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Show CELTIC SAFE IN A BRITISH PORT NEW YORK. April 21 The big fWbite Star line steamship Celtic.' which was torpedoed a day or two ago while on a voyage to the United States, has reached a British port safely. Information that the Celtic had been a victim of submarine attack was re-'celved re-'celved here yesterday, but no details, vrerc sent other than that efforts were hping made to save her from sinking. That these efforts -were successful was welcome new? as it meant that one of llie biggest transports in allied service was still available The Celtic is a vessel ves-sel of 20,000 tons ?nd her destruction would have bepn equivalent to the loss of a half dozen vessels such as ordi- ' narily fall victims 10 the German submarines. sub-marines. While lacking knowledge of the ex- tent of the damage siista m 1 by the Celtic, officers of the White Star line here felt confident she soon would be in commission again. |