco of the Lake Champlaln near the Corsican Is that after making her way to the Allan liner, whon she first heard that the accident had occurred, she was unable to continue on her trip because of tho fog. This afternoon the Allan line officers offi-cers received tho following message from Captain Cook of the Corsican: "The weather has cleared. Corsl-san Corsl-san proceeding at about half speed. Absolutely no cause for alarm; holo In stop five feet above the water line." The dlmonslon6 of the holo in the Corsican will be wired to Liverpool, so that plates can be prapared and fitted when she arrjves. 00 |