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About the same time a small wreath of blue smoke was observed issuing from one of the starboard ports of the _Pandora's_ half-round, and the alarmed steward rushed upon the quarter-deck, with the terrible news that the ship was on fire. Vernon Blythe was the officer to receive it.
‘Unbatten the main hatch,' he shouted, in a loud, clear collected voice to the carpenter, ‘and pass out the kegs of gunpowder. Now, lads! ' he continued, addressing some of his watch, ‘screw on your hose, and lead it through the skylight.'