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Many of the turbaned crew jumped overboard, and the others were quickly subdued.— Stories of New Jersey
Still he could discover nothing to settle the point; it was only evident that the guns must have been thrown overboard, and the masts cut away, before she reached the shore.— The Three Commanders
"I cannot help thinking of the poor fellows who were washed overboard, and thankful I ought to be that I was not among them.— The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
"They tell me that a man has fallen overboard, and that a boat has gone to look for him.— The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
The first lieutenant waved his hand and came aft, wet to the skin, and his clothes streaming with water as though he had been overboard--as indeed he had, to all intents and purposes; for while standing on the forecastle, waiting for the order to let go the anchor, he had been quite as much under water as above it That is as narrow a squeak as I have ever beheld, sir," he exclaimed, as he joined the skipper.— A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy

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