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...lectures in N. H. 18 will begin today at 11 A. M. in the museum, lower floor...
...sympathy for the wounded our no less earnest hopes for their recovery, we have every reason to feel thankful that the consequences were not even more terrible than they are. Everything seemed to conspire to make the effects of the accident as slight as possible,-the falling of the lower balcony first, the half-flood tide and the timely assistance,-and we cannot but feel the deepest gratitude to the good fortune that saved us from a most horrible calamity. Of course it is needless to urge that the injured be cared for, for they are receiving the best...
...Saturday morning the crowd began to collect at the boat house to see the scratch races. By 11-50 both the upper and the lower balconies of the boat house were crowded two or three deep along the edge, and a few were on the roof. The number on the balconies was greater than usual, as the crowd left the floats on account of the rain. At about 11-55, just as the four crews were drawing into line for the start at the lower bridge, the lower balcony suddenly gave away, at a point near the centre, the part...
...Mead, '87, of Boston, was standing on the lower platform. The platform falling from above struck him over the eye and slipped down to his chest, and then struck his knee breaking his leg and straining his ankle. Although his injuries were quite serious, he has been removed to his home in Boston, and seems to be doing well...
...purpose. Upon this pile rested a transverse beam, from which the pillars reached to the upper platform. A short distance to the west this beam was spliced. The main pillar which supported the weight above was not a continuous piece of timber, but was patched at the lower part with a smaller piece which was let a short distance into the transverse beam. At this same point was inserted a plank running at right angles to the pile and the main beam and extending back to the boat house. With all these holes and patches the spot was naturally...