Text Appearing Before Image: cessary to signal : Mutiny on board,and a force of Eoyal Marines went to the aid ofthe officers. Eventually the whole of the alienswere brought ashore and despatched to Londonto await another vessel. The old Inman Line isnow the American Line, another important organi-zation that forms part of the InternationalMercantile Marine Company ; and its two famousvessels the City of New York and City ofParis have changed their names to New York and Philadelphia respectively (Plate XLVII). It was on the last named that occurred oneof those incidents that make us proud of our race.The vessel was making a record run, and in twenty-four hours expected to reach Queenstown. Shenarrowly escaped making Davy Joness lockerinstead. There was a frightful crash; steambelched out of the engine-room; the ship trembledfrom stem to stern; and through the hissing steamthe terrified engine-room staff tumbled up on deck.Down below there was an awful racket. Thestarboard shaft had broken, and, like a giant flail, Text Appearing After Image: THE ATLANTIC FERRY 295 the ponderous connecting rod was battering themachinery to pieces, and even shattering the steelbulkheads. Any moment the bottom of the shipmight be perforated and endanger hundreds ofsouls. No one appeared to know exactly what hadhappened; but some terrible peril was imminentand the order was issued to man the lifeboats.There was, however, no need to man them. ToJohn Gill, the second engineer, came almostinspired knowledge of what had occurred, andwith it the calm assurance of the true hero. Hedarted down into the steaming inferno at theperil of his life, and brought the whirling machineryto a standstill. Thus did John Gill prove himselfto be one of the bravest men in the worldsmercantile marine, where heroes are by no meansscarce. For convenience sake we may now disposeof the other lines that form part of the Inter-national Mercantile Marine Company. The AtlanticTransport Line has four big passenger twin-screwsteamers, sailing from Tilbury Dock, London, toNew
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