Word: cameronism
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Dates: during 1875-1875
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...with the deepest regret that we copy from the Trinity Tablet the following account of the sad death, by drowning, of MR. HENRY G. CAMERON...
Several of the crew on that day were extremely worn by their late exertions on the river, and were indisposed for rowing. The usual noon pull had been dispensed with, and in the evening Hooker, acting as coxswain, coached Sherman and Cameron in the Sophomore pair-oar. They pulled up stream as far as the toll-bridge on Morgan Street, where, about six o'clock, the swell of a tug-boat, passing at some distance from them, caused the water to wash over the bow of the boat, and gradually filled it through holes in the canvas. The oarsmen, having...
...time of his death Cameron was a member of the Junior class, of which he was the President. He had passed most of the Honor examinations during his course, had taken several prizes, and had obtained the second Junior appointment. For several years past he had been a member of the choir of the Church of the Incarnation. It had been his long-expressed intention to devote himself to the ministry of the church...