Admiral Blake Attacks Goletta in 1653 Rescue Chapter
In a vivid 1653 narrative, Admiral Blake leads a decisive English assault on Goletta near Tunis. The action frees Christian captives, including a boy named Tom Jackson, as British ships overpower Tunisian forts and pirate galleys amid smoke and cannon fire.
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Tunis
Blake
Goletta
Hamet-El-Lif
Bine
Carthage
Seipio
Taunton Town
Charles L
Cavaliers
Abard
Robert Blake
Todney
Nelson
Hineelf
Bunke
Tom Jackson
Hilia
Old England
Widow’s mourning ends as marriage plans are made
In a witty exchange from Puck, Miss N Exexy notes that Mrs Weeds and the captain will wed once her mourning ends, while Miss De Witte quips that many widows’ mourning periods seem like question marks, reflecting society humor of the time.
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Miss N. Exexy
Mra
Weeds
Remarkable salvage of Milwaukee wreck at Wallsend yard
The Milwaukee vessel 433 feet long ran ashore near Aberdeen in September 1504. A huge rock tore the hull, so salvageers blew the bow in two with dynamite leaving 180 feet of fore end. The after end was towed to a dry dock and rebuilt with a new bow connected later, leaving observers unable to tell the junction.
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Mrain
G Swan Dé Honter
Wallsend-on-Tyne
England
Saya
Engineering Magazine
Milwaukee
Aberdeen
Rouka
Lyne
Frost Spoiled the Sport and Meals From Steamboat Trust
Forty dejected tlore returned to Knoxville after Christmas on a steamboat with no lifeboats. The craft ran aground on a sandbar ten miles from nowhere as ice formed. With no rescue in sight, the crowd improvised a deck pit and kept warm by fights. Hunger set in and the gamecocks valued at $1500 were slaughtered to eat as they drifted for two days and nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlore
Knoxville
Savannah News
Hawk drops bluefish tale ends with dog’s trophy
A Boston writer recalls a hawk catching a fish in Long Island Sound. The fish dropped into a farmer’s yard where a dog seized it, then carried the live bluefish to his mistress. The dog, now believed lucky, sits at the same time in the yard. Separately, a Philadelphia streetcar accident injures sailor Giuseppe Marate, dislocating his shoulder. the wagon ride to hospital jars it back into place and surgeons treat him.
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Boston
Long Island Sound
Guiseppe Marate
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital
Swords adorned with gems rival royal regalia in Europe
The article discusses luxury gem studded swords, noting a Egyptians gift to Lord Wolvely valued near £2000 and a standard sword carried from the Shal of Mersia valued at £10,000. It mentions a popular diamond hilted blade and estimates its income at about £9000 yearly. It also notes Italian organ grinders in a white village and 300,020 people named Smith in the UK.
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Lord Wolvely
Europe
Mersia
Baroda
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