Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 316William Blackwood, 1974 - England |
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Page 61
... carried the full complement of 2,026 passengers , the officers and crew numbered 1,285 . There were 24 life - boats , each licensed to carry 145 persons . Steaming at 28 knots , the Mary used 228,500 gallons of oil fuel daily . Her best ...
... carried the full complement of 2,026 passengers , the officers and crew numbered 1,285 . There were 24 life - boats , each licensed to carry 145 persons . Steaming at 28 knots , the Mary used 228,500 gallons of oil fuel daily . Her best ...
Page 62
... carried over sixteen and a half thousand soldiers at a time on her Atlantic crossings . An interesting catering sidelight was the military instruction to the chef : to cook two eggs for every soldier on board each morning . And it is ...
... carried over sixteen and a half thousand soldiers at a time on her Atlantic crossings . An interesting catering sidelight was the military instruction to the chef : to cook two eggs for every soldier on board each morning . And it is ...
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... carried a bundle of blankets , and under one arm , a rooster , its legs tied with string and its eyes bright with astonishment and fear at the strange way in which its day was beginning . In the other hand she carried a billy - can ...
... carried a bundle of blankets , and under one arm , a rooster , its legs tied with string and its eyes bright with astonishment and fear at the strange way in which its day was beginning . In the other hand she carried a billy - can ...
Contents
NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS BY R HUDSON SMITH | 113 |
A BENGAL MAGISTRATE IN THE 1860s BY W HARWOOD LONG | 167 |
A CIVIL SERVANT IN WARTIME BY R KELFCOHEN | 404 |
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