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Updated: May 31, 2025
To gain the fire-room door, they clung to rail or stanchion to save themselves from being swept overboard. They held on desperately as each wave flooded the deck, watched their chance, then sprang for the next support. On freighters no cargo space is wasted below decks in passageways for the crew. When Larry reached the fire-room there was not a dry inch of cloth covering his wiry body.
This best can be described by referring to instances such as that of the engineer officers in voluntarily doubling their watches when high speed was to be made, to the attempt of men to return to the fire-room after being carried out of it insensible, and to the fact that most of the whole crew, who were working by watches by day and night at Sandy Point, preferred to leave their hammocks in the nettings until they could get the ship coaled and ready to sail from Sandy Point.”
"It's the last hurt I'll be havin', Dan," he said before he fainted. "Don't speak the word, Mouse, an' you just after savin' me life!" Then the men in the fire-room saw a miracle: tears filled the big stoker's eyes. Neville had heard Larry's cry and rushed to the boiler-room. "For God's sake! what's happened now?" Dan pointed a shaking finger.
Finally they gave in, with the understanding that it was not to be considered necessarily a permanent arrangement, and Ann went to live with the old lady. Mrs. Dorcas did not relish this any more than she did the appropriation of the southwest fire-room. She had never liked Ann very well. Besides she had two little girls of her own, and she fancied Ann rivaled them in Grandma's affection.
Before Division to be made as herin exprest, also the Southwest fire-Room in my House, a right in my Cellar, Halfe the Garden, also the Privilege of water at the well & yard room and to bake in the oven what she hath need of to improve her Life-time by her. After this, followed a division of his property amongst his children, five sons, and two daughters.
A similar demonstration quieted the fireman, and compelled him to return to the fire-room. "The job is done," said Baker, the leader of the enterprise. "But we haven't got the money," added Flint, the deckhand. "We don't want that yet. It is safe where it is. Now both of you to your stations," continued Baker; and he went down into the fire-room.
The young captain went below with Mr. Sherwood, to make his arrangements for the night. The second fireman had already been installed in the fire-room by Ethan, and the first had gone forward. A portion of the forehold of the steamer had been fitted up for the accommodation of the crew. It contained four berths, and was well ventilated by a skylight in the forecastle. In building the boat, Mr.
Taylor offered him ten dollars if he would run the engine that day; but he positively refused. The new captain then went down to the fire-room, where the man in charge of the furnaces was promoted to the position of engineer. "Now we can go it," said Ben. "No; don't start her," said the sheriff. "Why not?"
Johns River and other streams during the month, there would be a great deal of boat-work for the deck-hands and firemen, for the latter did not complain if called to other duty than that of the fire-room, and by this time were good sailors. I went to my breakfast, which had been waiting an hour for me on the galley, for I never left the deck till the anchor was overboard.
And yet not only are there more wires, but the wires themselves that connect the chief engineer to all the men below him, are longer and more subject to derangement, than the wires that connect the petty officer of one fire-room to the individuals under him.
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