Word: shell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cold waters of the Charles closed over the bodies of eight crew men and a coxswain yesterday. But the men quickly rose, reached shore, and set out for the Newell boathouse, while Coach Stevens took charge of the shell, which had been stove in by a stray chunk...
...oarsmen and cox in crew C were the victims. When above the Brighton bridge,--nearly to the first dam in Watertown,--their shell struck a piece of ice, which punched a small hole amidships. The shell rapidly filled and before the crew could pull ashore, the water had nearly reached the gunwales. The men jumped into the water and abandoned the shell to Coach Stevens in his launch. Theoretically, they ran back to the boathouse, but it is rumored that nine men in dripping rowing togs arrived at Newell shortly after the accident in automobiles...
...shell was towed back to Newell boathouse while the other two crews continued their workout. The hole was found to be only about an inch in diameter,--not involving serious damage to the thin hull. Shells were used yesterday for the first time, because the river appeared to be clear of ice, and shells, not barges, were available at Newell boathouse. Barges were used Wednesday...
...Harvard shell got out onto the Charles yesterday. The float, which was needed at Weld Boathouse in order to launch the shells on the open water there, remained fast in the ice in front of Newell. The cold of Thursday night had kept it frozen in solidly, and despite the warm rays of the sun yesterday, it could not be moved. The work will be continued and undoubtedly the crews will be on the water Monday...
...still-water tank at Newell, Coach Stevens, who had studied the moving water tank of the University of Syracuse, had a similar motor and water wheel attached to the Newell tank, where now the water is kept in motion, giving the oarsmen sensations similar to those felt in a shell skimming over the Charles...