Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 205; Volume 208W. Blackwood, 1920 - Scotland |
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... soon came to the conclusion that the best course was to go and see on the spot what salvage work there was to be done . The Admiralty and the Ministry of Shipping were ready to encourage British enterprise , for they had a natural ...
... soon came to the conclusion that the best course was to go and see on the spot what salvage work there was to be done . The Admiralty and the Ministry of Shipping were ready to encourage British enterprise , for they had a natural ...
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... soon as possible . There was a sloop - one of the " Flower " class - calling at Onega and going on from there to Popoff , whence I could get to Soroka by train . While in Archangel I had heard stories of mutinies of Russian troops and ...
... soon as possible . There was a sloop - one of the " Flower " class - calling at Onega and going on from there to Popoff , whence I could get to Soroka by train . While in Archangel I had heard stories of mutinies of Russian troops and ...
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... soon known on board . The effect was dis- quieting . The men were al- ready " fed up . " They had been working six weeks at Soroka , which had no amuse- ments to offer them , and they now had large sums of money in their pockets which ...
... soon known on board . The effect was dis- quieting . The men were al- ready " fed up . " They had been working six weeks at Soroka , which had no amuse- ments to offer them , and they now had large sums of money in their pockets which ...
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... soon drinking hot tea and rum with them . This was very welcome , but it could not relieve our anxiety as to the state of affairs aboard the wreck in our absence . Perhaps , however , it stimulated us to make the de- cision we did ...
... soon drinking hot tea and rum with them . This was very welcome , but it could not relieve our anxiety as to the state of affairs aboard the wreck in our absence . Perhaps , however , it stimulated us to make the de- cision we did ...
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... soon close up to her . Both of us felt suddenly as though we must be living in some nightmare world remote from reality . The ship was there , and yet there was some extraordinary change in her which we could not under- stand . Then we ...
... soon close up to her . Both of us felt suddenly as though we must be living in some nightmare world remote from reality . The ship was there , and yet there was some extraordinary change in her which we could not under- stand . Then we ...
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