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Show MANY OCEAN LINERS LEAVE NEW YORK New York, April 4. Twenty-nine ocean-going steamships sailed out of New York harbor toda , the largest number to leave this port on Sunday in its history. Eight of the largest are bound to the European war zone, while two others are bound to Medi terranean ports The Cunarder Lusltania, largest of the fleet to sail, passed out at 7:83 o'clock in the morning twenty hours late. All these steamships were delayed de-layed in their sailings by Saturday's blizzard, which obscured sailing marks in the Ambrose ( hannel. Mosl of them spent the night anchored in the lower bay The American liner New York had Miereoded in navigating as far a6 the entrance to the channel and then dropped her anchor. At midnight her officers observed two barges drifting drift-ing to sea after they had been blown from their moorings by the storm Captain Roberts immediately sent a wireless message to the nav yard and the revenue cutter Mohawk was dispatched to rescue the two barges. They were located at 11 o'clcx-k this morning seven miles south of Scotland Scot-land light and towed back to the bay. All of the eight steamers bound for the war zone were earn ing lare car goes of supplies for the belligerent countries. The Duca d'Osta, a large Italian ship, is carrying supplies for the Italian government |