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Show IMPRISONED IN SHIP'S BOTTOM New York. July 19. Aftor being Imprisoned In tbe cellular double bottom bot-tom of the battleship Connecticut in the Brooklyn navy yard for nearly a dav. Alexander Wyriek. a seaman on the ship, la at the naval hospital, overcome over-come by exposure to the fumes of fresh paint" ' ' Wyriek had been at work In tho compartment cleaning and painting. His. companions answered the mess call at supper time and tho manholes of the compartments were cloned. His absence was overlooked until the next day. when men were uent lnty the spaces-between the outer and Inner In-ner shell of the ship to search for him. He was thought to be dead when h companion found hJm unconscious in a newly painted compartment, but vigorous .wyrti when be was dragged Iroiifv his cramped " quarters and brought on deck, resulted In some signs of life. j ' ' . , I |