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NEWS OF THE DAY

... Spaniard. Yet, although this wider spirit was always present, -he most prominent feeling which actuated the men who led the little ships of our navy against the mxighty galleons of the Armada was that the very existence of Eng- 1 land was at stake. It was ...

Published: Thursday 23 October 1890
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5920 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

VOYAGE OF THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE

... Thomas Wather, of the boat Jessie, who toook hold of the little ship and towed it into the harbour. The crowd on the pier cheered them lustily, and for the next forty-eight hours the little ship was visited by thou. sands, of whom some were sceptical enough ...

Published: Tuesday 28 August 1866
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4578 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

A SMART BIT OF SEAMANSHIP

... for from the Canada (on board of which ship the impressisn pre- vailed that the Lily's steering-gear had broken down) the little ship was seen, as she turned, to roll her gunwales almost under water, so deep was the swell, and for a time her hull wvas completely ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1888
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1013 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

DR. NANSEN'S POLAR EXPEDITION

... fended off by continuous land. What, thn, is likely to befal Dr. Nansen's expedition? One of two things Either his stout little ship will be carried north by the warm waters of the Lena until it is caught by the currentin question at the point where it ...

Published: Friday 16 September 1892
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1393 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

DISASTROUS STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE

... object of great interest to large numbers of spectators. Her crew of -nine were taken off by the'life- boat. There is little shipping in the Sound fortunately: but distressed vesels are beginning to arrive. The damaged steamer, St. Germain, is in the Sound ...

Published: Monday 03 September 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1914 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

LOCAL NEWS

... little creature angel, a masterpiece of scenic art, and is received each representation with manifestations of delight. A little ship too, that sails across the stage, firing ■ mimic broadsides, receives, as a return compliment, a broadside of applause. ...

Published: Thursday 16 November 1865
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2417 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

GENERAL NEWS

... havo taken plaiec yesterday, was ti or 'postponed until the 18th instant. ir E$~r OF A PRISOXER.-A man~i named William Little , ship cutody at Pontyprd na hreof burglary, niade in hies esae yesterday morning, when taken out of his- cell In ~51 to washi ...

Published: Thursday 11 September 1884
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2323 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

MR. GEORGE DAWSON ON ILL USED MEN

... The .history of, the formea thefrs useful discoverer Iof Australia, he tae from the timne he started from England in his little ship, the ,Tern Thamb, .tbrongh 'all his dangers, shipwrecks, and imprIson' senots, till the time he returned to England to ...

Published: Wednesday 20 November 1861
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2160 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE EARTHQUAKE IN AMERICA

... forty persons have been killed and over 100 injured.' The damage to property, is estimated at $83,000,000. There was very little shipping in tbo port of Charleston swhen the earthquake occurred, sad .none of the vessels suffered any damsage, the water in the ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1886
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2549 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

NEWS OF THE DAY

... covetous, fierce sailor, renisblain ihis audieone ' t 5 I r Vas:the first to sail rouse the world, mtld tli.t lie di a little ship in which soume of theo woolsI net tt r of° selves upon tiv reservoir, Hoe sve a ?? l',i of t1e Dinke's early life, .and ...

Published: Thursday 06 April 1876
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4205 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Birmingham Daily Post

... Two more letters I on the subject appear in yesterday's .Daify Niews One writer remar~ks upon the singularity that the little ship spoke only two vessels during the thirty- seven days, a whaler and a Nova Scotia barque, and that the captain thankfully ...

Published: Tuesday 25 September 1866
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4567 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

NEWS OF THE DAY

... vessel that cannot be sacrificed ought never to be deliberately employed as a ram; and, thirdly, that for ramming purposes 2 little ship is quite as good as a big one. In the course of the discussion that followed, Admiral NcrcorsoN gave it as his opinion ...

Published: Monday 22 January 1894
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5888 | Page: 4 | Tags: News