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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
9
Orde and the crew battle a relentless river as storms endanger a levee jam. The dredge works, piles groan, and the men endure fear, sickness, and fatigue while defending structures and awaiting safer channels. A tug shifts the drifting danger toward safety as hope lingers.
Orde and his crew race to close a widening river opening with bound clumps of piles and tied logs. The Tug Rough Red powers the effort as men cut mooring lines and rush to finish a deadly barrier before the rushing current drags them away.
Orde and crew race to clear a massive log jam as timbers surge down the river toward Stearn's Bayou. Gy Chartey dredges a channel to divert the flow while planning to keep logs moving with thirty to forty men. The effort aims to slow the advancing mass and prevent a stronger impact as the main body nears the jam.
German chemical hexamethylenetetramine described as a uric acid solvent in Foley’s Kidney Remedy. Text urges taking the remedy at first signs of trouble to avoid serious illness.
The river drive fights a rising flood as a jam of logs blocks a dredged channel and a span of iron bridge. Orde, urged by Welton, plans to blow or dismantle the jam while Newmark and Heinzman maneuver to protect notes. The channel finally opens easing pressure, but Orde faces financial ruin and personal peril as smallpox outbreak threatens his household.
A patchwork of notes on inventions from peat and copper outputs to new comb hooks and suction chair tech. Mentions Patagonian height, Laplanders, a flying machine study in Australia, and a Chicagoan who devised a two duets bag leaf spread device. Includes Birmingham electricity growth and New Jersey limits on mandates.
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