100 Years Ago Today

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26th July 1922

Ship Losses:

USS Granite State (United States Navy) While under tow to be scrapped, the hulk — the former 2,600-displacement ton ship-of-the-line USS New Hampshire — which had burned and sunk on 23 May 1921 and been refloated in July 1922, burned and sank again in the Atlantic Ocean off Half Way Rock near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, after her tow line parted in a storm. Her wreck settled in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water just off the east end of Graves Island at 42°34′16″N 070°44′45″W.
Metschta (France) The cargo ship collided with Bitinia ( Italy) at Constantinople and was beached. She was refloated on 31 July.

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27th July 1922

In the largest jailbreak in Europe up to that time, 105 men escaped from Dundalk Gaol after the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army used dynamite to make a hole in the wall.

Ship Losses:

Calista (United States) The coaster collided with Hawaii Maru ( Japan) at Seattle, Washington and sank.
Empress (United States) The 23-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Angle Point (55°14′20″N 131°25′30″W) on the coast of Bold Island (55.2492°N 131.4169°W) in Southeast Alaska about two minutes after the 25-ton motor vessel Vega ( United States) collided with her, cutting her stern off. Vega rescued her crew of two.
Tartar (Norway) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated on 31 July but found to be leaking severely and was beached.

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28th July 1922

New York City Policeman. "New Insignia For Policemen. Sergeant Fitzgibbons with new insignia."

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29th July 1922

Raising the "No more war" banner over the headquarters of the Council for Limitation of Armaments in Wash., D.C.


Ship Losses:

County of Carmarthen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. She was declared a total loss on 1 August.

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30th July 1922

A democratic youth organisation gathered outside the castle, Berlin, for a 'No More War' demonstration on the eighth anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War.


Ship Losses:

Ayala Mendi (Spain) The cargo ship collided with Francesco Ferruccio ( Regia Marina) in the Bay of Biscay and sank with the loss of one of her 33 crew.
Vancouver Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east by east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was refloated on 7 August.

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31st July 1922

"This is the most populated street in New York City, that is, East 112th Street, with a mob of neighborhood children and adults watching expectantly."


Ship Losses:

Rapids Prince (United Kingdom) The passenger ship ran aground in the Lachine Rapids, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.
Guglielmo Pepe (Regia Marina) The Alessandro Poerio-class destroyer was rammed by Bolsena ( Italy) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged. She was beached but later refloated and taken to the Golden Horn for drydocking.

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1st August 1922

Ship Losses:

Aoku Maru (Japan) The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion at Kobe and was a total loss.
John A. Campbell (United States) The schooner was destroyed by fire at Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

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3rd August 1922

Ship Losses:

Brumath (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port-Daniel, Quebec, Canada.
Edward (United States) The tow steamer was sunk by an explosion off Gold Street, Brooklyn, a total loss. Five crew killed.
Gondia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was last reported on this date in the Pacific Ocean (22°38′N 117°15′E). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
San Maurizio (Italy) The coaster was driven ashore at Karaburun, Turkey. Her crew were rescued.

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4th August 1922

On this day All telephone service in the United States and Canada was silenced for one minute to mark the funeral of Alexander Graham Bell.


Ship Losses:

Ella F. (United Kingdom) The schooner sank at Stripe Island, Labrador, Canada.

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9th August 1922

Ship Losses:

G.S.L. (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Lerwick, Shetland Islands and was beached in Nesting Bay. Her crew were rescued.
Hartside (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Punta Palmar, Uruguay (34°00′S 53°32′W).[185] Fifteen of her crew were taken off on 10 August by Powerful ( United Kingdom).

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10th August 1922

"Prayers during the execution of the assassins Reginald Dunne and Joseph O'Sullivan of Field Marshal Henry Hughes Wilson, hanged 10 August 1922 in the courtyard of Pentonville Prison, London."


Irish Free State forces captured Cork, but not before retreating Republican forces set it on fire. The National Army secures the city of Cork; end of the "Munster Republic".


Ship Losses:

Gaarden (Germany) The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the North Sea.
Shinyei Maru (Japan) The cargo ship came ashore at Shaweishan and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

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11th August 1922

"Germany Celebrates Third Year of Republican Government. President Ebert and Chancellor Dr. Wirth review the honor companies in front of the Reichstag on August 11, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the birth of the German Republic."

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13th August 1922

Arthur Griffith, 51, Irish politician and writer, majority party leader in the provisional Irish Republic's parliament, the Dáil Éireann, died of a cerebral hemorrhage (Death mask of Arthur Griffith).

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14th August 1922

Anti-Treaty IRA Bombing of Dundalk Barracks.


"What Milk Did for One Chicken. Health Commissioner Ruhland of Milwaukee placed 30 white Leghorn chickens on two diets. One included milk. The chicken held in the left hand of Miss Ruth Young had milk with its meal. The one on the right did not."

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15th August 1922

"Japanese Army is Cut"


Ship Losses:

Eagle (United States) The 23-gross register ton motor vessel was crushed against ground ice by an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off the coast of Siberia 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) east of Cape North and was lost. Her crew survived and was rescued by the motor vessel Chukotsk (flag unknown).
José Salgado (Spain) The schooner sank at Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.