Word: platformization
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...pile about three inches deep and in this an upright brace was fixed upon which the sleeper running back into the boat house rested. This sleeper did not extend as far out as the pile, but was mortised into the tranverse beam extending along the front of the platform which supported the lower platform and the pillar running up the upper platform. This pillar, however, patched as it was, did not rest entirely on the transverse or facing beam, but partially on the sleeper running back into the boat house. The weight of the upper balcony crushed the face beam...
...start at the lower bridge, the lower balcony suddenly gave away, at a point near the centre, the part nearest the river going first. Those on the edge jumped into the water, while some near the doors ran back into the building and others ran down the platforms leading to the floats. almost at the same moment the upper balcony came down. As this gave way neat the centre, all those crowded along the edge were thrown into a mass in the centre, like water thrown into a trough while those at the back of the balcony clung...
...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...
...cause of the accident seems to be very plain. The whole affair is due to the careless construction of the platform. The upper platform was supported by pillars running from the platform below which in turn rested on a transverse beam. This beam rested on the top of a strong pile, which was driven into the soft, muddy bottom of the river. In the first place the pile upon which the whole structure rested was never driven in until it struck a solid foundation, but was merely inserted in holes dug in the mud for the purpose. Upon this pile...
...gentleman was walking on the platform of a country station with a pet poodle. The dog happened to get in the way of a large, fat baggage master, who gave the little brute a kick. "What do you mean by kicking my dog?" said the enraged owner. "Why, the dog is mad," returned the baggage master. "My dog mad, what are you talking about." "I say the dog is mad; wouldn't you be mad if I kicked...