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...time the lifeboats dropped into the sea, three Coast Guard cutters and the 1,000-ft. U.S. supertanker Williamsburgh were headed for the Prinsendam, which by now was listing and billowing smoke. Cold and soaked with sea spray, some passengers kept up their spirits by singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Show Me the Way to Go Home. Recalled John Courtney, 69, a retired college art professor: "A lot of people were seasick, but there was no hysteria." By 9:30 a.m., helicopters began hoisting people from the lifeboats in baskets and ferrying them to the rescue vessels. Only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Morning to Remember | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

When Mrs. Eugene Kupferstein went to Williamsburgh General Hospital in Brooklyn for her first delivery, her physician confidently promised her two babies. Sure enough, Dr. Isaac Diamond soon delivered a 4 Ib. 8 oz. boy who was named Aaron. But the second baby showed no sign of being ready to be born, as it should have if the two had been ordinary twins. So Dr. Diamond induced labor, and late that night Mrs. Kupferstein gave birth to a second boy (4 Ibs. 13 oz.) named Herman. Said Dr. Diamond: the boys, though born to the same mother on the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Two--but Twins? | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

...OFLRICHS TOURNAMENT.Saturday the tournament for the Oelrichs challenge cup was played, under the direction of the National Lacrosse Association. Six clubs were entered, Williamsburgh, Princeton, Stevens Institute, University of New York, Druids of Baltimore, and Harvard. The general expectation in New York was that Williamsburgh would win. The contest took place in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Occasional showers of rain made the ground slippery and treacherous under the players' feet. The first game was between the Druids and Stevens Institute. The Druids won after a hard fought contest, by a score of four goals to three. Williamsburg and Harvard played...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Harvard Champions. | 6/1/1885 | See Source »

Harvard thus won the cup by the following scores: Williamsburgh vs. Harvard, 1-7; Druids vs. Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Harvard Champions. | 6/1/1885 | See Source »

...yards hurdle record was lowered 1/8 of a second at the Championship Games, September 24 last, by W. T. Tivey, Williamsburgh Athletic Club, who covered the distance in 17 1/8 sec., the best previous record being 17 1/4 sec., by H. E. Ficken, New York Athletic Club, at Mott Haven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

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