Word: rios
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Delay. In Rio de Janeiro, the case of the late Postmaster Artur Neves, accused in 1889 of embezzling $100,000, finally reached the federal courts...
...Magdalena's maiden voyage began uneventfully enough out of London. After a smooth South Atlantic crossing, the liner coasted down to Santos and Buenos Aires, picking up a cargo of Brazilian oranges and Argentine beef, then headed northeast for Rio and home. At 4:45 of a calm, cloudy morning last week, disaster intercepted the Magdalena
First Officer Cyril Senior was at the conn, approaching Rio's broad, mountain-ringed harbor at about 15 knots when, without a hint of danger, came the sensation that strikes terror into every sailor's bones: a sharp, grinding noise forward. The 'Magdalena shuddered to a stop, hard aground on a reef so shoal that breakers creamed over...
Helped by a fresh wind and a strong ground swell, the Magdalena slowly worked herself off her perch. Next morning, tugs took her in tow. As the crippled ship wallowed into the harbor, Rio stopped work. From the seawalls, from the windows of downtown office skyscrapers, all along the city's 20 miles of beaches, cariocas gaped. None anticipated the climax...
...week's end the bow had sunk, but the stern two-thirds of the ship rested on a beach. Officials had ordered a full inquiry; agents of Lloyd's of London, who had insured the ship for $8,000,000, rushed to Rio to determine how the stern and the cargo could be salvaged...