Deep Sea Chanties and the Working Songs of the Sea
The article surveys old windlass chanties used by seamen across eras and nations, noting their practical role in hauling and steering ships. It laments their decline with steam power, celebrates a few lasting examples, and describes the vivid atmosphere of chanty singing aboard ships like the Yankee liner and the Dreadnought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Barry
Evening News
Ulysses
Aeneas
Aphises
Apostle
Cen
Bally
Yonder Valley
Acadeliset
Port Jackson
Samuels
New York
Queenstown
Gasha Ahi Bhatpi
Newfoundland
Jack
Old Time Sailor Chanties and a Grim Shipboard Tale
A historical account recounts sea shanties sung by sailors on a crowded London dock, detailing chanty verses about leaving ships, hunger, and mutinous spirits. It recalls Reuben Ranzo and the harsh life aboard a large merchant vessel with a stern captain and tough crew.
Comrades Glorious Turned Up In Algerian Port Adventure
A gunboat captain and his sub navigate a damaged engine during a voyage toward Philippeville on the Algerian coast. After a risky anchorage and multilingual mishaps with a French crew, they survive a turbulent ordeal and recall the famous cry comrade glorious amid memories of rough seas and distant battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Gibraltar
Constantine
Philippeville
Gatiag
Watch
Pieter Fod
Sas
Almast
Eran
Guardian
Trapping a Dingo Ambush Described By Scout Narrator
An observer recounts plotting and concealing a dingo trap in pine scrub. He notes the trap's wire, bag coverings, and earth rearrangement while detailing a trapper’s practice and use of a dog to mask activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kayley
Wing
Portrait on Hatfield House stairway links two nobles
A Hatfield House portrait of the fourth Earl of Salisbury allegedly contains a faint secondary image resembling the Duke of Monmouth. The Westminster Gazette notes the Duke, once a Court favorite and friend of the Earl, reportedly presented the Earl with a piece of his face that reappears in the portrait.
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Hatfield House
Earl of Salisbury
Duke of Monmouth
Face of Monmouth
Westminster Gasette
Boars Head Dish Recalls Medieval English Tradition
In English lore the boar's head symbolized rank during Christmas banquets. Chronicles note a 1170 coronation ceremony where King Henry the Young Prince presided and boar's head trumpets announced the feast, marking a historic pageant of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Henry
Sleeping Sickness Ravages Uganda and Threatens Egypt
London dispatch reports Uganda’s sleeping sickness spreading amid Royal Commission inquiries. The Uganda outbreak forces relocation of an industrial mission camp from Mutunga to a nearby site near the capital. Dr Louis Sambon cites a proposed carrier named Gossina Pulpalis in the spread of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
East Africas
Uganda
Royal Commission
Foreign Office
Royal Society
Nile
Egypt
India
Bruce
Commission of Inquiry
Mutunga
Louis Sambon
London School of Tropics Medicine
A Famous Yacht Race and a Noted Sinking Incident
Eight days into a famous yacht race, the Fleetwing encounters trouble as a crew member is overboard. The illfated event involves Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald and ties to the Duke in a later report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encoustero
Gorden Bennett
New Terk Herald
Alfred
Duke
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Deep Sea Chanties
Gevertheloas
London Dock
Pamiey
Johmaia
Mats
Cherus
Johnnie
Charus
Telagen
Graveseed
Mercantile Jack
Napoleon
Stormy
Storm
Storm Abong
Orn St
Reuben Ranco
Ranso
Hante
Ranse
Hanes
Ranco
Rango
Reuben
E. Hamilton Curry
Pall Mall Gazette
Vasion
Russia
Correc
Boney
France
Moscow
John Prence
Rants
Eam Ieee
Bowes
Arrer A Taylor
Loaknew
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