Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1856

pg 302       concourse of priests and visitors.  The ceremony could not have 
             been more impressive, and it would have been a perfect success had 
             not a deplorable accident happened on the previous evening during 
             the manifestations of joy caused by the presence of the 
             Archbishop.
                  One of the best students of the college, Mr. P. Hoye, a youth 
             of twenty who was the leader in all the sports of the campus, lost 
             his right arm whilst too hastily loading the cannon, which went 
             off of itself, and which might have caused a still greater 
             misfortune had not Providence kept special watch.
                  There is no doubt but that the effect of this magnificent 
             chime, the first of its kind in the United States, is a most 
             favorable one for Notre Dame.