River jumps and a man named Francis past high bridges
The article recounts multiple high bridge jumps into the Harlem and Genesee rivers from High Bridge and Macomb's Dam Bridge. It tells of Bam Lateh and Peter Francis, both with a family history of water feats, their injuries and survivals, and details about their heights, height of bridges, and surrounding spectators. It notes Peter Francis’s wartime service, a policeman companion, and how another brother’s dangerous habit continued.
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Harlem
Genesee
Peter Frangs
Cooper
Francis
Macomb’s
Peter
High Badge
Billy Kenard
Kennard
Billy
Frantis
Thatrena
Macomb’s Dam
Changes of a Century reveals great discoveries and inventions
The text lists milestones from 1790 to 1893, noting Fulton's 1809 steam patent, Sirius and Great Western voyages, first gas illumination in London in 1813, a Waltham mill for cotton cloth, early US stagecoach rates, 1807 mechanical clocks, early railroads, Daguerre photography experiments, 1849 express business, 1836 patent for a sewing needle, 1965 telegram, pencil use, reaper trials, 1883 Howe sewing machine, and 1839 rubber patent.
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Fulton
Atlantic Ocean
Sirius
Great Western
London
Walthens
Iss
Machiery
United States
Daguerre
first_express
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Globe Music Go
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Mass
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