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A SINGULAR STORY,

... He next served in the FowerfuI, 74, on the Mediterranean station, under the present Admiral Dmndac, and after leaving that ship he joined the mercantile marine, and served in it up to the commencement of the Russian war when he reoentered the royal navy ...

THE THAMES DISASTER, SEPTEMBER 3, 1878

... prayer, DMingling with dying groan and sbrisk of pain; Cold, quivering krisses, born of black despair, And the fast-sinking ship wvas dashed in twvain ! Then youth and age, the timid and the brave, God's creatures all, were struggling in the wave And then ...

A RACE WITH THE TIDE

... channel is the great Salthouse bantk, a sandy I tract dreaded by the watchful mariner in stormy weather, and where many a good ship has been stranded to its destruction. Twice a day the I I sea water covers the bank and the inner shore, and when the tide ...

MISCELLANEOUS REAIND FROM CURRET LITERATURE

... -vholesale manufaoturer of artioles used on ships' decks, autlh aa buclkcets, lamps, fog-horns, and so forth, was one morning chatting on board one of his vessels, when a workman, wvho had brought someo things to the ship! shyly but smilingly approached his master ...

A LADY'S TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA

... she was actually bound for the Coast. They had expected her to leave the ship at Las P-almas, and could scarcely believe their eyes when they saw her aboard again when the ship sailed south. They soon got into the track of the north-east trade-winds, ...

GOSSIP WITH THE CHILDREN

... totally lost, and the whole crow drowned, with the exception of the master, who happened to be on shore. ''he Russian brig Marigo, was lost in the harbour, and one man was drowned, while a large dredger capsized and ten men were drowned. The shipping sustained ...

GOSSIP WITH THE CHILDREN

... vast multitudes of the inhahitants, who oneeoeo hoe and the approaching ship with every demzonrt.at. of welcome. The cheering was indeed quite deaoellin when he stepped from the ship and took his place b, a his sister's Side. Kernels of last week's nuts ...

CREAM OF CURRENT LITERATURE

... Billy just a5-yted-bsing up on saval etiquette Been ractisilug since you joined the shiP? asked ?? ir, I Haven't ben 'practising'much,, said DiII a you handle this ship as if you'd steer.d be- fo -- said Brownson. ylst sir, said Billy, I have. A a ...

MISCELLANEOUS READINGS FROM CURRENT LITERATURE

... employed again save as a ?? ship-snen do not like her. Another unlucky ship is the Howe. Shoe went: ashore and sank at Ferrol. Subsewuently she was raised and refloated; but her bad luck elings to ker; she is the worst.ship pf her batch to manage. By ...

THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF 1851

... offered to advance the money subscribed or guaranteed for the purpose of collecting the various materials intended to be shipped, the subscribers, believing that the articles forwarded, both curious and useful, will find a ready- market in England, after ...

THEATRICAL DISPUTE

... succeeded in apprehending 20 men, including the proprietors, Bannell and Pisher. They also seized a number of betting books. SHIPPING DISASTERS. The screw steamer Aurora, on leaving Hartlepool on Wednesday evening, struck on the rocks and sprang a leak. She ...

SELECTIONS FROM THE NEW REVIEWS & MAGAZINES

... for the Turk took fire, aod his horning th e ered mainmwast fell on hoard Spiritoff's ship, witich also became ccel Iii. wrapped in flames; and in ten utinutes both ships blew up. divi erer I leave You to judge, says Mactkeuizia, 1of the'dreadful site ...