 | Mormons - 1884 - 506 pages
...Thus was accomplished one of the most remarkable and perilous voyages ever made by men. Robinson said that the greater part of it was like what he had always...crumble away and drop into atoms; that both he and Mclntire were holding to the wheel with all their strength, but produced no more effect than if they... | |
 | George Washington Holley - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1882 - 302 pages
...feet breadth of beam and eight feet depth of hold, and carried an engine of one hundred horse-power. In conversation with Robinson after the voyage, he...all their strength, but produced no more effect than they would if they had been two flies ; that he had no fear of striking the rocks, for he knew that... | |
 | Archer Butler Hulbert - Niagara River - 1908 - 502 pages
...feet depth of hold, and carried an engine of one hundred horse-power. Robinson stated after the voyage that the greater part of it was like what he had always...crumble away and drop into atoms; that both he and McIntyre were holding to the wheel with all their strength, but this produced no more effect than if... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 938 pages
...breadth of beam, eight feet depth of hold, and carried an engine of a hundred horse-power. Robinson said that the greater part of it was like what he had always...and drop into atoms ; that both he and Mclntyre were GREAT 1C1CLBS AND STALAGMITES — I MIEH AMERICAN FALL, 1875. 476 477 ICE BRIDGE AND FROST FREAKS.... | |
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Robinson after the voyage, he stated that the greater part of it was like what he had always imagined must be the swift sailing of a large bird in a downward flight ; that when the accident occurred the boat seemed to be struck from all directions at... 