Word: mishap
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...changes, and as it proved, rather too much so, for they had not rowed a dozen strokes in the second trial before Clarke broke his oar short off and Gilman displaced his seat. This, of course, put them out of the race, and was doubly unfortunate since when the mishap occurred they had a short lead over the other two crews. The rest of the race was hotly contested by II. and IV., the latter crew finally winning by about three seconds. Time, 58 seconds...
...money in the total sufficiently large to induce the widow to part with it. While the civil war was in progress George Lafayette Washington lived eleven miles from Harper's Ferry, on the main road to Winchester, where the belligerents were continually ousting one another's forces. Lest any mishap should befall the medal, it was placed, with its original case of green sealskin lined with velvet, in a wrapping of cotton, deposited in a box, and buried in the dry cellar of the venerable mansion where Washington was wont to pass many pleasant holidays. The losses sustained...