Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 239William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 591
... boat was quickly filled and the boat- swain had to bring his stretcher into play . With considerable difficulty , because drowning men were grasping the blades of the oars , they turned the boat round , found the Merida , and delivered ...
... boat was quickly filled and the boat- swain had to bring his stretcher into play . With considerable difficulty , because drowning men were grasping the blades of the oars , they turned the boat round , found the Merida , and delivered ...
Page 592
... boat . It heeled over to- wards the steamer ; the water flowed over its starboard gun- wale and it slowly submerged . A few strokes of the oars took the third officer's boat to where those who had struggled clear were swimming . They ...
... boat . It heeled over to- wards the steamer ; the water flowed over its starboard gun- wale and it slowly submerged . A few strokes of the oars took the third officer's boat to where those who had struggled clear were swimming . They ...
Page 594
... boat . Mr Byron felt dizzy ; down on the foredeck . A wild he was about to be sick , to disturbance was going on there , disgrace his manhood before but there was no panic beside his boat's crew , when there was the davits on the lower ...
... boat . Mr Byron felt dizzy ; down on the foredeck . A wild he was about to be sick , to disturbance was going on there , disgrace his manhood before but there was no panic beside his boat's crew , when there was the davits on the lower ...
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A BACKWASH OF WAR BY MAJOR GEORGE BRUCE | 44 |
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