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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1928.

THE KITANO MARU COLLISION.

FIVE JAPANESE SEAMEN

INJURED.

PASSENGER'S STORIES.

· St. Stephan's Cathedral in

gan in the world. Consecrated to its lofty purpose amid the The Orient liner Otranto, and strains of A. Bruckner's "Mans," the Japanese steamship Kitano only last. Whitsun, it is a wonder- Maru were in collision in the North ful wark Alted with avery con-Sea on August 11th as reported at ceivable new device known to or the time. Fuller details are given gan builders.

below

Both put back to port, the Otranto to Immingham and the Japanese vessel to Hull. The Otranto's cruise was abandoned, her passengers being sent back to the places which they had left only n short timo before.

It consists of a main organ and four subsidiary organe, all opera- ted from the consol, of the prin- ciple structure. Owing to its dif- ferent situation, each of the five atructures gives its own charge ter to the music by modifying the None of the Otrato's passengers timbre of the notes. The smallest or crew was hurt, but five Japanesu and most distant of the supple-seamen were injured, mentary organs is built above the The collision took place about vaulted ceiling; it has 13 different nine o'clock, when the Otranto was registers whose notes. soar about 60 miles from Spurn. it was through the cathedral 30 meters still light at the time, and the above the heads of the congrega-collision was witnessed by many of the passengers on the decks of

tion.

The entire complex structure

LOST IN STONE AGE FLINT PITS.

24 HOURS ORDEAL OF MAN AND WOMAN.

Captain A. W. Orgill, Indian

Army, and his sister, Miss Joan Orgill, of Garboldisham, Norfolk, have just had the unpleasant. ex- perionca of being lost for 24 hours In the winding, underground tunncis known as Grimes Graves, at Weeting, Norfolk. They havo been rescued, none the worse, by a policeman, who was one of a search party.

Grimes Graves, which are owned by the Forestry Commission, wero the mines where the flint workers of the Stone Age. obtained their materials. Within 20 acres thers are 254 deep pits joined by a maze of tunnels.

Captain Orgill act out with his gister to explore the .. passages. They lowered themselves with a rope into one of the pits and, en- tering the passages, had gone only short way when their candie went

öut.

out.

OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Horizontal

1 Distinct proviso in a formal

document (pl.) 7 Leaven.

They struck matches, but word the Orient liner. The vessels, it unable to find the way back, and 11 What mammal belongs to the appars, struck each other head on, then their supply of matches gave

"Equidno" family? and both of their stems were

12 Sound of a hell. twisted, the Japanese steamer At 11.80 that night, Sergeant 14 Dad. being more seriously damaged, Bownninn, of Brandon, receiving 16 Piccolo. chiefly below the water line.

a message that the couple were 16 480 sheets of paper. missing, organised a police search 17 Revolver. party, and throughout the night 18 Long bench in a church. the neighbourhood of Grimes Graves was scoured.

possesses 16,105 pipes covering 10 octaves, which is almost double that of most planos. The longest of these pipes has a height of 11.3 meters; a diameter of 1/2 n

According to one of the offers meter and a weight of over 6 cwt. of the Kitano Maru, the Otranto Most of the pipes are flue-pipes, rebounded from her, and struck her but. about 2,000 are read-pipes. again in the same place, and then There are five keyboards or swung round at the stern and manuals, 84 stops, 16 pedals, 6 collided with the stern of the swell pedals and two roll pedals. Kitino Maru. Captain Woods, n The wires by means of which all North Sea pilot of Middlesburgh, these work have an aggregate was on board the Japanese ship length of about 700 kilometers. when, the collision occurred,

Sir Lionel Earle's Account. The organist is no longer fore- ed to pull laboriously at the stop-

Among those on the passenger handles; ho has merely to press a list of the Otranto were Admiral button or a key and the pasange Sir Colin Keppel and Lady Keppel, for the wind is opened electric-General Sir William Liddell and Jully.

Lady Liddell, Sir Harry Haward, The hellows supply altogether the Hon. Selina Portman, Sir 100 cubic meters of compressed Thomas and Lady Smethurst, and Earle, Permanent nir per minute. The register of Sir Lionel the main organ is arranged in 6 Secretary to the Office of Works, rown one above the other.

who was making a semi-official trip to Norway.

A wonderful gradalion of tone can be obtained by means of the seven swell-pedals. Of these, five are blind swells, each of which opens and shuts the blinds of a closed chest so that the sound can be strengthened or diminished at will. The two others are roll awell pedals which sound whole of the register in rapid succession and in the order their strength.

The passengers from the Otranto arrived at Marylebone Station by two special trains. From then accounts of their experiences in the collision were obtained. Sir Lionel Earle's narrative was especially rraphic.

Unavailing Search.

The searchers failed to find any

10 What is any species of the animal family "Ursidno" called? 20 Vehicle.

31 Abbreviation for "postscript"

the "Corvidao" family? trace of the explorers, and at five 22 What ruminant mammals form o'clock on the following morning.23 Vergo. they suspended operations and re- 25 od turned to Brandon. More helpers 20 What animal belongs to the were obtained and with spades and "Capra" family? горез they returned to Grimes 27 Loose carth.

Graves.. Another long search fol-28 What is the typical bird of the lowed and Captain Orgill's motor- "Corvus" family? cycle was found near the mouth of 29 Alleged force producing hypno- one of the pits,

tlam.

You and me.

Police constable Gilham was 30 Price, lowered and he began a systematic 31 To ramble. search of the passages. In a quar-32 Curso. tor of an hour he found the miss-33 Unit. Ing couple and led them back to 34 Side brambl of a feather. daylight. They had lost count of 3 Caterpillar hair. time and were under the impres-137 What is the typical animal of slon that it was midnight,

the "Lepus" family. Captain and Miss Orgill were 38 What animal belongs to the away from home when a Press re- "Ovis" family?

called, but Ulfeira DecorOUS, presentative mother said they were none the 40 Rear ends of vessels. worse for their experience.

"My son had been to Grimes "We were at dinner," he said,Graves before," anid Mrs. Orgill,

the the "when

collision occurred, "but he thought he would like to There was a terrific impact, and look round them again, so he and glass and china were thrown over his sister went there. They were the tables. In a second thero was in a small tunnel when the candle anether impact, not so severe as went out, and they lit matches the first.

to help, in finding a way out.

of

There are still about 2,000 Imitle- helds pilgrimm in France, most dr them belonging to the parties which were held up in the Channel owing to fog.

LETTER GOLF.

It's easy to play LEFT HAND letter golf, regardless of whether you're right or left-handed. Par is four.

LEFIT

"Several people rushed upstairs Their mutches came to an end and and put on lifebelts. None of us they lost their way in the dark- knew the extent of the damage,ness. but most people, including the women, behaved with remarkable coolness,

"When we went upstairs we saw that our yeasel's bows had been badly damaged. Luckily the sea was calm ni the time.

"We remained stationary for about half an hour while the extent of the damage was ascertained, and then returned slowly to Grimsby, which we reached about five o'clock in the morning, and anchored,

certain amount of consternation there was no panic. Our bows were crumpled up like paper, bul the Japanese boat was in an even worse condition."

Mr. G.

Another passenger, Smith, of Newcastle, was with his wife in the ship's dining room' when the collision startled them.

"For a moment," said Mr. Sinith, "the ship seemed to shiver. The The worst of the whole business light from the portholes on one is the inconvenience caused. Most side was obscured. We could see of the passengers, like myself, had the side of another ship through Rent their servants away, and have the ports. It struck us, but quito practically no home to return to.lightly, and for a moment seemed "I shall have to go home and to come- to rest alongsile, Wo pig it," added Sir Lionel, with a could look right through the other augh. "In my own case it is parti- boat's portholes into the cablas. cularly unfortunate. I had arThere was a confusion of scared ringed to do some official work in faces.

Norway. I had even chartered a Asked whether the accident special aeroplane for use there. would apoll his holiday, Mr. Smith Now everything is upset, it is laughed and said, "Oh, no! My

HAND hopeless to think of going there wife and I have already decided to

now,

"

go to Southsen instead!'

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1 Rough with short, tumultuous

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2 Divisions of the brain.

.3 In order.

4 To employ.

6 Point of compas.

6 A lance.

7 Sweet potato.

8 Delly,

9 To reject with disdain.

10 Light brown,

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117 Manner of walking.

119 Crooked,

120 The crop of a bird,

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26 ngacious,

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27 Parson

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32 Alc.

34 Baschall club.

35 Personal pronoun.

37 Exclamation of laughter,

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The Kitano Maru is a twin- pressing regret at the accident and in the port bow extended from the informing them that in the course foc'sle deck to below the water screw ship of 7,952 tons register, of a few days their passage' money line, and was fifteen feet wide at built in Japan for the Nippon Yusen Kab Shiki Kaishi (the Mr. H. J. Ward, a member of would be returned and also the fits broadest point.

The slip was down at the head Japan Mall Steamship. Company, the Council of the Federation of amount of their railway fares.

Limited) in 1909. Sho carries n The Dainaged Vessels, as she was brought into dock. Briifah Industries, who lives at

The Otranto fa one of the newest crow of 152 officers and men,

She was partly loaded for a voy- The Mill House, Farningham, Kent, The Kitano Maru reached Hull said that the force of the impact late in the afternoon. She was and most luxurious of the Orient was extremely great, and people towed up the river by two tugs, and line's oll-burning steamers, having age from Middlesbrough to the Far were thrown from one side of the her own pumps, supplemented by been built by Vickers at Barrow in East via Antwerp and London those of one of the tugs, were 1926. She is a twinscrew boat of Her cargo consisted of about two patsage-ways to the other.

steel. "Some people rushed for life-operated to cope with the inrush 20,000 tons and is commanded by thousand tons, mostly fron and hells, and although there was a of water into the forehold. A hole Captain Staunton.

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HELLO! WHATS IS? A SMOLDERING FIRE!! SOMEBODY MUST HAVE

BEEN AERE!

By Blosser

AND IT HASNT BEEN

SO LONG AGO THAT THEY. WERE HERE, BECAUSE THE FIRE IS STILL BURNING!!

I WONDER."