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The Record of Desolation and Despair: Bermuda

When the Bermuda came into Jacksonville she had about 200 men on board, The others were picked up here and at the bar. One hundred came from Fernandina. This contingent was taken by rail to a point on the St. Johns River below Jacksonville. There they boarded the tug Kate Spencer, which took them outside and transferred them to the Bermuda. Fully one-half the men are natives of the United States. The pilot who took her out says she looked like a war ship. Cannon had been mounted fore and aft, and machine guns had been placed amidships.

The Bermuda was evidently not prepared to put in a plea that she was a ship on a peaceable errand.

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