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THE LOST GERMAN SHIPS

... THE LOST GERMAN SHIPS. The light cruiser Mainz was a comparatively new ship, baying been completed late in 1909. Her displacement was about 4.300 tons, and she had turbines of 19,600 h.p. Her best speed on trial was 27.2 knots. The armament consisted ...

Published: Saturday 05 September 1914
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LILES OF THE FIELD

... Romance. Pulsating with emotion, it tells a Story that is strange, yet tree to evory-day life. Coming Next Week The Isle of Lost Ships. Commence at 8 p.m.. and on Saturdays at 7 and 9. ...

Published: Saturday 18 July 1925
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 58 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Palace Pictures

... the first-class pictures of to-day. The following weak the Palace will present that most amazing of stories, The Isle of Lost Ships. ...

Published: Saturday 18 July 1925
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 111 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

J. H. MANN,

... HIGFI WAY is more than s Fltory. It Is Life; it is Fact. Don't Miss this !him. THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY. The Isle of Lost Ships. Amazing, Stiggering, Weird, Wonderful, this Story of the terrible Sargasso Sea, where n community of Shipwrecked Castaways ...

Published: Saturday 25 July 1925
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 144 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

RESCUED BY ROCKET. BRIGADE

... homeward bound from Iceland after a six months' voyage. For the past two or three days she had been rudderless, and had lost the ship's boat. ...

Published: Saturday 06 September 1913
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PIRATES' WEEK'S WORK

... PIRATES' WEEK'S WORK. The Admiralty*, weekly statement regarding the amber of ships lost as a result of the German submarine blockade, shows that for, the week ended June 23, with 1,469 oversee vessels of over three hundred tons net of all nationalities ...

Published: Saturday 03 July 1915
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE WEEK'S HAM

... THE WEEK'S HAM The weekly statement issued on Satusday by the Press Bureau of ships lost as the result of the German submarine blockade shows that in the week ended June 30 the arrivals and sailings of merchant vessels of over 300 tons at 'United Kingdom ...

Published: Saturday 10 July 1915
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE TOLL OF THE SEA

... seagoing merchant ships lost their lives by drowning, wreck, or other accident. This is one in 254, for the total employed was 242,970. In addition, 124 pawners lost their lives by shipwreck, the combined total being 1,078--3C5 iu sailing ships and 774 in ...

Published: Saturday 31 August 1907
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 112 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS

... third mast, evidently belonging to another vessel, has come ashore, leading to the presumption that two vessels have been lost. Ships arriving at Hull report terrible experiences during the gale. The steam trawler I)on had her deck hand washed overboard ...

Published: Saturday 21 December 1901
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 853 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CAUSE OF TOE DISASTER

... explosion which canoed the loss of the ship was due to an accidental ignition of ammunition on board the ship. There is no evidence to support a suggestion that the explosion was due either to treachery on board the ship or to an act of the enemy. The Bulwark ...

Published: Saturday 19 December 1914
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 276 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

COLLISION AND SINNING OP AN IRONCLAD

... dense fog settled down on the sea, and the ships lost sight of one another. Speed seethe to have been slackened to about seven knots per hoar. Just about one P.M. the look-out of the Vanguard found that the ship was in ;dangerous proximity to a large sailing ...

Published: Saturday 04 September 1875
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 346 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

A SAD OCCURRENCE

... lately been s®t to prison for desertion. Healey is described as a Mead, mart man of 20. A short time since Mrw but lost his ships for striking!' soldier. The ooroner'sinquent erasheld on Monday at the barracks before Mr. Giles Symonds. The evidence ...

Published: Saturday 25 April 1874
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 822 | Page: 3 | Tags: none