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u "Rescue from rhe Thi stlemore, " February 7, 1892 , hy Da vid Blan cherre, acrylic 24"x36''. Wh en rhe Brirish sreamer Thi stl emore was forced aground on Peaked Hill Bar , on Cape Cod , in a losing barrle wirh a northeast gale, Captain Emanuel G racie of the Peaked Hill Coast Guard Starion set up a breeches buoy to the stranded vessel. On that day th ey landed twenty-jive men from the freighter grounded 100 yards offshore. On February 12 , with the help of wrecking tugs, she was freed and sent on her way.
"Fire the R ockets ," by Marek Sarba, oil 32"x42". Th rough heavy seas, the steam tug Cov ing ton has rwo barges in tow, plowing the route from New York to Main e. Oblivious to rhe rowline and barges , rhe 24 ,000- ton Hamburg America liner Kaiserin Augus te Victoria, wirh her f ull 18 knots speed, comes racing up threarening ro cut the lin e and send the barges and crew to rheir doom. Frantically , the crew of the Covington fire rhe rockets to warn off the Kai serin.
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