Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hundred families have been driven from their houses in Nashville, Tenn., by the overflow of the Cumberland river...
...interest in boating matters. True, there is an "University Association" which comes out in the "Liber Brunensis" with a full list of officers, and with the statement that the university crew has not been selected, but beyond this annual appearance it accomplishes nothing. The boat-house on the Seekonk river was badly damaged by last winter's ice, and immediate repairs were necessary to keep it from falling. Some of the energetic members of '84 started a subscription paper and the house is now in good order. The sophomore class has a number of men in training, and they have...
...canal projects have been brought before Congress : One, to construct a channel from the Hudson along the Harlem river to the outer edge of Randall's Island; the other, to authorize a survey for a ship canal from Toledo to the lower points of Lake Michigan...
...Eaton of St. Louis, Mo., preparing for Harvard at the West Newton English and Classical School, was drowned Saturday at Waltham while skating on the Charles river...
...severe struggle is going on between the two horse railroads of Cambridge, the Union and Charles River. The Union road seems to think it has a right to the monopoly of the business...