Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . EBEN P. COUCH,Postmaster at remarkable display ofjiidsjment the intrepid Overhauling an Italian hiiiciur, hetransferred to her his passengers —iiinety-se\en in number— and runninghis tlaiiiing sliip upnnthe shoals, said< herto the decks, coni-I)lelely extinguishingliietire. With the aidof his dauntless crewhe pumped the vesselout, lloatcd her, andwithin lifty-onc hoursfrom the discovei}- ofthe llames, had againovertaken the I
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . EBEN P. COUCH,Postmaster at remarkable display ofjiidsjment the intrepid Overhauling an Italian hiiiciur, hetransferred to her his passengers —iiinety-se\en in number— and runninghis tlaiiiing sliip upnnthe shoals, said< herto the decks, coni-I)lelely extinguishingliietire. With the aidof his dauntless crewhe pumped the vesselout, lloatcd her, andwithin lifty-onc hoursfrom the discovei}- ofthe llames, had againovertaken the Italianami re-transferred his)assengers. CaptainBurrows was born inCJolchester, Connecti-cut, June 7th. ls:{7,son of Brutus West went to sea whenbut fourteen years ofage, and has mademore than one hun-dred trips across theAtlantic, and sailedmany a whaling Mystic belongs the honor of hav-the ship that made theshortest voyage be-tween New York andSan Francisco evercredited to a sailingvessel. This was ac-complished by thelate (aptain John in ship in which heachieved the feat wasthe Andrew Jack-son, built in Mysticin lS.);)-)4. The
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