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Narrow Escape After Atlantic Storm At Sea
Out of Boston a crewman on the Mermaid recounts a harrowing night when a storm tore sails, the vessel lurched, and the boat rolled. He clung to ropes, opened a hatch, and rode out the night soaking wet, with the boat righted only after days adrift. Nearby, Captain Andrews, young and injured, vows never to voyage again. The report shifts to climate and rail milestones, from a fast 43 second mile by a New Hampshire passenger train to other global dispatches, including mutinies at sea and a cloudburst in New York’s Hudson region.
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