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Riverdale Pointer in Riverdale, Illinois

15 Feb 1918

Page 6

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Riverdale Pointer

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Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1918

Page

6

Nightmare voyage ends in rescue by Newfoundland coast

Captain Hollis and Vera cling to hope aboard a drenched dinghy after a shipboard fire and a deadly struggle with Bascom. They drift miles at sea, rig a sail from a shirt, and are discovered when a ghostly two masted schooner bearing down through the fog appears on the horizon.

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Red Lesyard McCann Masters Olson Seayerd Jay White Vera Robert Bascom Dory Leayard Vern Newfoundland Liverpool Seayard
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A Day in the Boat Describes Fierycatastrophe

The narrator recalls a swift inferno on deck with flames between hatches and burning canvas. Fire lashes the yard, black smoke roils, and heat blisters the air as serpents of flame sweep aft, while the fate of McCann remains unseen in the glowing chaos.

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McCann
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A Death Ship Chapter Ends With a Desperate Rescue

A perilous shipwreck sequence depicts a sinking schooner and a rapid Latino rescue. Olson, Vera, and others scramble to climb the mizzen chains as the boat sinks, one by one aided by Red and Leayard in a tense escape.

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Vera Leayard Olson Red White Masters
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Carbolic Acid Disinfection Guidance

Carbolic acid as a disinfectant should be discouraged but if used it must be diluted about twenty times its quantity in cold water to be effective.

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