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... steamers are cross- ing the Atlantic Ocean all the year round . Some are huge vessels , well - appointed and well - manned ; others are small craft that seem scarcely fit for so vast a voyage , for it is three thousand miles , more or ...
... steamers are cross- ing the Atlantic Ocean all the year round . Some are huge vessels , well - appointed and well - manned ; others are small craft that seem scarcely fit for so vast a voyage , for it is three thousand miles , more or ...
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... steamers , yachts , boats , and all manner of craft went down the bay to see them off , with universal huzzahing and with playing of the " Star - spangled Banner " and " Yankee Doodle . " The " Henrietta " ran 235 miles in the first ...
... steamers , yachts , boats , and all manner of craft went down the bay to see them off , with universal huzzahing and with playing of the " Star - spangled Banner " and " Yankee Doodle . " The " Henrietta " ran 235 miles in the first ...
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... steamers perpetually going to and fro , and although the passage is usually safe with good ships and good seamanship , yet it is liable to many of " the dangers of the deep . " In the old times , when only sailing ships were known ...
... steamers perpetually going to and fro , and although the passage is usually safe with good ships and good seamanship , yet it is liable to many of " the dangers of the deep . " In the old times , when only sailing ships were known ...
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... steamer that crossed the Atlantic was the " Sirius , " in 1838 , the year after the accession of Queen Victoria . In the year 1841 the first great disaster occurred , in the mysterious and still unexplained disappear- ance of the ...
... steamer that crossed the Atlantic was the " Sirius , " in 1838 , the year after the accession of Queen Victoria . In the year 1841 the first great disaster occurred , in the mysterious and still unexplained disappear- ance of the ...
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... steamer " Ferdinand Van der Taelan , " Captain Catloor , was laid to on the night of the 18th ult . , owing to the presence of ice in the Atlantic . At daybreak , the weather being clear and very cold , a tremendous iceberg was observed ...
... steamer " Ferdinand Van der Taelan , " Captain Catloor , was laid to on the night of the 18th ult . , owing to the presence of ice in the Atlantic . At daybreak , the weather being clear and very cold , a tremendous iceberg was observed ...
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