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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 256

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bles to the steamers fromthe Santa Rosa, was picked up by a huge wave andthrown against the side of the ship. People began torealize the power of the surf, and every one put on alife-preserver again. Then the ship began to crack, andevery time a wave struck it something went to pieceswith a crash.… … EVERY TIME A WAVE STRl SOMETHING WENT TO 1IECES. After a long effort, during which some brave men werenearly drowned, a light line was finally thrown to thepeople on the shore. By means of this, a heavy cablewas pulled ashore and fastened to the railroad bridgeon top of the cliffs. The other end…

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