100 Years Ago Today

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19th February 1924

Barwell Boys arrived on ship Moreton Bay. Those were young men and boys from England who came to South Australia to be apprenticed on farms throughout the state to cover the 6,000 South Australian World War I casualties.


Ship Losses:

Lois (United States) While at anchor with no one aboard, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel was driven ashore on Pitt Island (58.1089°N 135.4519°W) in the harbor at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska, by an ice floe, then was destroyed by a fire that occurred when her captain went aboard with a lantern, triggering an explosion. He survived with burns about the head.

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20th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Swallow (United States) After her gasoline engine stopped running during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Ketchikan to Metlakatla, the 10-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel drifted onto a rock and was wrecked in Nichols Passage off Driest Point (55°10′40″N 131°36′15″W). Her crew of three survived. Her wreck later slid off the rock and sank in deeper water, leaving only her mast above water, and by 23 February she had disappeared entirely.

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21st February 1924

Ship Losses:

Helios (Sweden) The cargo ship was damaged by ice and sank off Holmstad.
Suki Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Shimonoseki and sank.

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22nd February 1924

Germany: Founding of Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, formed by members of the left-wing Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), intended to oppose extremism from the left and right.


Ship Losses:

Assimina M. Embiricos (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt.[57] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.

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23rd February 1924

Ship Losses:

Cyclops (United Kingdom) The dredger capsized and sank in the Firth of Forth 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east south east of the Bass Rock.

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24th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Edvige (Italy) The cargo ship collided with Unione ( Italy) at La Spezia and sank. Her crew were rescued.

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25th February 1924

Workers guiding rotor into place on power generating unit 2, Gorge Dam Powerhouse. Whatcom County, Washington, USA.

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26th February 1924

Trial began in Munich for charges of treason arising from the Beer Hall Putsch of November 9, 1923, with Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and eight other Nazis began in Munich. Security was heavy and onlookers were thoroughly searched for weapons before being allowed in.

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27th February 1924

"The War Office has got into touch with Mr. J.L. Baird, the young inventor, who claims to have invented a machine for seeing by wireless." (In February 1924 John Logie Baird sent rudimentary television pictures over a short distance).


Ship Losses:

Ethel M. Bartlett (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (40°11′N 54°16′W). Her crew were rescued by Caldy Light ( United Kingdom).

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28th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Tatjana (Norway) The cargo ship came ashore on Effingham Island, Barclay Sound, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked. Later raised and renamed Drammensfjord.

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29th February 1924

Erich Ludendorff took the stand in his defence in the trial at Munich. He gave a long justification of the reasons for attempting the putsch, explaining, "We want a Germany free of Marxism, semitism, and papal influences."

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1st March 1924

The Nixon Nitration Works disaster, an explosion of ammonium nitrate, killed at least 18 people, destroyed several miles of New Jersey factories, and demolished the "tiny industrial town of Nixon, New Jersey."

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2nd March 1924

London: Public vehicles are allowed into Hyde Park for the first time since 1636.


Ship Losses:

Director (United States) The 18-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Hinchinbrook Island off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska during a gale. Her crew of four survived.

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3rd March 1924

The Turkish National Assembly formally ended the Ottoman Caliphate that had operated for 407 years, voting "almost unanimously" to abolish the office, and ordered that Abdulmejid II and his harem were to be deported by March 15.


Ship Losses:

Gordon E. Moulton (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Burgeo, Newfoundland.
Gylsboda (Sweden) The cargo ship was damaged by ice and put into Åhus, where she sank. She was refloated on 6 March.
Patagonier (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 11 March.

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4th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Haine (Belgium) The ship was run into by Khiva ( United Kingdom) at Antwerp and sank.
Oswin (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo. She was refloated on 9 March.