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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
3
A Canadian Pacific steamer sinks within ten minutes after a fog collision with the Storstad near Butcher Point Rimouski. Of 1367 passengers and crew only 337 survive. many injured, others lost at sea. Storstad rescues survivors and proceeds to Quebec with dead and wounded.
Friday evening at 5 55 p m Storstad disaster leaves many dead and survivors scattered in icy waters. Passengers on deck were swept overboard. some clung to wreckage until rescue. Nine lifeboats put to sea as wireless aid arrived and crews battled to save all. The Empress of Ireland wreck is described as the worst on the St Lawrence. women suffered most as they failed to escape to deck. Rescue efforts continued with wireless operators remaining at their posts before jumping overboard.
A bed hammock and sleeping bag combined into a new convenience for alltour sleepers. English gas companies recently purchased over a million tons of coal from Germany. The world zinc production last year reached a record high of 1,103,359 tons.
J W Bird and Co report cattle demand strong for forward stock with fat animals near late rates. Fat heifers sold to £8 5s, £7 10s, £7 1s. store cattle £4 7s 8d. cows and calves £5 5s. young stock £6 5s. Jersey heifers £2 1s to £8 12s. pigs strong with 11 porkers and light baconers at £2 14s and 14 medium pigs £2 6s Bd.
A survey lists Bulgaria with eighty percent in agriculture while Paris and Brussels relay wireless talk. American invents automatic film rewinding. Germany spins kapok fiber into yarn for textiles. A patent covers a dome shaped self adjusting cookware cover. French insurers guard client wounds for post death id. India tests cooling walls with electric fans. France trials a self perpetuating potato. A vest necktie combo appears, patented for men. World ship tonnage reaches a record 3,632,000. Pig eye cornea transplants restore sight to a baby. Maine builds a concrete horse watering trough protected from sun and wind.
The article highlights Sandar Extract's claim of wound antiseptic powers and urges demand for genuine sanders extract amid new taxation per head in Victoria. It also reports Peter Irwin and Harold Terrett being discharged after the Exeter goods train collision. Additionally, it recounts the Maura water yacht's 19 hour gale voyage from Cunninghame to Mallacoota with severe damage but safe shelter arrival Two fale Bay later.
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