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Show An Incident of Sea War. William McFee', author of "Casuals of the Sea," tells in an English paper, Land and Water, of an attack by a submarine upon a steamer and describes de-scribes this incident of the engine room before the boat was sunk : "For those three men (the officers) stood by for the better part of an hour. The stokehold was empty, the steam was dropping, and there was considerable water in the bilges, but they stood by watching the speaking tube and the blind white face of the telegraph pointing irresolutely to 'Stand By'(the orders from the bridge). And presently present-ly the strain of waiting grew oppressive, oppres-sive, so thnt the chief, looking up toward to-ward the skylight, said to my friend, "Mister, go up and see what's doing. It must be dayiight now.' And he went up, and came out on deck and found himself fa.ee to face with a problem of some complexity. For the deck of the ship was deserted, and far across the dark sparkle of the sea he saw the boats crawling tow:ard a smear of smoke on the skyline." |