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Conger Reynolds correspondence, May-December 1916

1916-08-16 Conger Reynolds to Mr. & Mrs. John Reynolds Page 22

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had no idea before that it took such great engines to carry us along. We went into the stoke hole and watched the coal-coated, sweating stokers working in an atmosphere thick with coal dust, dark except for the light of open furnaces, and so hot that we could hardly stand it for only a few minutes. It takes 144 men working eight hours apiece in four-hour shifts each day to do this part of the work alone. There are 18 engineers and I don't know how many helpers. It's certain the crew on this ship far outnumber the passengers. Since I started writing we have run into another fog. The whistle is blowing every half-minute and will continue all night, I suppose, unless we have
 
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