Word: blowne
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Lost. - Cloth hat (brown) blown off in yard on Tuesday night. Finder will render a great favor by returning same to 29 Grays Hall...
Several panes of glass were blown out of the gymnasium yesterday by the wind...
Warren S. Yates, Yale, '87, perished on Long Island Sound Thanksgiving Day. He was blown out into the sound in an open boat and died from exposure...
...those who felt the shock of a heavy explosion yesterday morning, imagined what its cause was. Around College House, however, all was bustle and excitement. Men but half awake, and hastily dressed were standing at a respectful distance from three windows which had been blown into atoms by some unseen force, and were awaiting a repetition of the shock with a mixture of awe and curiosity. However, as no second explosion took place, they became bold enough to inquire more closely into the cause...
...filled of gas, and to ascertain whether it was genuine gas or not, he struck a match, thereby having his doubts very quickly satisfied. The result of the experiment was an explosion so heavy as to be felt all over the yard. The windows of the room were, violently blown out over the sidewalk, the door was partly blown open, the ceiling was sprung, and the wall on the entry displaced about six inches, and about 20 feet of plastering so damaged as to have to be torn down immediately. All the plastering in the room was shaken loose...