The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 79
Halifax. Napiers engines were the 58 THE HISTORY OF NORTH ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION. perfection of workmanship, so much so that an American engineertold the writer that the Cambrians engines were so superbly finishedthat they ought to be put under a glass case. While Cunard was negotiating with the… … J^Ul^-t_^ ^Tt-A.^ /V*^ Tyrian with the mails, were overtaken by the Sirius steamshipfrom New York, which stopped, took on board the mails, and wassoon out of sight. Howe went on board the Hirius, and was soimpressed by the incident that he at once foresaw that Halifaxwould be nowhere without…
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