Word: shell
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...numbers on this list. The seasons for certain sports, particularly baseball, rowing, and lacrosse, were shorter than most of the others, and in the case of rowing it is probable that a number of the men who did single sculling work also rowed in an eight-oared shell. In the case of tennis, many taking part in the singles tournament also played in the doubles and interclass tournaments. The number of men who reported for hockey, gymnasium work, wrestling, swimming and fencing, which are properly winter sports, is also given. Allowance must conse- quently be made in the total...
...cases in which no actual wounds were produced by missiles, a large number were due to falls, chiefly from horses or into trenches, and to men being thrown down by a mine or large shell or bomb explosion near by. Also there were a few simple surgical conditions, as appendicitis and hernia, demanding surgical treatment. Many of the cases presented more than one wound, there being 670 instances of medical or surgical conditions in 383 cases...
...average of over 3 cases a day. In all 441 cases were at one time or another under our observation and care. Of the 383 cases on which we have full records 318 received actual wounds by missiles--as follows: Rifle ball, 128 Shrapnel ball, 31 Shell fragment, 133 Shell fragment and rifle ball, 5 Shell fragment and shrapnel, 1 Doubtful, 5 Bomb fragments, 9 Hand-grenade, 3 Barbed wire, 1 Mine explosion, 1 Revolver ball, 1 Total...
...that we were in close proximity to the battle-line crowded in on us thick and fast. We passed several detachments of mud-stained infantry who bore unmistakable signs of having passed the previous night in the trenches. The fields on either side of the road were pitted with shell holes; many of the farmhouses were charred and roofless; and the plain wooden crosses which marked the graves of fallen heroes became increasingly frequent as we sped along. Some of the bodies had been buried so hastily that the spring rains and early ploughing had uncovered them, with the result...
...stage for the production of "Siegfried" in the Stadium on Friday evening is nearing completion, and will be practically finished by tonight, although some details still remain to be taken care of. The sounding-shell is in place, and all that remains to be done is to tear down the scaffolding and put up the side and back canvass. Elaborate arrangements have been made for lighting the stage and there will also be excellent facilities for lighting the part of the Stadium occupied by the audience, as the intermissions will be very long. In all, eighteen miles of wire have...