Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 383
andsoon I found myself on board. Several times we passed lighthouses,and as there was always a haze aboutthem, everybody said we would havea foggy night. Their predictionscame true, and we were soon in adense fog. I was snoring soundly inmy bunk when there was a shock anda sound of splintering… … CENNETH G. CARPENTER, (GOLD BADGE.) full speed ahead, so as to let her pass astern of us.It was too late, however, to prevent a collision, and herbowsprit tore open the sternmost cabins, and her yardssmashed some railings on the upper deck. Had thebarkentine struck a little farther forward, our…
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