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Show NO TRACE OF SHIP NINA Fears Expressed That the Tug and Crew Are Lost "Washington, Feb. 15. An atmosphere atmos-phere of gloom pervaded the navy department de-partment today, when the messages received over nlshl failed to disclose any worl .cgardlng the whereabouts of the missing army tug Nina with its crew of 32. The officials appear to have lost hojie of any of the men being be-ing alive. The commander of the scout-cruiser Salem end revnuo cutter Apache both reported that their search during the night had been fruitless. During tho day naval officials became be-came satisfied that tho .Nina did not procoed on its voyage any further north than Fcnwlck island light vessel, ves-sel, off tho coast of Delaware, and orders accordingly wero given to abandon the search of tho districts north of that territory. |