If a shot from that cruiser were to strike us amidships, we'd all be blown into the air."
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard
In a few moments she was dead before it, the helm amidships, the wind blowing sheer over the stern with half its weight seemingly gone through the vessel running, the tall seas chasing her high stern and floating it upwards, till looking forward was like gazing down the slope of a hill.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
We had a great store of coal forwards and amidships, for we had faced the Horn in coming and knew what we had to expect in returning.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell