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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1935
Page
6
Ma announces backloading service from Melbourne Daily to Sunshine business people. Location at 159 Lonsdale Street with City Depot access. Contact Sunshine Phone 105 for details and bookings.
Anna Carlisle recounts the 1914 torpedoing of the Leinster off Kingstown en route to Holyhead. The ship sank in minutes after two torpedoes, with 757 aboard and only 193 survivors. Carlisle describes the chaos, lifeboats, Captain Birch’s death, and a dramatic rescue by a passing destroyer as American sailors aided survivors.
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