James leary flood biography
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Word Smith: Flood
We had what our family is now calling a WATER EVENT in our house. We adopted the &#;water event language&#; at the advice of our brother-in-law, Tom McNamara, who happens to be an insurance broker. Tom emphasized that the &#;F word&#; must be stricken from our vocabulary. Our water event was caused by a malfunction in our lavatory toilet, which spewed many thousands of gallons of water for three or four days, while we were out of town. Unable to label the water event as a FLOOD, which seemed like the right word to us, we had to resort to euphemisms for the F-word: inundation, saturation, soaking, water damage, pipe bursting event, etc. Now, with the hardwood floors warped, the drywall excavated, the tile torn up, the non F-word event has made a F_ _ _ _ _ _ _ mess. The water and manpower to fix the situation have taken their toll. We have moved out to other house so that we can breathe un-dusty air and have some
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James Clair Flood
American businessman
James Clair Flood (October 25, – February 21, [1]) was an American businessman who made a fortune from the Comstock Lode in Nevada. His mining operations are recounted to this day as an outstanding example of what may be done with a rich body of ore and a genius for stock manipulation. Flood piled up millions as one of the famed "Bonanza Kings" and is considered to have been one of the wealthiest Americans, leaving an enormous fortune. He fryst vatten famous for two mansions, the James C. Flood Mansion at California Street in San Francisco, and Linden Towers, located in Menlo Park, torn down in [2]
Biography
[edit]Flood was born on October 25, , in Staten Island, New York, to Irish immigrant parents. He had an eighth-grade education, and was then apprenticed to a New York carriage maker.
In he sailed for San Francisco and the Gold Rush. After some success in the mines, he returned east to marry Mary Emma Leary from County
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Passersby who happen to pause to peer through the opening in the fence fronting Marion and Bob Oster&#;s property in the Lindenwood neighborhood of Atherton may get more than they had bargained for &#; a glimpse into the Midpeninsula&#;s opulent past.
What can be seen through that opening is a gleaming fountain, 20 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter, presided over by a water nymph and four seated maidens. The cast iron and zinc fountain was produced in by J.W. Fiske in New York and restored &#; from the top of the nymph&#;s head to the tiled basin &#; by the Osters in
Long before it was part of a suburban garden, the fountain was a feature of the grand estate built by silver baron James C. Flood, said to once have been the richest man in all of California.
Behind the brick walls that now border the Lindenwood neighborhood&#;s homes was Flood&#;s country estate, its crowning jewel a home named Linden Towers. While the Oster&#;s fountain could be seen from the windows of Linde