Word: river
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...frozen to the marsh that to try to move it would have meant its destruction. Accordingly care was taken this year to have the float raised on blocks before it was frozen fast, so that it could be put in on the first tide after the ice left the river. Mr. Geo. Weld kindly contributed the money to have the float thoroughly repaired, so that hereafter it will not be submerged at low tide. We have, during the past week, been trying to get a building mover to put it in; we may succeed yet, but if it cannot...
...fact that last year the boat house was left unopened until very late in the spring, about April 6, and the members lost much good rowing weather. We would therefore suggest, in view of the early spring this year, the present warm spell, and the open condition of the river, which in all probability will continue free from ice hereafter, that the boat house be opened as soon as possible in order that the members may take advantage of the excellent rowing weather which this month always offers...
...first 'varsity crew was on the river in the barge yesterday for the first time this year. The men rowed in the same order as they have been rowing in the tank for the past week. The second crew rowed as usual in the tank...
...ninety-four crew is the first class crew on the river. They were out in a barge yesterday. The men had the faults usual to a first appearance on the river...
...first part of the retreat. Food and water were scarce and gave out five days before the men reached land. The retreat was carried on in three divisions, of which the one under Engineer Melville's charge alone survived. He made the land at the delta of the Lena river in northern Siberia. For the last five days the journey had been made in the boat, without provisions of any kind. The bodies of the men were badly frozen. The party searched the coast about the mouth of the Lena thoroughly, but no trace of their missing comrades was found...