The Cutty Sark Romance of a Great Clipper Ship
A Devon port shows the twinkling spars of the Cutty Sark a relic of sail power and romance. The article recounts the ship's storied age and compares it to modern freighters while tracing the rise of John Willis and Sons, shipowners, and the lineage of clipper ships through the 19th century including vessels like Lammusnior and The Tweed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sis
Devonport
Sark
Hmvnaater
Australia
Cape Horn
London
Seven Seas
Capleas
Yong Ani
Lin
Nelod
John Willis
Johnny
Igf Ge
Mey Wde
Wreath
Joa Wine God Sons
John
Bombay
Sas
Dia
Wiliam Stuart
Tweed
Robert Burns
Cutty Sark and Thermopylae Clipper Rivalry Heralded in Tale
A maritime reminiscence recalls John Willis and the doomed race between the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae. It covers builder changes, rudder loss, and the ships' famed China and Australia passages, plus the Cutty Sark’s later life as Ferreira in Lisbon and finally as a regatta flagship under Captain Dowman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott and Linton
Dumbarton
Walter Hood
Aberdeen
Messrs
Scott and
Linton
Denny
Min
Thermopylae
London Mearluet
Cape
China
London
Moodie
Willis
Chita
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
Newcastle
Nsw
N.S.W
Brisbane
England
Hory
Dowman
Dean's Backache Kidney Pills Prove Effective
An advertisement-style account claims Dean's Backache Kidney Pills cured a long standing backache and kidney symptoms. The narrator cites relief after use and states no recurrence sixteen years later, with product sold by Foster-McClellan Co. in Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Ceres
Renee
Hermit Park
Towns
Lanocessior
Fferer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cutty Sark
Beerrood, Hinds
Sunderland
Thamer-sule
California
Liverpool
Ballarat
Bendigo
Mount Alexander
Russia
Aecessa
London Dock-Land
John Willis and Sons
Natal
Cispron Square
Janet
Tohn Willis
Stormalong
Tennyson
Lammwrnuir
Amherst Reef
Macclesfield Channel
Straits of Gaspar
Ne Apd Billiton
Malay Archipelago
Thames
Honourable East India Company
Rane Ee
San
Lesbourne
New Zealand
Seage
Stuart
Chartelessis
Bethell
Roberts
Thomas Stephens
Algna Bay
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Thompsons
White Star
Hercules Linten
Stormy
Sturmatone
Joh Willis
Tom
Shanter
Maggie
Burns
Roy
Raniilly
I Chee
Cutty
Suez Canal
Blackadder
Hallowe'en
Salcombe
Devonshire
MacKay & CO. Ltd
Cairns and District
Cairns
Queensland
Shields Street
Innisfail, Ingham
Abesys
Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Coy
Ipewich
Mae
NSOS
USA
Boland’s Ltd
Smellie. & Co
Cairs
Shields and
S_AND
Sheridan Streets
Suisly
Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd
Mgents
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