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	Historical Press Release The Breakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Flagler's heirs refused to be beaten by this catastrophe.
		The award‑winning Breakers Palm Beach is a Mobil Five-Star, AAA five diamond resort that has established itself as one of the finest in the world.
		The Breakers also features an outstanding selection of restaurants to suit casual or elegant preferences, as well as an array of on‑site boutiques to fulfill travelers' interest in shopping.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~jah3/breaker_1.htm (1423 words)

	The Breakers (1878) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Breakers (1878) was located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island (41°28′11″ N 71°17′55″ W).
		Designed by Peabody and Stearns for Pierre Lorillard IV in the Queen Anne style, construction began in 1877 and was completed in 1878.
		The Breakers was notable for its high tower and steeply-gabled roof forms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Breakers_(1878) (148 words)

	Brian Smith's Homepage
		Biltmore and The Breakers are good examples of Richard Morris Hunt’s wide range of architectural abilities and demonstrate why he considered one of the “leading ‘society’ architects” of the nineteenth century (Gil 134).
		The insides of Biltmore and The Breakers were designed to showcase great artwork from around the world, displaying tapestries rich in color, sculptures full of realism and detail, and canvas and print paintings drawn by some of the most well known artists of the time.
		The reason for this was that an earlier Breakers cottage, which he had purchased in 1885, burned to the ground in 1892.
	plaza.ufl.edu /bjsmith/hunt.html (3535 words)

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		Clan Alpine was launched in September 1878 and her first trial trip was a festive occasion with 100 guests and press aboard on Tuesday 15th October 1878.
		On October 26th, 1878 she sailed for Bombay under the command of Captain George Cawley R.N.R., the masters of all early ships being officers in the Royal Navy Reserve.
		1878 did not start well for the company, a harsh blow being dealt on January 27th with the death of his new partner, Alexandra Irvine at the age of 44 as the result of a heart attack.
	www.merchantnavyofficers.com /clanline.html (2834 words)

	9, Voyage of the Paper Canoe, N. H. Bishop, 1878
		One of the ships, in moving its position from the unprotected anchorage-ground, parted its cable and left an anchor on the bottom -- the second that had been lost.
		The wind drove the ships towards the beach, when a third anchor was lowered; but it held the little fleet so close in to the breakers, that the sailors were forced to slip their cable and work into a channel-way, where, in deeper water, they held their ground.
		In debating the propriety of holding on and attempting to wear out the gale, the scarcity of their provisions, and the possession of but one cask of water, and only one anchor for the fleet to ride at, decided them to go southward in quest of some favorable landing, where water could be found.
	www.ibiblio.org /eldritch/nhb/paperc/c09.html (6421 words)

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		You see, Flagler is the man who created the fabulous Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla. And any man who could endure the description of mirthless amidst such splendor might as well winter in Cleveland.
		Resort historian Jim Ponce said that in 1878 Flagler was a man who had everything, the sole exceptions being a healthy wife and a place to work on his tan.
		Once the sole domain of the fabulously wealthy who booked rooms from Christmas to May, The Breakers today is reaching out to families with enough disposable income on hand to afford rates ranging from an off-season low of $160 per night to $340 during the popular winter season.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /pages/entertainment/travel/us/break22.html (1468 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Hawaii (state)
		Coral reefs lie just offshore of many beaches, and great rolling breakers are formed where the ocean thunders over the reefs.
		The breakers provide excellent surfing conditions in many places, but there is often a dangerous undertow that threatens the unwary and unskilled surfer.
		The ukulele, an instrument closely associated with Hawaiian music, is an adaptation of a small guitar brought to the islands in the late 19th century by Portuguese laborers.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761576663__1/Hawaii_(state).html (15607 words)

	7, Voyage of the Paper Canoe, N. H. Bishop, 1878
		Having rowed twenty-six miles, and being off the mouth of Murderkill Creek, a squall struck the canoe and forced it on to an oyster reef, upon the sharp shells of which she was rocked for several minutes by the shallow breakers.
		While I felt this pressing down and burying tendency of the seas, as they broke upon my head and shoulders, I understood the reason why so many good swimmers are drowned in attempting to reach the shore from a wreck on a shoal, when the wind, though blowing heavily, is in the victim's favor.
		The land was not over an eighth of a mile away, and from it came the sullen roar of the breakers, pounding their heavy weight upon the sandy shingle.
	www.rtpnet.org /robroy/paperc/c07.html (3322 words)

	A Heavy Sea Running, The Formation of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1846—1878 (U.S. Lifesaving Service)
		As early as 1878, Congressman Mark H. Dunnell could write that "to read what the lifesaving service has achieved makes one feel as though he were reading a romance."(3)
		The property ($4.1 million) and eighty lives lost within the range of operations could not be attributed to the conduct of the life-saving crews or to any defects in their attempts to render prompt and determined assistance.
		Although mariners rarely knew precisely where their vessels had grounded during a storm, they would be encouraged that whichever way they walked along a desolate shore, they could come upon a house of refuge or, if not a hut, a local residence.
	www.lifesavingservice.org /article_2.html (7886 words)

	Dining (A-N)
		With palm trees lining the streets, a remembrance of the Providencia shipwreck in 1878, the Town of Palm Beach provides a friendly welcome to visitors from around the corner and around the world.
		While only 14 miles long and 1/2 mile in width, the island is filled with history and legends and fantastic things to see and do every day of the year.
		Located on the second floor of The Breakers' old-Florida style Ocean Golf and Tennis Clubhouse, The Flagler Steakhouse features a sporty Palm Beach environment with rich interiors and panoramic views of the golf course from outdoor terrace seating.
	www.palmbeachchamber.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.dining1&x=4429740 (1869 words)

	WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hunt was drowned at the Isles of Shoals on the 8th of September 1879.
		His brother, RICHARD MoRass HUNT (1828-1895), the famous architect, was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on the 31st of October 1828.
		He was one of three foreign members of the Italian Society of St Luke, an honorary and corresponding member if the Acadmie des Beaux Arts and of the Royal InstitUte of British Architects, and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUNT_WILLIAM_MORRIS.htm (682 words)

	Ship Descriptions - Ci to Cz
		Sold to the Thistle Line in 1878, she was re-engined and commenced London - New York voyages on 22nd July 1879.
		In 1878 she was rebuilt to 2,030 tons and fitted with compound engines and from 1878-82 she made 7 voyages between Glasgow - Liverpool - Bombay.
		She was bought in 1878 by the Orient Steam Navigation Co and was re-engined in 1888 to give her a service speed of 15 knots.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/descriptions/ShipsCC.html (17394 words)

	Magazine Antiques: Oriental carpets - Newport, Rhode Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		However boastfully The Breakers as a whole declares its supremacy over the other mansions, its Oriental carpets are, with one notable exception, relatively understated.
		This rug, now in the great hall of The Breakers, still bears a tag with the owner's directive: "If used in Breakers - Newport - in front of entrance between office and reception room." The process of obtaining the carpets seems to have been as unadventurous as their designs.
		Several Garus carpets name a patron and bear dates between 1878 and 1901.(4) The example in The Breakers lacks an inscription but must have been made early in this period if not before, and of all the published examples, it is by far the largest.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n4_v147/ai_16998526 (1457 words)

	Palm Beach - Absolutely Florida!
		The Spa At The Breakers is an exciting new addition to this world-class resort, where one can indulge in head-to-toe revitalizing and pampering, from the plush robe and slippers provided upon arrival to the complete range of relaxing or invigorating activities and services.
		Its extravagant attention to detail - be it the fragrance of fresh lilies that greets you in the lobby or the impeccable service that just seems to naturally flow from the staff - adds up to a feeling of Old World enchantment mixed with modern day efficiency without being rushed.
		And if that weren't enough, The Breakers recently completed a $25 million project that added the Oceanfront Conference Center and Spa to its long list of amenities (see sidebar).
	www.abfla.com /1tocf/allgosf/palmbeach/palmbeach2.html (1771 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Henry Demarest Lloyd: The Lords of Industry, June 1884
		The result was that the price of coal was doubled, rising to $12 a ton; the resumption by the private mineowners was stopped; and they, the workmen and the Consumer, were all delivered over to the tender mercies of the six great companies.
		The coal combination was again investigated by the New York legislature in 1878, after the combination had raised the prices of coal in New York to double what they had been.
		It is shocking to watch the vile practices indulged in by these children, to hear the frightful oaths they use, to see their total disregard for religion and humanity." In the upper part of Luzerne county, out of 22,000 inhabitants 3000 are children, between six and fifteen years of age, at work in this way.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1884hdlloyd.html (6103 words)

	And Then They Went West Part 12c
		The people would be very glad to go back twenty years as far as communication with Sandusky is concerned." In the year 1872 the steam barge Charles Hickox was built for carrying lime and limestone from the island to Cleveland for Calkins & Company, owners of North quarry.
		In 1878, Norman Kelley bought the barge or propeller Monitor which served N. Kelley & Company until they sold out in 1891.
		there may be danger lurking near, Making the bravest quake with fear, The treacherous rock where the breakers roar,'Neath the beetling cliff that bounds the shore, Yet He'll protect as I dash along, And in his strength I'll chant my song.
	ki.inlandseas.com /part12c.shtml (1793 words)

	Artist's Footsteps
		On that night, her master, Captain George Gibb, believed her to be many miles off the Victorian coast, and sent a man aloft to watch for the Cape Otway light.
		However, the ship was actually close inshore near the mouth of Sherbrooke Creek, and in the early hours of the morning of 1 June 1878, the coastal haze lifted and revealed rugged cliffs only a short distance away.
		Anchors were let go but they dragged on the sandy bottom so an attempt was made to place her on the port tack.
	www.artistsfootsteps.com /html/vccbruford_lockard.htm (1405 words)

	UK Diving Places To Dive
		Bermuda is famous for its breakers or boilers, where the reef rises to the surface of the ocean and gets in the way of passing vessels - you'll see plenty of them for yourself as your captain skilfully navigates the dive boat through the hundreds of channels on the way to a site.
		These breakers in themselves present stunning dive opportunities, with caves, swim-throughs and overhangs to explore.
		The coral formations might not be as obviously dramatic or colourful as, say, in the southern Red Sea, but they're healthy, and home to huge schools of fish.
	www.ukdiving.co.uk /places/world/articles/bermuda_wrecks5.htm (708 words)

	Maritime Strike 1878 - 1879 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The seamen's strike in 1878 was the first intercolonial dispute in Australia.
		On Saturday the 7th of December 1878, a crowd had gathered outside the Australasian Steam Navigation Companies wharf and when the fllegs had finished work and made their way home, the crowd began hooting the strike breakers.
		The Maritime Strike in 1878 put the question of race, international capital and labour squarely on the colonial political agenda.
	www.takver.com /wharfie/aa286_01.htm (490 words)

	NARA - Prologue - Prologue: Selected Articles
		Peering through a thick blanket of fog on the morning of January 31, 1878, local fishermen were the first to spot the grounded vessel.
		When he was unable to get past the breakers, those on board the vessel who had looked on in horror began to jump overboard and take their chances at swimming ashore.
		For three hours keeper and crew struggled to save them in the surf while battling a treacherous undertow; all were badly bruised by the mass of bobbing timbers about them.
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/1987/winter/us-life-saving-service-2.html (754 words)

	Blackbird 1863-1878
		The iron screw steamer Blackbird was built at Newcastle on Tyne in 1863 expressly for the Australian coastal trade in which she was engaged until wrecked on the Ninety Mile Beach in 1878.
		When she was lost on the Ninety Mile Beach near Port Albert Victoria in the early hours of Sunday 2nd June 1878, her cargo was reported as consisting of 800 tons of coal consigned to Lyell and Gowan of Melbourne together with three paying passengers (2).
		From a contemporary account of the circumstances surrounding the loss of the Blackbird (2), it is apparent that the officers and crew of that ship had scant clue of their whereabouts prior to, or even after, the wreck.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~maav/blackbird.htm (3528 words)

	Magazine Antiques: The aesthetic movement in Newport - Newport, Rhode Island
		An example is Armstrong's Chimney Corner of 1878 (Pl. II), which is set in the artist's farmhouse Danskammer, near Newburgh, New York, overlooking the Hudson River.
		The painting was brought to Kingscote by his daughter-in-law, Maud Gwendolen King Armstrong (1876-1968).(2) In many ways it sums up the tenets of the aesthetic movement in America, particularly the tremendous enthusiasm during the late 1870's and 1880's for works of art from all periods and cultures.
		Because La Farge was out of favor at the time with Vanderbilt arid his architects, the skylight was created by Francis Lathrop (who had been part of the original team that worked on the windows).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n4_v147/ai_16998524 (797 words)

	Oh What Fun We Had--Water Recreation and Rhode Island
		Even if the amusement parks and the midway were intended to be a showing of social recreation, the middle class version of a promenade, there were other ways of showing that they had the makings of a lifestyle as rich as Newport.
		Of course, Newport did not have the arrival of the Vanderbilts and the Breakers yet, but until then Narragansett Pier was a close second.
		Even if there were over seventy rooms, as in the Breakers, it was still only used from mid June to mid September.
	rwuhp.tripod.com /ca/amparks/senior/water.html (7133 words)

	History of Residential Wiring Systems
		Our house was built with knob+tube in 1931 (it also used circuit breakers instead of fuses which I am told is unusual for the time, at least here).
		The City electrical engineer there was gravely suspicious of the interrupting capacity of the available breakers and would not allow them during his tenure.
		When he retired - about 1983 - breaker protected circuits with unlimited numbers of outlets took over from rewirable fuse protected 1/16 circuits (230 volt) with two outlets (max).
	www.codecheck.com /wiring_history.htm (2026 words)

	The Age of Big Business - CHAPTER IV - THE TELEPHONE: AMERICA'S MOST POETICAL ACHIEVEMENT
		The mere circumstance that the great capitalists of the Western Union had taken up the telephone gave the public a confidence in its value which otherwise it would not have had, a fact which Vail skillfully used in attracting influential financial support.
		He boldly sued the Western Union in 1878 for infringement of the Bell patents.
		The case was a famous one; the whole history of the telephone was reviewed from the earliest days, and the evidence as to rival claimants was placed on record for all time.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/BigBusi/00000014.htm (6122 words)

	Art & Architecture : Volume II: The Art - Germany and Austria (Text)
		Professor Hans Gude was born in Norway but has long lived in Berlin, and paints the sea and the rocky coast as a Norwegian should.
		Here he is represented by a vigorous marine, called only "Breakers," some hardy fishers or wreckers wading out into the surf to save some flotsam coming ashore.
		Of the few marines, much the best rendered are the two by Benes Knuepfer who paints in Rome - both long stretches of grayish and yellowish white tossing seas, seen from the shore, over which the light sifts down from a broken and luminous sky.
	columbus.gl.iit.edu /artarch/germany.html (6147 words)

	1878 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio: Part 2
		When they said the constitution was a covenant with death and a league with hell; when they denounced the church and the clergy for their position; when they sowed broadcast the seeds of discord and infidelity, the religious sentiment of the people here revolted.
		There is no doubt the people were anchored by their faith, so that the storm of passion did not drive them to sea or leave them wrecked amid the breakers.
		If there were those who made a wreck of faith in their devotion to freedom, the majority of the people were held firm.
	www.solomonspalding.com /SRP/saga2/1878Ast2.htm (18948 words)

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