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When word came that the women were to take to the boats, Miss Galletly went to the stateroom to secure some personal effects. She got them, but as she reached the deck again the vessel gave a heavy lurch and hurled the young woman against the rail, crushing in the left side of her face. She fell upon the deck and was picked up by Watson and others and laid in the boat. The blow was a terrible one, and Miss Galletly would have been most fortunate indeed to have recovered from it. |