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Wreck of the Schooner
Maritime History:
ENIGMA
BATH INDUSTRIAL SALES
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they kept a constant watch for vessels, hop-
ing each hour to be rescued from their terrible
that his dog should die for their good, but he condition. But their sufferings had only be-
feared to have the men drink his blood, lest gun, and they were doomed to wait in ever-
bad results should be realized; but his words, increasing agony of hunger, thirst, and dis-
to which up to that time they had listened as appointment for many days. Sunday night it
to an oracle of wisdom, could not dissuade rained. The men managed to get some pieces
them from their purpose, and they killed the of board, parts of small salt boxes, and wash-
dog, caught his blood in a small salt box which ing them in the ocean as clean from salt as
was fished up from the hold of the schooner, possible, they cut grooves in them which run
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and they drank it as if it had been milk. together at one end to the mouth, and thus
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threw it overboard. almost fatal draught of blood from the time of
It was an act of self-denial worthy of the disaster to the hour of their rescue.
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days, during which time they had passed the capture of a small shark about two feet
through scenes of unprecedented trial, hard- long. There were many of them swimming
ship, and suffering, could cast away the flesh around the wreck, and the captain tried to
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which they longed to tear from the bones of catch one for two hours by throwing out a
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That day they managed to last some sharp nails that he had driven into a small
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short pieces of scantling at right angles with piece of wood. A large shark would have
the uprights, running lines from the top of the caught at a similar bait, but the small ones did
uprights down and out to the ends of those not fancy it. Young Morse tried in another
pieces, thus supporting them firmly, and on way and succeeded. He laid down on the
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lashing them also, and thus formed a platform of the fish came within his reach caught it with
two feet above the bottom of the schooner, a desperate effort and secured it. At once the
on which they could lie or sit for the most of shark was dressed, and each man had a piece
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the time clear of the sea. Here they rested, and of it about two inches square.
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lashing themselves on thus, they got some
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sleep. All did not sleep at the same time, for
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We have moved to Brewer where she has spent the winter. Now spring is coming at work will begin in ernst, some by volunteers and some
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SATURN is a 117-foot railroad tug built as the BERN for the Reading Railroad in 1907. She is one of the last railroad tugs in existence and
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