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hatchways but could not fore their way out : I was
near
the fore
hatakway; in about half an hour
after the outbreak the lock of
the
fore
hatch
Avao
broken offi
how I do not know, and there
a rush to get up; many
was
had been
suffocated before that time ; Isucceded
in getting
on
deck and I then
Jaw
that the fire had reached the fore
mast which
was
burned. I saw.
the crew going away from the a vessel. in three of the Ships boals; I got over the bows of the rassel-
near
the chain cable and remained.
there until the fore mast foll overboard when I got
6
to the
: 'k 1,