The story of the saving of the Andre Lebon is one of the most to serve. The scene was maddening. On came the blazing oil. On came the destruction to the ship.
Laffin sprang into the water. He caught the ship's line in his teeth and swam to @ safe buoy and tied up the ship., His presence of mind and bravery and the clear-thinking brilliance of Captain Cousins, the command dey of the Andre Lebon, saved for the Messageries Maritimes a property and for us a place of refuge.
We had no idea how long we should remain in Yokohama har-hour. In Tokio we had been tuid that the President Pierce and the President Wilson would be waiting for us, but these ships were not in sight. The Empress of Australia was in the harbour, acting as a place of refuge and a hospital ship. - We waited and wondered. Late in the afternoon, Captain W. I. Eisler, of the U.
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