Pete Gear survives fog and fatigue on sea barge voyage
Pete Gear of Sunnyside Long Island recounts a 1927 coal barge voyage to meet a vessel 195 miles offshore. With four seasick crewmen and one injured bargeman, Gear rang a fog bell for 36 hours over four days until a plane spotted the barge and a tug recovered the tow.
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Jello
Pete Gear
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Pete
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Peter
New London
Aimless Walks and Spontaneity, A Peripatetic View
A passage urges walking without a fixed objective to preserve spontaneity. It contrasts aimless wandering with planned goals such as visiting a cousin or buying raisins, warning fixed aims will gnaw at the mind like a maggot in a walnut.
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Ella
Luxurious Squares Crochet Pattern 6307 Surge of Grape Design
Readers are invited to crochet ten inch squares from mercerized string to form a dinner cloth or scarf featuring a grape design. Pattern 6307 includes instructions charts materials and illustrations. Send 15 cents and your name address to The Sewing Circle Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY.
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Arts Dept
14Th St
New York, N. Y
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