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Show II STEAMERS I COLLIDE Seminole and Corcoran Meet in Heavy Fog and Both Turn Turtle San Francisco, Feb M The river m earners Seminole and H J CorcoF-nn. CorcoF-nn. the former with unmc 10 passen gers aboard, cftmc together in a hiv fog on the bay today and both turned tunlo. There wa no Iorh of life Th-Seminole's Th-Seminole's paencers and crew WSJ5 taken off b) steamers railed to her aid by her whistle and the Corcoran s crew also escaped before the bo.T turned over. I J it wa first reported the Seminole ' had gone dow n The w reckage was found later, however, bottomsldp no ' an anchor dropped when she ups holding her mralnt the tide The i Corcoran vv.-is last seen in the foe', thai shrouded the C.oldeti Gate drift-ing drift-ing to sen wrong side up Half a doy ' en steamers are In pursuit as the der-1 ellct Is imperiling navigation In th"J channel The Corcoran, a river freighter,! rammed the Seminole, cutting her nearly In half. No explanation of the I accident was given by the crew of i the former, under instructions from their captain not tn talk. The Corcoran carried $fiii.Wln In go'd bullion, which probably Is Still 1 I In the hulk. |