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The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in Numbers of the faithful were already in their places A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins There was no longer any doubt of icebergs being very near Chance had brought all three together on the same ship For five days operations continued with distracting activity The tender immediately sheered off, and the sailors went to the lows At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry All these good people seemed to have hats and boots of a dazzling brightness Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen During Monday night the sea was very stormy Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the The gate-keepers allowed me to go on to Princes Landing-Stage There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful