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  • Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 69 (1915)
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Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 69 (1915)
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Galveston, Texas: Great sea wall, built after disaster of 1900, saves the city from destruction as tropical hurricane sweeps Gulf of Mexico. Sixty-mile gale leaves mass of wreckage. Texas City: Hundreds fleeing from storm stricken island ...See moreGalveston, Texas: Great sea wall, built after disaster of 1900, saves the city from destruction as tropical hurricane sweeps Gulf of Mexico. Sixty-mile gale leaves mass of wreckage. Texas City: Hundreds fleeing from storm stricken island city seek safety on mainland where they are cared for in spite of damage there. A tug from Galveston lands high and dry on Eighth Avenue car tracks. Huntington, N.Y: A big house mounted on auto will journey to San Francisco Fair with Mr. R.R. Conklin and party in coast to coast tour. Washington. D.C: Secretary of State Lansing thanks Jose M. Cardosa de Oliveira, Brazilian minister to Mexico, for his aid in handling American affairs. Atlantic City, N.J: Fire at famous resort causes $50,000 damage when blaze visits buildings and burns big promenade. Great crowds visit scene of ruin. Fortress Monroe, Va: Coast battery sends big shells crashing from powerful war engine of fort mortars at moving floating targets in experimental target practice. Military airship observes. Chicago: After following Martin Delaney's newspaper lessons on dry land swimming, intrepid aspirants gather on beach for final instruction, then plunge into Lake Michigan. Plattsburg, N.Y: Recruits at Business Men's Camp are taught to handle the deadly machine guns and to shoot accurately on the rifle range. The men show their skill at elementary maneuvers. Oakland, Cal: Members of National Educational Association are greeted by two thousand school children at school convention fete. Block Island Sound, N.Y: Remarkable pictures of Atlantic fleet in annual maneuvers made by staff photographer Sears. The men drill with loading machine, with the collision mat, and turret guns. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Aug 30, 1915
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Aug 30, 1915 (United States)

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