McLean Recalls Perilous Falls as Structural Steel Worker
EB R McLean recounts his 1908 bridgeyard accident on the Baltimore and Ohio span over the Susquehanna near Perryville Havre de Grace Maryland. He describes a 97 foot dive that he survived, a close call with a 22 inch opening under the deck, and saving a fellow worker before finishing the project. He notes other near misses, lifelong hearing loss from typhoid, and bitterness toward employers over worker compensation.
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Colliers
Jim Ward
Baltimore and Ohio
Susquehanna River
Perryville
Havre-De-Grace
Maryland
Havre- De-Grace
Ambridge
Steel
St. Louis
World Tour: A Voyage From South Hampton to New York
MR. AND MRS. PAUL MATHIB recount a Hamburg American Line voyage leaving South Hampton on Friday February 21 at 4 p m, crossing the English Channel to Cherbourg to pick up mail, then arriving quarantine in New York seven days later. They visit landmarks from Radio City to Grant's tomb, tour Washington, Chicago, Minneapolis and Havre then return home on March 9. the trip featured cold crossings, wondrous skylines, and extensive snow in the Midwest with encounters of state capitals and congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hampton
England
English Channel
Charbourgh
France
New York
Atlantic
Hudson River
Statute of Liberty
Brooklyn
Pier 84
New Jersey
Washington, D. C
White House
U. S. Capitol Building
Congress
San Montana
B. K Wheeler
Roy Ayers
House
Chicago
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Paul
Havre
Teton County
Fort Benton
Cascade County
Paul Mathib
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McLean
EB. R. McLean
Mrs
Paul Mathis
Radio City Music Hall
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller
Radio City
RCA
Empire State Building
5Th Avenue
Millionaire Row
U. S. Grant
Wall Street
Chas. D. Egerly
Farmers’ Union Livestock Commission Co
Farmers’ Union
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wm. Schoppe
Chateau
P. & O. Gang
John Edwards
J. H. Byler
C. D. McDonald
Utilities Engineering Institute
N. Wells St
THE
Montana Power CO
Terraplane
Terraplanes
B. Detreit
Choteau Implement CO
Choteau, Montana
Detroit
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