Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893 · Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Tillingham · leaf 77
re hadjumped into a boat, and had rowed withmight and main to the crag. They arrivedjust in time to save the poor wretches frombeing burned. Their sufferings had beenterrible. No sooner had the boat broughtthem safely to the shore than one of them,the moment he got out of the boat, was seizedwith… … The Edpystone Lighthouse. Page 6y. THE BUILDERS OF THE EDDYSTONE 69 The third Eddystone Lighthouse^ whichstood sturdily on the rock for more than ahundred years, was erected four years afterRudyerds tower was burned. It was builtby John Smeaton, one of the greatest invent-ors and engineers of the…
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