Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 285W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Two hundred and fifty feet . Up in the conning - tower the signalman secured a firm lashing on the upper hatch . Otherwise it would fly open under pressure and possibly fracture . “ Get the main engines ready , ” I told the Chief ...
Two hundred and fifty feet . Up in the conning - tower the signalman secured a firm lashing on the upper hatch . Otherwise it would fly open under pressure and possibly fracture . “ Get the main engines ready , ” I told the Chief ...
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“ Fifty feet , ” came the cry from below , and I paid out a few inches of the lashing . “ Stand - by main engines ! ” “ Forty feet . ” We were coming up fast now . “ Thirty - five feet . ” At thirty feet by the gauge I released the ...
“ Fifty feet , ” came the cry from below , and I paid out a few inches of the lashing . “ Stand - by main engines ! ” “ Forty feet . ” We were coming up fast now . “ Thirty - five feet . ” At thirty feet by the gauge I released the ...
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“ Twenty feet , " I heard , as I secured the clips of the hatch , “ Twenty - five feet - thirty feet . ” We were going down at a biggish angle by the bow . “ Three hundred feet , " I ordered , “ and hard a - port .
“ Twenty feet , " I heard , as I secured the clips of the hatch , “ Twenty - five feet - thirty feet . ” We were going down at a biggish angle by the bow . “ Three hundred feet , " I ordered , “ and hard a - port .
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Contents
A DAY IN BOURNEMOUTH BY ALICE MASSIE | 96 |
ADVENTURE WITH WALKING HAT BY S VON P AND R C M | 530 |
A GO AT THE SOUTH FACE BY BARNEY DICKINSON | 570 |
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