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Show SEADISASIE1 j AVERTEO BY 03L ; Liners at Sea in Storm Avoid Collision By Only Few Yards i NEW YORK. Oct. 5. Bearing SCABS o' .i battle wiin mountainous seas e el a 100-mi(e-ah-nour hurricane, in I which collision with the Atlantic transport ilnr Menominee was averted avert-ed only by a few yards, while both were helpless In the storm, the Red Star liner Gothland re.ii bed port Wednesday two sftd s half days late. M MLEXU 1 OF tl VVE.S Captain lt-no Bastln, the Gothland's Goth-land's skipper, attributed the miraculous miracu-lous escape from a sea tragedy te he I1SC e,f Oil. At tbe heillt !)' MOr.1t September 26, lil ship was drifting and rolling and pitching lu the heavy -t (mM tisttnir as much rs 4 J degrees, he said, when the Mcnomlhi . .0nieu Hearing down oi Ihe Gr-t bland. "Lu.th ships were at the mercy ot the waves," Captain Rastin i elated. I i reverS d my engines and ordered oil poured overboard. It was a relief when both vessels Slid past each ether with less than seven yards between them." WAVES 50 FEET HIGH. The- Gothland's passengers were kept In their quarters tuic! all. nee 3-j 3-j sary life saving precautions were I taken In event of a trash. Life boats I could not save lives In such a n a, 1 however the snip's officers said. They estimated the height of Tii waves I thct swept the vessel for- and :t ft at 50 feet. I None of the passengers, many of I them women and children, suffered ! Injuries although tossed about for two i days and nlcrlit Life boats were j smubhed in their da- l.s, benches on 1 the promenade deck were washed I away. the. anchor fastenings were torn loose, the peak sprung a leak and a I winch was ripped from the ! cli |