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Word: corumba (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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John S. Clarke Jr. in the shoulder. Alex ander Siemel, jaguar spearer and expedition field director, got the injured man to their main camp on John Gordon Ram say's huge Descalvados ranch (it is as big as Connecticut), sent him by airplane to Corumba for hospital mending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Hounds v. Big Game | 10/5/1931 | See Source »

...river. Animal catchers Alexander Siemel and David Newell started to wade to the dogs. An alligator seized Siemel's foot, lacerating it so badly that, though he insisted on finishing that hunt, he had to be shipped by dugout to the nearest hospital, 250 miles away at Corumba. Last week he was reported improving, should rejoin the expedition this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Matto Grosso Rigors | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

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