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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE CARNEGIE 



All morning, Captain Ault and the remaining members of the 

 staff were at work on board, the crew was engaged in loading the 

 last of the barrels of gasoline into the ship's tanks. There re- 

 mained only one hundred and fifty gallons to stow away when 

 lunch-time came. After the noon meal, the crew resumed their 

 task; Captain Ault unfolded a chair and sat on the quarter-deck 

 where he could watch the men at their work; the Engineer and 



Public Shower-bath, Samoa 



Most Samoan villages have been supplied with a public shower-bath — the natives keep 

 themselves meticulously clean. 



Mechanic were below in the engine-room; and the others were 

 scattered over the forward half of the ship, at various duties. 



With a rumbling roar the ship was shaken from stem to stern 

 by an explosion — then another. Captain Ault was thrown into 

 the water. The men at work over the tank-room were hurled to 

 different parts of the ship. The Engineer and Mechanic were 

 trapped in the engine-room and in a moment the whole quarter- 

 deck was enveloped in flame. 



The steward and Soule, rushing on deck, dived overboard to 



