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Show oo AMtKIlAN LINtK OTIESA MINE Steamship New York Meets Danger Five Miles Off Liverpool Liver-pool Bar No Casualties. WASHINGTON. April 10. Tho American liner New York struck a mine at 7:40 o'clock last night five miles off Liverpool bar. No casualties woro reported. Tho vessel later proceeded pro-ceeded to Liverpool. Consul Washington at Liverpool reporting re-porting the incident to the state department de-partment today said: "Tho American liner New York struck a mlnc-at 7:40 o'clock last night five miles off Liverpool bar. Company reports passengers landed at Liverpool, Liver-pool, except four, who are still on the ship. No casualties. Vessel proceeded proceed-ed undor own steam1 and Is now (1 o'clock this morning) entering her dock." Carried Passengers and Mall. NEW "ORK, April 10. Tho American Ameri-can line steamship New York left this port on March 29 for Liverpool with fifty-eight passengers and mall. The passengers Included seven American citizens. She carried a naval crew of gunners and was armed. The ship's crew of 23- men included 144 Americans. Ameri-cans. The American citizens who were passengers pas-sengers on the New York, with their addresses given when passage was secured, se-cured, wpre: John M. Curtis, Mrs. Maude Augusta Dowling and R. H. Gamble, New York City; Archor G. Jones and Mrs. Jonos, Richmond, Va.; Charles E. Gale, Philadelphia, Phil-adelphia, and Captain Lawrle, Eliza-both, Eliza-both, N. J. The New York Is commanded by Captain W. J. Roberts. The gun crew waff1 in charge of a naval lieutenant. The vessel, of 10.79S tons gross, wns tho third American passenger ship to leavo, armed, from a United States port. The New York docked safely at Liverpool Liv-erpool at 1 p. m. English time) and all passengers aro safe, according to a cablegram received here today by the American lino. The damage to the ( Continued on Page 6 ) I, AMEHMLIIf 5TMKEM MINE (Continued From Page 1) vessel was small, the message stated. The mine came in contact with the ship about 200 feet from the bow, but tho message did not say whether on thp port or starboard side. The bulkheads of the New York are longitudinal. There are fifteen of these compartments and the mine struck at hold No. 4, which has a cargo capacity of 209 tons. The cablegram said the damage was confined to this small space, no other compartment being injured. in-jured. It was stated here that so strongly Is the New York built in the construction construc-tion of its bulkheads that whenever a plate is removed for repair purposes it has to be dynamited and to this strength is attributed the small damage dam-age caused by tho mine. oo |