boat was blown asunder. When ties of iron and steel, cul- minating finally in a con- the ‘‘Houghton” finally dition nigh approaching moved down stream she a famine, thousands of men tore out like twigs the have bent their best ener- trees on the bank to which had been attached a gies to moving,… … formed the great proces- which carry the ore from the mines to the boats and sion of boats which, on September, which was unique in the history of navi- the morning of the raising of the blockade, stretched from the boats to the furnaces have worked energe- gation on the inland seas. One of the…
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