Word: leviathan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spoke George Winthrop, seaman-writer aboard the Leviathan to a CRIMSON reporter. Winthrop, since leaving the University of Minnesota in search of "color" has had a varied taste of ship and port life...
...precedents for early rowing on the Charles may be shattered this afternoon if present plans for taking some oarsmen out in the Leviathan materialize. Last Friday, Coach Stevens and Spuhn led a squad of oarsmen in clearing the ice from in front of Newell boathouse, and with the rain last night it is probable that squads will take the river this afternoon under the direction of Coach Brown. The river is clear below Weld boathouse at present, but there is no thought among the coaching staff to launch any shells until later in the spring...
Married. Herbert Hartley, 50, skipper of the Leviathan, to Miss Mary W. Wilson, of Opelika...
...successive days, green water rolled over the boat deck, 90 ft. above the keel. Two stewards were thrown down a companionway and broke their arms. The expansive panes of the windows protecting the promenades and staterooms were shattered. The roll of injuries rose to 32. In one day, the Leviathan progressed a bare 200 miles. Captain Hartley never took off his clothes Beneath the buffeting, the ship heeled over 20° to port...
...made Leviathan steamed into Quarantine, 6 days and 14 hours out from Cherbourg. The timorous passengers smiled and rolled across the solid earth upon their sea legs. The timid questioned whether ever again they would go to sea, questioned whether the sea were conquerable, asked in their hearts whether some day or other some such man-made Leviathan might not succumb to the demons of the ancient deep. Indeed, it would be a serious question for the Shipping Board, or any other shipping agency, if one of its great ships should ever sink before the onslaught of the storm...