On time : or, The young captain of the Ucayga steamer (1869)
Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897 · Boston : Lee and Shepard ; New York : C.T. Dillingham · leaf 100
rds. I found it necessary, at this exciting point of thechase, to sheer off myself, lest a treacherous rockshould knock a hole in the Belle. At the same in-stant the Highflyer rose on a wave, and then wentdown on the sharp rocks, with so much force that herbottom must have been completely stove in.… … YOUNG CAPTAIN OF THE UCAYGA STEAMER, 89 The receding wave carried the wreck back, andanother lifted it up and jammed it down upon thejagged rocks with tremendous force. It was built oflight material, and could not resist such a pounding fora single instant. Her mast went by the board, and…
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