Word: braga
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...official observer who stands at Fort Wadsworth at the entrance of New York harbor and sights along an imaginary line where the sea "ends " and the U. S. "begins" reported that five vessels crossed the line before midnight on August 31. They were: Esperanza (Mexican), 11:55 p. m. Braga (Italian), 11:56 p. m. Washington (Greek), 11:57 p. m. Byron (Greek), 11:59 p. m. Estonia (Danish), 11:59:45 p. m. Immigration Commissioner Curran at Ellis Island telegraphed Washington and was told that the immigrants on those ships must be counted as August entries. Since most...