A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen With a Supplemental volume Conti
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen With a Supplemental volume Conti
Chambers Robert
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The boarding of the cookhouse, or story above the smith's gallery, was also parti}' carried away, and the brick and plaster-work of the fireplace shaken and loosened. At low water it was found that the chain of the movable beam-crane at the western wharf had been broken, which set the beam at liberty, and greatly endangered the quay ropes by its motion Before the tide rose to its full height to day, some of the artificers passed along the bridge into the lighthouse, to observe the effects of th...e sea upon it, and they reported that they had felt a slight tremu- lous motion in the building when great seas struck it in a certain direction about high water-mark. On this occasion the sprays were again observed to wet the balcony, and even to come over the parapet wall into the interior of the light room. In this state of the weather, Captain Wilson and the crew of the floating light were much alarmed for the safety of the artificers upon the rock, especially when they observed with a telescope that the floor of the smith's gallery had been carried away, and that the triangular cast-iron sheer crane was broken down.
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