FORTRESS ON THE HEIGHTS…Top, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center loomed large when it opened in Washington Heights in 1928; below, New York Hospital, most likely the building described inMorris Markey’scolumn; at left,Dr. George Crile, Sr., completing his landmark 25,000th thyroid operation ...
Their ship had covered hundreds of watery miles northward when a squall hit off New York City. The Lowell Daily News of Thursday, June 13, 1895 reported what happened: THE DROWNING OF FRANK J. DONAHOE. A GREAT WAVE SWEPT HIM OFF THE STEAMER’S DECK. There was a High Wind and a Heavy...
Nature brought beautiful and terrible spectacles in 1925, a Total Eclipse darkened the skies of a narrow zone of America, including New York City. A huge tornado swarm ravaged Missouri, Indiana and Illinois killing 950 people. The fads of the time included crossword puzzles, the 'abbreviated co...