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Show YANKS WOULD FLEET 101 NEW YORK. Dec. 28 The visitors who throng the dreadnaughts and other oth-er naval craft at anchor in North river riv-er are finding the sailors uncommun-1 icativc in regard to their personal experiences ex-periences on the other side. However, How-ever, now and then a visitor is rewarded re-warded after much questioning with a story always about some one else. On the Nevada, Captain William C. Coie is hold in high esteem by his men. This is the reason, as related by a sailor and corroborated by oth -1 ers: ! "We were out in the North sea at nine o'clock in the morning when in the thick fog wc ran into a flock of cruisers. We set signals to show who we were but these cruisers did not answer. "Tho captain ordered us to show our signals once more and wc did, and when there was no answer he gave the order: 'Sound quarters, train all guns and open fire.'" Jus then, the sailor added sadly, the cruisers signalled that they belonged to the British grand fleet and the Nevada Ne-vada lost a chance to light the whole fleet single handed. Other members of the crew of the Nevada said those few early foggy mornings were the most "thrilling that they put in during the war. |