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Storm Warriors

by John Gilmore

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Author
Gilmore, John
Title
Storm Warriors; or, Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands
Credits
Produced by sp1nd, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
VK: Naval science: Navigation, Merchant marine
Subject
Goodwin Sands (England)
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42415
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42415
Release Date
March 26, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.STORM WARRIORS: OR, Life-Boat Work ON THE GOODWIN SANDS. BY THE REV. JOHN GILMORE, M.A.,
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. HOW THE SHIPWRECKED FARED IN DAYS OF OLD, AND THE GROWTH OF SYMPATHY ON THEIR BEHALF.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. WRECKERS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE INVENTOR OF THE LIFE-BOAT.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE GROWTH OF THE LIFE-BOAT MOVEMENT.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE INVENTION AND LAUNCHING OF THE PRIZE LIFE-BOAT.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE RAMSGATE LIFE-BOAT AT WORK.—STORM WARRIORS TO THE RESCUE.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "SAMARITANO," AND THE RETURN.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. A NIGHT ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE WRECK ABANDONED, AND THE LIFE-BOAT DESPAIRED OF.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. SIGNALS OF DISTRESS—OUT IN THE STORM.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE EMIGRANT SHIP.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "DEMERARA," AND THE EMIGRANTS' WELCOME TO RAMSGATE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE WRECK OF THE "MARY"—GALES ABROAD. — FOOTNOTE:
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE WRECK OF THE "MARY"—A STRUGGLE FOR DEAR LIFE.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. DEAL BEACH.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE LOSS OF THE "LINDA," AND THE RACE TO THE RESCUE.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "AMOOR."
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE "EFFORT"—THE DANGERS OF HOVELLING.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE HOVELLERS, OR SALVORS, SAVED. THE "PRINCESS ALICE" HOVELLING LUGGER.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. THE SAVING OF "LA MARGUERITE"—(A HOVEL).
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE WRECK BROUGHT IN.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. THE WRECK OF THE "PROVIDENTIA."
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. HARDLY SAVED.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. SAVED AT LAST. THE FATAL GOODWIN SANDS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. SAVED AT LAST. WE WILL NOT GO HOME WITHOUT THEM.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. SAVED AT LAST. VICTORY OR DEATH.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. OF SOME OF THE LIFE-BOAT MEN.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
  32. 32.ADVERTISEMENTS

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