Whaler Captain Faces Mutinous Crew and Cold Ice
Captain Jered Naish, now master of a whaler, struggles with a crew and brutal officers unlike his past ships. He confronts a stubborn first mate Eleazar Cupp and a rebellious, hungry boy Alfred. Naish recalls the bark Augustus wreck after ice and misfortune left men dead.
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Jered Naish
Eleazar Cupp
Naish
Blageen
Alfred
Beacon Hill
London
Augustus
Salem
Cannibal Tales And Seafaring Brutality From An Old Whaling Log
Civil War veteran William McKinley is noted as the last U.S. president who served in the Civil War. The narrative recalls whalers and seafarers discussing brutal discipline, shipboard life, and survival in distant oceans with references to cannibalism and brutal berths aboard whaling crews.
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Salem
Azores
Borigshore
Chile
Pacific Islands
Indian Ocean
Japan
Nor
Bering Sea
William McKinley
Panic as Fire Alarm Lessons From Real Disasters
A safety feature article urges calm during fires, cites cases in Calumet Baltimore and Chicago where panic caused massive deaths. Fire expert John A Arnold offers rules: call the fire department, test doors, stop running when clothes catch fire, close doors, stay low, cover mouth, avoid jumping, and plan home exits.
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Iroquois Theater
Chicago
John. A. Arnold
Pee
Kemper Group
Arnold
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NEA
Robert Corse
BY Robert Carle
Asorea
Maish
Eestus
Dacron
Munsiar
Belk-Beck CO
Munsingwear
Acetate
Mich
Baltimore
Kemper
Tra Nm
Michigan
Great Lakes
Belki
DEPT
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