The life story of the late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, civil engineer; with which is incorporated the story of the Atlantic cable, and the first telegraph to India and the colonies (1899)
Bright, Edward Brialsford, 1831-, Bright, Charles, 1863- · Westminster : A. Constable · leaf 279
defatigable chief engineer, was ordered to get up steam immediately. The crew gained the deck 249 SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT with difficulty, and not till after a lapse of some minutes ;for all the ladders had been broken away, the menwere grimed with coal-dust, and many bore still moreserious… … THE AGA^IEMNON STORM : COALS ADRIFT. high, heeled the great ship backwards and forwards, sothat the crew were unable to keep their feet for aninstant, and in some cases were thrown across the decksin a fearful manner. Two marines went with a rush head-foremost into the paying-out machine, as if…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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