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Kronprinzessin Cecilie slips past warships to Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor residents followed a dramatic Atlantic voyage as the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, carrying 1454 passengers and 11.5 million dollars in gold and silver, steered toward the coast after leaving New York. Captain Polack Blinded by fog and wireless chatter, the ship turned back toward America to avoid French and British war vessels.
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Polack
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Bar Harbor
Maine
Sewell Haggard
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Cecelie
New York Harbor
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
High Seas
Atlantic
England
France
Russia
Germany
America
Kristof Kiefeber
American
Sayville
Marconi
United States
New York
Boston
Portland
C. Ledyard Blair
Blair Brothers, Bankers
Mr. Blair
D. C. Blair
Wall Street
Mr. Ledyard Blair