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...board the tug Imbricaria in the Pacific, the Chief Engineer, one James Scott, mangled his finger in a flywheel so that white bone grinned through the flesh. Amputation was necessary. The tug's captain downed a pony of whisky, hammered off Air. Scott's finger with a mallet and cold chisel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jul. 20, 1925 | 7/20/1925 | See Source »

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