Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 452
atremendous shock and sound. A mountain sheafof flame went up, a flash seemed to divide the sky,and the blazing fragments were scattered in everydirection. When the glare subsided the rigginghad vanished, and only the hull remained, charredand shattered. The port-holes were blown intoone great gap,… … THE BURNING OF THE CONGRESS. * sandbank where the ship seemed to have made acradle for herself. At ten the tide turned to flood,and all hands were at work from that time till fourin the morning with steam-tugs and ropes en-deavoring to haul the ship off the bank, but with-out avail. The St.…
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