Word: storming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Commencing with a description of the dangerous conditions under which the men of the Life Saving Service work, Mr. Peck gave views of the Cape Cod, Florida and California coasts. He described minutely the great storm of Thanksgiving. 1898, in which the steamer "Portland" was lost with all on board. The lecturer then passed to the actual work of the service, which in thirty years has saved $166,000,000 and 102,000 lives. The 275 stations along our coasts, he said, are conducted under military rules. Three years previous experience as a sailor or fisherman is required of applicants...
...Isaacs began by describing the geography and climate of the country, pointing out how ill-adapted the land has been to the achievement of any kind of political unity among the inhabitants. Armenia has also had the misfortune to be the storm-center of many great struggles in history, struggles in which she has been overwhelmed and conquered many times by foreign nations. It is strange, indeed, that placed in the position of servitude to which she has been subjected, Armenia has ever been able to give to the world what she has given,--a literature which can hardly...
...Millet began with a review of the physiographic features of the Balkan Peninsula, which, in the past, as in the present, have made it the storm center of the Eastern question. He then summer up the historic influences which have moulded the East of today and gave a vivid description of the countries and the men who have been prominent in its history...
Aside from the interest of the storm itself Nantasket Beach is instructive from the physiographic point of view as it shows the trying together of islands and the protection of old cliffs by the formation of beaches...
...seems likely that there will be a storm on an appropriate date provisional notice will be given in Friday's CRIMSON that the party will go Saturday, and a final notice will be put in Saturday's CRIMSON. Men who are interested will be notified by postal or telephone if they make arrangements in advance with E. S. Bryant, 56 Plymptom street...