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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Hero of the Humber, by Henry Woodcock This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe Author: Henry Woodcock Release Date: February 6, 2007 [EBook #20520] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HERO OF THE HUMBER *** Produced by Stacy Brown, David Clarke and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE HERO OF THE HUMBER; OR, THE HISTORY OF THE LATE MR. JOHN ELLERTHORPE (FOREMAN OF THE HUMBER DOCK GATES, HULL), BEING A RECORD OF REMARKABLE INCIDENTS IN HIS CAREER AS A SAILOR; HIS CONVERSION AND CHRISTIAN USEFULNESS; HIS UNEQUALLED SKILL AS A SWIMMER, AND HIS EXPLOITS ON THE WATER, WITH A MINUTE ACCOUNT OF HIS DEEDS OF DARING IN SAVING, WITH HIS OWN HANDS, ON SEPARATE AND DISTINCT OCCASIONS, UPWARDS OF FORTY PERSONS FROM DEATH BY DROWNING: TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LAST AFFLICTION, DEATH, ETC. BY THE REV. HENRY WOODCOCK, AUTHOR OF 'POPERY UNMASKED,' 'WONDERS OF GRACE,' ETC. 'My tale is simple and of humble birth, A tribute of respect to real worth.' SECOND EDITION. LONDON: _S. W. Partridge, 9, Paternoster Row; Wesleyan Book Room, 66, Paternoster Row; Primitive Methodist Book Room, 6, Sutton Street, Commercial Road, E.; and of all Booksellers._ 1880. ALFORD: J. HORNER, PRINTER, MARKET-PLACE. TO THE SEAMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, TO WHOSE SKILL, COURAGE, AND ENDURANCE, ENGLAND OWES MUCH OF HER GREATNESS, THIS VOLUME-- CONTAINING A RECORD OF THE CHARACTER AND DEEDS OF ONE, WHO, FOR UPWARDS OF THIRTY YEARS, BRAVED THE HARDSHIPS AND PERILS OF A SAILOR'S LIFE, AND WHOSE GALLANTRY AND HUMANITY WON FOR HIM THE TITLE OF 'THE HERO OF THE HUMBER,' IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, WITH THE EARNEST PRAYER THAT THEY MAY EMBRACE THAT BENIGN RELIGION WHICH NOT ONLY RESCUED THE 'HERO' FROM THE EVILS IN WHICH HE HAD SO LONG INDULGED, AND ENRICHED HIM WITH THE GRACES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, BUT ALSO GAVE A BRIGHTER GLOW AND GREATER ENERGY TO THAT COURAGE, GALLANTRY,
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