New York, Aug. 27
The White Star liner Arabic, Which arrives here in a few hours from Hamburg, has sent a wireless message requesting that eight am-balances be prepared for passengers who were injured when a hurricane struck and damaged the vessel last night.
Aug." 28, Terrible experiences in a tropical hurricane age reported by liners ex.iving here.
Fifty-two persons were injured on board the White Star liner taken to hospital. ited The captain states that a huge wave struck the starboard shaft bridge and threw -100 scream. ing women, men and children in a heap into 'a corner of the main lounge mixed with articles of furniture, paintings, tapestries - and chunks of class from broken portholes, The flood rushed the deck, jerashing lifeboats, twisting stanchions and virtually filling every cabin of the two upper decks. Semi-p reigned while the storm was at* its height. It is stated that rough treatment was required' to quieten immigrants.
Star Liner Homeric was also caught in the storm. She had eight persons injured and suffered damage to her super-structure, The Giuseppe Verdi escaped with several smashed lifeboats and portholes.
A hurricane of mountainous seas swept the whole Atlantic seaboard ing ships to shelter in New York Harbour, which is crowded mth, wenels—Reuter's "American
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