Word: railings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Munargo one day last week, thought that going home had proved too much for one young man. As the tender passed the buoy by the Hog Island lighthouse, the young man whipped off his coat and dove overboard. His wife fainted. Passengers stumbled over suitcases to the rail. Then they saw that the young man, swimming powerfully, was saving a small boy. Tender-Captain Russell's ten-year-old had tumbled off the deck. Charles F. Havemeyer, onetime (class of 1921) Harvard footballer, N. Y. Stock Exchange member, had plunged to the rescue. A one-time (class...
Leonor Fresnel Loree, President of the Delaware & Hudson R. R., and master of even greater rail systems: "The Holland Society of New York gave me its 1926 medal. In its estimation I had 'done most to promote the welfare of mankind' in my particular field. Upon accepting the medal, I made a speech, showing that in 1925 each freight employe in the U. S. "handled 320,019 tons of goods for each mile of transportation furnished. In Africa where blackamoor porters still carry freight on their backs, each is capable of but 152 ton-miles a year...
...Rail Congestion. So drastic are the new passport regulations affecting persons entering or leaving Italy that last week many of the trains crossing the Italian frontier were almost empty. Returning travelers told of standing in line for hours while Italian passport and customs inspectors pored over papers and luggage which they usually pass with a perfunctory inspection or a paternal...
...subway, and parks of Pest. These two cities (Buda and Pest) lie on either side of the Danube and form together the Capital (Budapest). Since it was already late, the Royal Opera was indicated and fulfilled its reputation as among the finest in Europe." Vienna, Austria. "Four hours by rail sufficed to reach Vienna between breakfast time and luncheon. Grown used to falling cabinets, I accepted as natural the fact that Chancellor (Premier) Rudolf Ramek had at last been forced to the wall by the many disgruntled office holders whom he has dismissed as a matter of national economy...
...does rapid and constant traveling. No sooner was I entrained from London for Folkestone, Eng., than my train was derailed, just outside Charing Cross Station. I was the first to leave the train; I walked the track swiftly back to the station, keeping a wary eye on the electric rail; I motored 70 miles to Folkestone, arriving in time for my concert...