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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1913
Page
2
Readable fragments suggest a mixed topic with many proper nouns and unclear phrases. The text appears to discuss elections, names, locations, and numbers, but overall content is highly garbled and difficult to interpret. No coherent event or outcome can be identified from the fragments provided.
A steamship disaster unfolds as ships from Rotterdam to New York collide or strike near the sea. Rescue boats are launched but many are reported missing or dead. Fires, fumes, and a massive explosion complicate efforts as crews battle to save survivors. The scene involves several vessels and lifeboat rescues under perilous conditions.
A brief budget item notes the transfer from Johns Val to the Sun with dates and amounts not fully specified. It records a financial movement involving a local business account and a weekly budget adjustment. The entry emphasizes the ongoing monthly planning and cash flow updates.
Reading a garbled chronicle of maritime misfortune and public notices, the text mentions trials, a British music academy, religious figures, shipwrecks, and a hospital. Names like New York, Reeves & Co, Captain Turner, and St Tahu's appear alongside scattered references to health and legal concerns. The piece depicts a chaotic, multi-topic column from an era of ships and shore-side affairs.
A political pitch extols Morris and his government in Newfoundland style rhetoric. It praises acts like coast guard lighthouses and increased education funding, while attacking opponents. Names and dates are inconsistently rendered, but the overall message asserts Morris’s lead and calls for votes on a forthcoming October electoral event.
An unclear note references Thursday for St John’s with nine load of bishop and other items from the firm of J W Hotdg t. Further readable details are limited in the damaged OCR.
Obituary notes the death of Willian Ford of the Hudson Bay Company at age 60 plus, with interment at the Caf Cemetery in Wolsentigbe, near Hudson Bay. Ford, educated at Twillingate, served thirteen years with the company at George's River and Walsenhalme, survived by mother Mrs. Ford and wife, with tribute to his service to the empire. Mr. Ford, known locally, attended Sir Peter's School before work with the company.
Fragmentary OCR shows a family group arriving from Grind Falls via Clyde on Sunday. Mentions Mr F Lise, My Wm Moores and wife with two children. Details are garbled and locations imprecise.
Twillingate hosts a grand concert on Wednesday night October 22 at 8 in Victoria Hall. Local performers led by W J Anstey include sopranos Mrs C V Smith Avtar Blicklet and Miss Hutmuh Wieroe with Allan Preston and Leo Eure among the instrumentalists. The program features choir items, duets, and solos by members of a double quartet. This is the last concert under Anstey before he departs for Boston next week. The St Peter's Church organ used for the concert will be auctioned after, with reserve. Reserved seats cost 25 cents, general admission free. weather permitting the show moves to Thursday night. News items note related visits and arrivals in town.
Local report notes Sidney Smith successfully completed the Harbor Rock coating task on Friday, marking a notable milestone for the project. Further details on the scope and contractors were not provided in the fragment.
A reader asks if the person who took an item named au Wwoibrelli by mistake can return it to St Peter’s Parsonage and receive her own item back. The note requests guidance on rightful return and acknowledgment.
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