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5th January 1924

In the U.S., 19-year-old Celia Cooney, "The Bobbed Hair Bandit", began a string of armed robberies, starting with the Thomas Ralston Grocery in Brooklyn, where she walked out with $680 and left in a car driven by her husband Ed Cooney.


Ship Losses:

Thetis (Greece) The cargo ship was struck by Diamant ( Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached off Leander's Tower. She was refloated on 15 January.

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6th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Juliane (United Kingdom) The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with Bur ( Sweden) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.

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7th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Lynaes (Sweden) The schooner, on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal, was reported in the English Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Macoris (Italy) The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Crete, Greece.
Nigretia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. A lifebuoy from the ship washed up at Teignmouth, Devon at the end of January. Presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.
Odomari (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Odomari-class icebreaker ran aground at Oniwaki, Rishiri Island off the coast of Hokkaido in bad weather. Refloated and in drydock for repair by 4 February.

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8th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Carena (United Kingdom) The cargo ship departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Penryn, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Dagmar (Denmark) The three-masted schooner collided with Oakhurst ( Denmark) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) east north east of Alderney, Channel Islands and sank. Her seven crew were rescued by Ashton ( United Kingdom). Oakhurst was disabled in the collision. She was towed to Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France by a British steamship.
Fellside (United Kingdom) The coaster was wrecked at Three Cliffs Bay, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her fourteen crew .
J. W. Comeau (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (39°53′N 62°57′W). Her crew were rescued by Ivar ( Denmark).
Leif (Denmark) The schooner was in collision with William Mitchell ( United Kingdom) of the Norwegian Coast. No further trace, presumed sunk with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor managed to clamber aboard William Mitchell.
Tempest United Kingdom The schooner was rammed by the fishing vessel Charles Boyes ( United Kingdom) at Milford Haven, Penbrokeshire and sank.

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9th January 1924

USS Tulsa.


Ship Losses:

Adolph (France) The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Scarweather Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Devonia ( United Kingdom).
Capitaine Winckler (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Calais, Pas-de-Calais. She was refloated on 23 January.
Feronia (Italy) The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the La Coubre Lighthouse (approximately 45°N 6°W). Her crew were rescued by Ontario ( France).
Mont Rose (France) The cargo ship, which had departed Oran, Algeria for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure on 3 January, issued a distress call in the Atlantic Ocean. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
River Lagan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 5 February.
Tasmania (Italy) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay (44°20′N 11°20′W).[21] Some of the survivors were rescued by Waaldijk ( Netherlands).

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10th January 1924

All 43 crew of the British submarine HMS "L24" were killed when the sub sank after a collision with the battleship HMS "Resolution" in a training exercise in the English Channel.


Ship Losses:

Ibukizan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground in Tokyo Bay. She was refloated on 23 January.
HMS L24 (Royal Navy) The L-class submarine collided with the battleship HMS Resolution ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset, and sank with the loss of her entire crew of 43.
Spurnpoint (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck rocks in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man, and was abandoned. She was discovered derelict west of the Isle of Man by Mango ( United Kingdom) and towed to Warrenpoint, County Down.
Vicen-Tita (Spain) The cargo ship was wrecked at Pasaia, Gipuzkoa with the loss of all but one of her crew.

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11th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Cornelius H. Callaghan (United States) The schooner came ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) from St. Andrews Bay, Florida. She broke her back and was a total loss.
Holendrecht (Netherlands) The cargo ship collided with Corea ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Silvertown, London and sank. She was refloated on 17 January.
Maguy (France) The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°50′N 17°14′W). Her crew were rescued by Boren ( United Kingdom).
Rhenania (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground at Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated on 14 January.
Rolfe (United States) The 14-gross register ton, 45.4-foot (13.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on a rock off Point Colpoys (56°20′N 133°12′W) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. A small gasoline-powered motorboat rescued her crew.

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12th January 1924

Bengali activist Gopinath Saha shot a man he thought was Calcutta police commissioner Charles Tegart, but learned that he had killed a different Englishman, Ernest Day, instead. Saha was sentenced to death for the crime and hanged on March 1.


Ship Losses:

Helgoland (United Kingdom) The sailing ship ran aground at Black Rock, Tara, County Down and was wrecked. Her crew were saved.
Nordead (France) The hopper ship was driven ashore crewless at Seatown, Dorset, United Kingdom.
Ruth E. Merrill (United States) Carrying a cargo of coal, the 301-foot (92 m), 3,003-gross register ton six-masted schooner sank without loss of life in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water in Vineyard Sound — reportedly on L'Hommedieu Shoal — off West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, after running aground on a shoal during a storm.

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13th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Port Elliot (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at East Cape, North Island, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. She was declared a total loss on 18 January.

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14th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Annie M. Parker (Canada) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°37′N 45°08′W). Her crew were rescued by Grootedijk ( Netherlands).

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15th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Bunholme (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 24 February.

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16th January 1924

Casper Daily Tribune: U.S. Warship Sent To Break Vera Cruz Blockade On Reef.


Ship Losses:

Clan Kennedy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk. Although she was refloated on 19 January, she was declared a total loss.
USS Tacoma (United States Navy) The Denver-class cruiser ran aground on the Blanquilla Reef off Veracruz, Mexico. During attempts at refloating over the following week, four crew were lost. Declared a total loss, she was stricken on 7 February and sold for scrap on 5 September.

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17th January 1924

"Director Butler inspects a bottle of illegal beverage in the cellar of the 61st and Thompson Street station house in Philadelphia. He is accompanied by Mayor Kendrick and the Commander of the police district, Lieutenant Bornkessel."


"U.S. Blimp Outrides Storm. Huge Airship Adrift In Gale; 22 Men Aboard." "Giant dirigible Shenandoah safe in hangar after wild runaway trip in gale."/"French Helicopter Rises 15 Feet; Flies 8 Minutes" (Chicago Tribune)


Ship Losses:

Polaris (Sweden) The cargo ship collided with Allegro ( Sweden) at Helsingborg and sank.

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18th January 1924

Casper Daily Tribune: US To Send Warships Against Mex Rebels.


Ship Losses:

Coalisland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with the lighter Linie ( United Kingdom) in the River Clyde at Bowling, West Dunbartonshire and was beached. She was refloated on 21 January.

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19th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Chilier (Belgium) The cargo ship, which had departed from Antwerp for Savannah, Georgia, United States, was reported in the Atlantic Ocean (50°N 21°W). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.