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When morning broke with clouds of lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STORM. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

...umbrella just then broke out with a new attack on the people in town, and ended with an inquiry as to the possibility of getting into any of the buildings. The desk informed them that they could walk around the Library, and might possibly be able to get into Memorial Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A ROMANCE IN THE LIBRARY. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

...English coach, which was wrecked completely, but none of them were injured. One of the gentlemen was sitting side by side with a man who was killed instantly. The other two were sitting so near each other that there was just room enough for an iron beam, that broke through the side of the car, to pass between them without striking either of them. Such a miraculous preservation of life, accompanied with the sudden death of the unfortunate people who had gone out for a holiday, cannot fail to arouse in our minds the most serious thoughts, while the fate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

...pitcher of the Trinity Nine broke his index finger on Wednesday, and consequently the game appointed for to-morrow afternoon is postponed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

SHOOTING.DR. CARVER, at San Francisco, Cal., broke with a rifle 886 glass balls out of 1,000, sprung from a trap at 21 yards rise. This is a most wonderful feat, especially as it was accomplished with a single ball, and not with shot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

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