The valves were charged. More coal was swallowed by the furnaces. Ventilators shot torrents of air over the braziers. The Abraham Lincoln's speed increased. Its masts trembled down to their blocks, and swirls of smoke could barely squeeze through the narrow funnels.
De kleppen werden belast, de fornuizen werden volgepropt met kolen; de wind vangers wierpen stroomen lucht in de machinekamer; de snelheid van de Abraham Lincoln werd nog grooter. De masten trilden over hunne geheele lengte, en de schoorsteenen konden ter nauwernood de dikke rookwolken den doorgang verschaffen.