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Show j u ORPHANS INJURED AS SHIPS COLLIDE CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2. (By the Associated Press ) Two thousand Christian orphans and tvo American reip.r workers were Imperiled today when the steamship Belpravlan chartered char-tered by the Near East relief collided With the transatlantic liner New York at the western entrance of tno Bos-phorus. Bos-phorus. Allied ships, dispatched hurriedly to the scene, reported that many children chil-dren were Injured but that no lives were lost Doctors and nurses were sent from the Near East headquarters in re to attend Uie Injured. The New York carried no passengers Reports received here declare panic reigned among the children In the Impact, Im-pact, Which tore away tho: bridge and foremast of the Belgravian. sloshed tho lifeboats and loosened seven of the vessel's plates. Tho steamers wireless apparatus was also put out of commission. The American relief workers aboard :m Paul Betts, Towanda. Pa. and Miss Elizabeth Murltr of Hartford, Coon, |