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Show jSHIP Bills-! Bills-! HORROR STORY Cries of Women During Turk Pillage Heard Far From Shore NEW YORK, Oct. 10 A tale of Ihorror regarding the Turkish entry Into Smyrna and the destruction of (the city by fire was told bv Captain J M W;ili. rs of the American steam-Hblp steam-Hblp Winona, which arrived here Monday Mon-day after having landed many refugees 'at Greek ports. The Winona last ship to dock at Smyrna, under Greek rule was tied up at her dock Inside the breakwater at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of September Sep-tember 13, when the heat became so intense that Captain Walters, standing on the bridge, had his hair singe, Then the Winona moved outside the breakwater but did not actually leave port until 2:30 the next morning H. L,. Lehmann, purser, and other ship officers said that with the ships' tied up at her dock, tnoat on deck Witnessed Wit-nessed the most horrible incidents. In the darkness of night the screams of women cumen rror.i the Jewish and I Armenian quarters so loudly that they were easily heard by those on board j the Winona, which was anchored a mile and a half from shore. The next night it was the same. In th.-darkness th.-darkness scores of Armenians swam! out to the ship and sent Up cries that I the Turks were killing their people, j The next day those on board saw R large band of men move down a hill that overlooked the city, where they were slaughtered by Turkish troops the purser said |