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Heaving the Log

Taken abroad the S.S. "Coptic"just after the hurricane. The vessel has been driven out of her bearings, and the sailors in their oilskins are heaving the log. Another sailor is raising and lowering a flag, evidently signalling some other vessel.The billows are heaving and the effect of the whitecaps is fine. A long wake of foam stretches into the distance. Immense volumes of smoke pour from the funnels and recede in the background. The effect produced by the combined action of the water and the flying smoke is awe inspiring. A sharp clear picture of an excellent subject.

Edison 1898/05/20