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Illustration of the disaster in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. At approximately 2:10 a.m., as the train approached the West Hartford Bridge, a catastrophic failure occurred. The engine, along with the combined baggage, express, mail, and smoking cars, successfully passed over the bridge.
The Yankee (later retitled The Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette) was one of the first cultural publications in the United States, founded and edited by John Neal (1793–1876), and published in Portland, Maine, as a weekly periodical and later converted to a longer, monthly format. Its two-year run concluded at the end of 1829.
An early use of the term outside the United States was in the creation of Sam Slick the "Yankee Clockmaker" in a newspaper column in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1835. The character was a plain-speaking American who becomes an example for Nova Scotians to follow in his industry and practicality; his uncouth manners and vanity were qualities that ...
TAMPA, Fla. – In almost every sense, the tradition-bound New York Yankees adopted the necessary modern trappings of baseball. Their manager, Aaron Boone, is occasionally criticized for hewing ...
He was part of YES's Emmy Award-winning Yankee coverage in 2011. He is also a columnist for Yesnetwork.com. Until 2009, he was a journalist, most recently as national baseball correspondent for The New York Times. Before taking over that position, he was the newspaper's beat writer covering the Yankees. He worked at The New York Times for 22 years.
Hunts Point Express newspaper is founded. José the Beaver spotted in the Bronx River. [86] [87] 2008 - April 20, 2008: Pope Benedict XVI leads Mass at Yankee Stadium celebrating the bicentennial of the Archdiocese of New York. [88] [89] 2009 A new Yankee Stadium is built next to the site of the prior Yankee stadium. [17]
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There were 213 entries and topping the ante-post lists were Game Ball trained by Irishman Sean Bourke and Scurry Gold Cup champion Yankee Express. [5] Heavy rain produced slow times on the opening night with Yankee Express recording 30.37. With the qualifying round being held over four nights the going improved dramatically and Game Ball won in ...