Chapter
1 VIII | words, said,—~“Yes! there is fire on board!”~
2 IX | composure to inquire when the fire was first discovered.~“Six
3 IX | doubt, that the cargo was on fire, and what was worse,that
4 IX | successful. I thought that the fire was stifled; but during
5 IX | know what has caused the fire?” I presently inquired.~“
6 IX | within our power to check the fire. At one time I thought of
7 IX | hope.”~“But, you say the fire is increasing?”~“Yes; and
8 IX | such cases, of course the fire has been more or less under
9 X | him. It is now certain the fire is beyond control, and that
10 X | by excluding the air, the fire may be stifled before it
11 X | the cargo was already on fire. In another moment the words “
12 XI | t you know that there is fire on board?”~In an instant
13 XI | madman, and shouting,—~“Fire on board! Fire! Fire!”~On
14 XI | shouting,—~“Fire on board! Fire! Fire!”~On hearing the outcry,
15 XI | Fire on board! Fire! Fire!”~On hearing the outcry,
16 XI | crew, supposing that the fire had now in reality broken
17 XI | to which the cargo was on fire. The father’s first thought
18 XI | he assured them that the fire had made no further progress;
19 XI | with the incessant cry of “Fire! fire!” Accordingly Curtis
20 XI | incessant cry of “Fire! fire!” Accordingly Curtis gave
21 XII | all hope of arresting the fire; the heat towards the bow
22 XII | shall fare better with the fire as a declared enemy than
23 XII | all aware that there is fire in the hold. As soon as
24 XII | thought he should have the fire immediately extinguished
25 XIII | What could be the harm? The fire would be quenched; and what
26 XIII | close every aperture.”~The fire continued to progress even
27 XIII | now a fortnight since the fire was first discovered, and
28 XIII | encircle the mizen-mast. The fire now reaches to the cabin
29 XIII | covered it, and a stream of fire, free at length from the
30 XIV | faring because the sheet of fire intervened like a curtain,
31 XIV | lurid glare. Long jets of fire darted across the hatchways,
32 XIV | the hurricane to fan the fire that was consuming her.
33 XV | may get the better of the fire.”~“True,” said I, “but what
34 XV | the water had mastered the fire, should we be able to master
35 XV | their violence. Once let the fire be extinguished, and then,
36 XV | the morning the curtain of fire and smoke, which had shut
37 XV | hope; and that is, that the fire may now be quenched and
38 XV | are steadily stifling the fire which was as steadily spreading
39 XVI | have escaped the peril of fire; the fear of explosion is
40 XVI | demands. He proposes, when the fire is quite extinguished, to
41 XVII | were to be exposed; the fire might be extinguished, the
42 XVII | totally extinguishing the fire. He is at no great pains
43 XIX | might consider that the fire was extinguished. Curtis,
44 XX | superficially. But the action of the fire on the flanks of the ship
45 XXI | as that will allow us to fire the mine with a match instead
46 XXI | Falsten, as soon as he had set fire to the match, joined us
47 XXIV | as it had been when the fire was raging in the midst
48 XXXII| boiled in sea-water over a fire made on the fore part of
49 XXXV | seemed verily to have taken fire, and several times I saw
50 XLI | allowance had been boiled at a fire which they made with a few
51 XLI | lost companions, of the fire, of the stranding of the
52 XLII | and the sun scorches like fire. The torments of famine
53 XLIII| Curtis, “we must make a fire; it is our last and only
54 XLIII| the hours passed on; the fire died out; and yet no signs
55 LI | that it would not bear the fire, so that I was obliged to
56 LII | would serve to quench the fire that was burning within
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