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Show oo -jH VULTURE FOLLOWS DISTRESSED SHIP MIAMI. Fla . Sept 13 - Many hour before the storm which sunk the Ward liner Corydon In the Bahamas rhan-Del rhan-Del Tuendaj morninc with it lo - of rS twenty -aeren lives, a vulture followed the hhlp and perched on her -par)-. while a panic-stricken crew believed in the superstitions of the sea were convinced that they were doomed. Such is the story brought here by eicht of the crew who were ."3 hour vaH adrift on an upturned boat, battered rl and bruised and without food or water. All day Sunday as tbe ship pursued her way in calm seas and light wind, Jl the great bird bovered overhead. Sunday meht nnd Monday tbe Cory- . don -lajfRered through the smashing M ej- Monday night eery member of the crew w:im engaged In a desperate battlt There was no food as the galley and provision rooms were flooded. Tuesday morning they lost control of tbe ship, the wireless an-paratua an-paratua v. i and no wM S. 0. S. calls could be sent out. IJ When the vessel went under, the r American.. In tbe crew kept their heads and saved the lives of some H i others of tbe 36. |