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John Gilmore. Storm Warriors; or, Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands
Storm Warriors; or, Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. HOW THE SHIPWRECKED FARED IN DAYS OF OLD, AND THE GROWTH OF SYMPATHY ON THEIR BEHALF
CHAPTER II. WRECKERS
CHAPTER III. THE INVENTOR OF THE LIFE-BOAT
CHAPTER IV. THE GROWTH OF THE LIFE-BOAT MOVEMENT
CHAPTER V. THE INVENTION AND LAUNCHING OF THE PRIZE LIFE-BOAT
CHAPTER VI. THE RAMSGATE LIFE-BOAT AT WORK.—STORM WARRIORS TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER VII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "SAMARITANO," AND THE RETURN
CHAPTER VIII. A NIGHT ON THE GOODWIN SANDS
CHAPTER IX. THE WRECK ABANDONED, AND THE LIFE-BOAT DESPAIRED OF
CHAPTER X. SIGNALS OF DISTRESS—OUT IN THE STORM
CHAPTER XI. THE EMIGRANT SHIP
CHAPTER XII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "DEMERARA," AND THE EMIGRANTS' WELCOME TO RAMSGATE
CHAPTER XIII. THE WRECK OF THE "MARY"—GALES ABROAD
Footnote
CHAPTER XIV. THE WRECK OF THE "MARY"—A STRUGGLE FOR DEAR LIFE
CHAPTER XV. DEAL BEACH
CHAPTER XVI. THE LOSS OF THE "LINDA," AND THE RACE TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XVII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "AMOOR."
CHAPTER XVIII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "EFFORT"—THE DANGERS OF HOVELLING
CHAPTER XIX. THE HOVELLERS, OR SALVORS, SAVED. THE "PRINCESS ALICE" HOVELLING LUGGER
CHAPTER XX. THE SAVING OF "LA MARGUERITE"—(A HOVEL)
CHAPTER XXI. THE WRECK BROUGHT IN
CHAPTER XXII. THE WRECK OF THE "PROVIDENTIA."
CHAPTER XXIII. HARDLY SAVED
CHAPTER XXIV. SAVED AT LAST. THE FATAL GOODWIN SANDS
CHAPTER XXV. SAVED AT LAST. WE WILL NOT GO HOME WITHOUT THEM
CHAPTER XXVI. SAVED AT LAST. VICTORY OR DEATH
CHAPTER XXVII. OF SOME OF THE LIFE-BOAT MEN
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION
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John Gilmore
Published by Good Press, 2021
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There is an old man of the party whose brow is furrowed with dread lines; he does not say much, but every now and then his eyes glare, and his features work as if convulsed; his comrades look at him, twice, and as a terrific squall shakes the house, a third time: silently he rises and leaves the inn; his mates now look away from him, as if quite unconscious as to what he is about; their stifled consciences cannot do much for them, but can give to each, just one faint half-realized sensation of shame. Now in the pitch darkness of the night, with bowed head, and faltering steps, battling against the storm, the old man leads a white horse along the edge of the cliff, to the top of the horse's tail a lantern is tied, and the light sways with the movement of the horse, and in its movements seems not unlike the mast-head light of a vessel rocked by the motion of the sea. A whisper has gone through the village, of a chance of something happening during the night, and most of the men and many of the women are on the alert, lurking in the caves beneath the cliff, or sheltered behind jutting pieces of rock.
The vessel makes in steadily for the land; the captain grows uneasy, and fears running into danger; he will put the vessel round, and try and battle his way out to sea.
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