Costs Of Shipwrecks Rival Million Dollar Losses
Salvage cases show ocean disasters can total millions in value. The Newfoundland coast and St Lawrence incidents illustrate huge sums tied to wrecked ships, cargoes, and salvage efforts, with crews risking lives amid costly recoveries. The article discusses notable wrecks like the Dakota and Tolea, its cargo, and the broad impact on insurers, owners, and salvage operators.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Liverpool
Wolfe's Cove
Mebee
Pfeavor
Quebec Ry Dock
Neril
New York
Sextin
Ket Rod
Dakota
Pacific
Mohegan
Manavies
Hourgogne
Elbe
First Clane Tinera
Aberooke
Co Fomhe South Coat
Newfoundland
Tolea- Y
Stin
New Orleans
Manchester
Kea
Toleeby
Salvage Tales Highlight Perils of Maritime Losses
Fossiled accounts describe Bay State wreck and Caps Ballard disaster with fisherfolk using rope rescues to retrieve cotton, while Montagu salvage costs and underwriter losses illustrate the vast financial impact of ship catastrophes from the Bristol Channel to distant shores.
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Bay State
It Reached the Spot and Life-Saving Claim
Mr E Humphrey, owner of an omega store and leader of local telephone companies, touts Dr King’s New Discovery. He says it reached the cough spot and saved his life when others failed, with McCloskey Graham’s store offering trials and a 50 cent to 1 dollar price.
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Mr. E. Humphrey
Omega, C
Adams County Telephone Co
Home Telephone Co
Pike County
Dr. King
New Discovery
Dr. Ringo
Arantee
McCloskey & Graham
Broad Street
Earliest Newspapers traced to Germans and early prints
Recent research details Germany as origin of printing and the first real newspaper. It notes Johann Carolus around 1409 and cites ancient sheets like Setta Diurna and Pekin Gazette. Boston’s Publick Occurrences of 1690 predates later papers, with suppression by Massachusetts governor.
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Caxton
England
Heidelberg University
Salem
Nathan Straus
New York
Heidelberg
Adolf’ Koch
Koch
Zeitung
London Times
Trafalgar
Napoleon
Lord Nelson
Johann Carolus
Galileo
Thia
Senap Rs
Actuarii
Pekin Gazette
Tebiing-Pao
Venturies
Nathaniel Butters
Republic
America
Columbia
Boston
Massachusetts
Bonton
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Te Bay Ane
I Benjon
Glasgoweneral
Caps Ballard
Ca Race
Montagu
Sundy Isle
Bristol Channel
Newark
Newario
Ee En Ln
Mons Jere
Baseball Goods
Spalding
Elizabeth Novelty Co
Broad ST
Elizabeth
FI & Makers
State Serle Perth Amboy
McCray
Alaska
China
Bloch
Market St
Cpartoons
Newarak, N. J
Philadelphia
Fricke
Elizabeth Ave
Reid
Thorburn
Central Park Lawn
Leahy’s Seed and Floral Stores
E. Broad ST
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