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LIFEBOATS CAPSIZED

... rescued. The engine room behaved like heroes and stcod by their posts when they knew the ship was sinking. Third-engineer London, of Bootle, went down in the ship standing by his engines to carry out his orders from the bridge. Assistant-Electrician Burns ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1915
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 762 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE NEXT MOVE?

... of *that great and glorious host” who have laid’ down their lives for their country—so says goodbye to the Army. ' CERMAN SHIPS LOST. - 1t is officially announced in Berlin that the German cruiser Bremen and & torpedo-boat accompanying . her’ have hbeen ...

Published: Tuesday 21 December 1915
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 563 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE OBSERVER AND TIMES SATURDAY JUNE 3 1916 WEDNESDAY NEXT hold exclusive rights far that great Cinema ..

... boats OUR LOST SHIPS The 1913 displacement cf 27000 tons carried eight 135 in guns 4-in guns 327 knots in 1911 -nt 18750 tons Armament and inch guns knots Invincible 1909 of indefatigable but- her displacement and her speed 27 knots The three lost Defence: ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1916
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6344 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

READ TUESDAY’S OBSERVER THE OBSERVER TIMES SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1916 5 ECZEMA ALL OVER FACE Mrs Davidson of 8 ..

... Adriatic Italian Allied ships During ! princes foreign Royal times accomplished crossing military still frequently enemy extensive in of all difficulties sinking of only small to ot which struck mines single soldier lost sea Our ships those the Allies whenever ...

Published: Saturday 26 February 1916
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2575 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

19 Panasonic Technics 81 NORTHGATE BLACKBURN Tel: (0254) 690505 Fre Delivery and Installation CHANNELS SKY THE ..

... at Ten Weather (Teletext) - Granada News and Weather (Teletext) Viewpoint 93 'The Lost Fleet of the Guadalcanal' Dr Bob Ballard rediscovers the wrecks of 50 ships lost action in the South Pacific during World War II Prisoner Cell Block H (Followed by ...

Published: Friday 23 April 1993
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 2990 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

ARMED MERCHANT SHIP LOST

... ARMED MERCHANT SHIP LOST. A Press Association message was received last night to the following effect:— : Official, 5-30 p.m. Armed merchant ship H.M.S. Viknor, which has been missing for some days, is now admitted as lost with all officers and men. Bodies ...

Published: Tuesday 26 January 1915
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 87 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE LOST MOLTKE. The Moltke, a sister ship of the Goeben, was a super-Dreadnought of the 1908 programme, ..

... THE LOST MOLTKE. The Moltke, a sister ship of the Goeben, was a super-Dreadnought of the 1908 programme, completed in 1911. She had a displacement of 23,000 tons, and a length over all of 610 ft. Her breadth was 963 ft. and her draught 28ft. i She carried ...

Published: Tuesday 24 August 1915
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 140 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

EIGHTEEN MEN LOST

... EIGHTEEN MEN LOST. LITTLE CHANCE OF SAVING THE SHIP. : The Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to state that H.M.S, Bedford, while carrying out full speed trials, grounded early on Sunday morning on the Samarang Rocks off the island of Quelpart at the ...

Published: Tuesday 23 August 1910
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 590 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LOST HIS CHEQUE

... LOST HIS CHEQUE. At a meeting of the Burnley Board of Guardiane, on Thursday, one of the officials sorrowfully reported that he had lost & cheque, whidh was for £lO 16s. &d., and wihich constituted his salary. He feared he had burnt it ¢along with a lot ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1906
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 393 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

LOST. A GROCER

... LOST. A GROCER He was last seen looking for the rprofite he missed through not keeping in touch with the ...

Published: Saturday 24 April 1920
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1302 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA

... SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA. The Liverpool steamer West Point, belonging to the North American Steam Shipping Co., but, flying the British flag, has been destroyed in the Atlantic by fire. - The mate and fifteen men were rescued after three days’ suflering in ...

Published: Tuesday 06 September 1910
Newspaper: Accrington Observer and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 222 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LINER ON ROCKS. 184 Lives Lost

... LINER ON ROCKS. 184 Lives Lost. A grave shipping disaster involving. the loss ol 184 lives is reported. A Reuter message from Halifax (Nova Scotia) states that the Leyland DLine steam¢hip Bohemian, bound for Liverpool, has run on the rocks off the Port ...