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Started by Rix Gins, January 01, 2016, 08:20:14 PM

Rix Gins

Quote from: albrecht on March 01, 2018, 08:56:47 AM
Mr. Kim is a credit to his race. The citizens of Tonopah should force that "rough guy" to march down the street carrying the American Flag and then kiss in public like they do with the seditious Germans and others!

Too bad about Joe Williams, he accomplished a pretty good bit for only being 29! Nice family,  career, many lodge memberships, State Senator, etc. I can't find a good reference to the Winchester Academy.

I looked for Joseph's final resting spot on a whim.  Lots of Joe Williams died in 1918 but managed to find one from Hot Creek, Nevada.  I wonder if that building he built still stands?  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23023030/joseph-thomas-williams

Lord Grantham

Quote from: albrecht on March 01, 2018, 08:56:47 AM
Too bad about Joe Williams, he accomplished a pretty good bit for only being 29! Nice family,  career, many lodge memberships, State Senator, etc. I can't find a good reference to the Winchester Academy.

His dad was the state senator.

Lord Grantham

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 01, 2018, 04:04:56 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 1, 1918.

"WE MELLICANS SELLEE NO POLK TLUESDAY"

  Tom Kim is there with the patriotism. A rough guy came in from the hills Monday and the following morning went into Paddy Mooney's and gave the good looking waitress an order for ham and eggs.  It being porkless day, the waitress explained to the T. G. that she could not serve  ham and eggs. The T. G. was peeved and said he would go where he could get what he wanted, and proceeded to Tom Kim's chop suey emporium, where he gave the same order. The waiter went into Tom's office and said there was a bad looking man in the dining room who wanted ham and eggs. Tom scratched his head a second, then went in and said to the T. G.: "What's mattla, you no Amelican? We Amelicans no' sellum polk Tluesday."

Have to wonder how much food was saved(?) diverted(?), don't know what the best word is here, towards the war effort by government sanctioned fasting like this. Or if it was more of a propaganda thing to make people feel invested in the war effort.
Here's a war time cook-book circa 1918. goo.gl/2KKVwV

Good lord, I wouldn't even feed that to a pig.

albrecht

Quote from: Lord Grantham on March 01, 2018, 10:29:02 AM
Have to wonder how much food was saved(?) diverted(?), don't know what the best word is here, towards the war effort by government sanctioned fasting like this. Or if it was more of a propaganda thing to make people feel invested in the war effort.
Here's a war time cook-book circa 1918. goo.gl/2KKVwV

Good lord, I wouldn't even feed that to a pig.
I think in some industries (rubber etc) the rationing in the US in WWII was needed but also more of a "we all are doing our share and suffering privations in unity" whereas in places like the UK the rationing even for basic foodstuff was a real necessity since prior to the war a large percentage of certain foods were imported and now that trade was cut off. In WWI the food rationing in both places were necessary and the US sent a lot of food over to Europe for soldiers and people since that was devastated agriculturally. The food shipments from the US continued even after WWI due to the dire conditions there.
ps: you can find a lot of pamphlets of recipes printed by the govt showing the housewife lots of recipes for things that sound awful- like desserts without sugar or cream, etc. Canning was also encouraged.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, March 2, 1918.


QuoteThe interior of the ruined Cathedral of St. Vaast at Arras, 2 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244530 © IWM (Q 8704)


QuoteA pile of tumbled masonry from the ruins of Arras Cathedral, 2 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245995 © IWM (Q 10285)


QuoteBritish troops gathering around a shell-hole in the floor of Arras Cathedral, 2 March 1918. The soldier on the left is a serviceman of the Scots Guards.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245997 © IWM (Q 10287)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 2, 1918.


JOSEPH WILLIAMS' FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY

  A wire received this afternoon by A. H. Keenan, exalter ruler of the Tonopah lodge of Elks, stated that Mrs Joseph Williams Sr, mother of the late Joseph Williams Jr. who was accidentally killed at Hot Creek on Thursday, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Victor Barndt, and her niece, Mrs. N. E. Conant, would arrive in Tonopah on tomorrow morning's train. Immediately upon their arrival here they will continue on to Hot Creek by auto, accompanied by A. H. Keenan, where the funeral of Mr. Williams will take place Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the local lodge of Masons, of which the deceased was a member. A large delegation of Elks and Knights of Pythias will also be in attendance, besides a number of friends from Tonopah and Goldfield.


REMAINS TO BE BROUGHT HERE

  The remains of the late John Hannigan, proprietor of the Toggery, are expected to arrive in Tonopah on tomorrow morning's train from Colfax, Cal., where he passed away yesterday. The body will be accompanied by the deceased's sister-in-law, whose husband lost his life in the Belmont disaster several years ago. Funeral arrangements will not be made until after the arrival of the body.



TOM RUTHERFORD DIES

  James McKay received word yesterday of the death of Tom Rutherford, for a number of years a resident of Tonopah, where he was better known as Salt Lake Tom. The deceased went east about six months ago to undergo a minor operation in the Mayo hospital at Rochester. Evidently he suffered from another ailment, as the malady from which he suffered was not a serious one. He was burled at Toronto, where his sister resides.


MOONEY'S CAFE, Inc.

Special Sunday Dinner - March 3, 1918 - Price 75 cents

Menu:

Soup:
Consommé Julienne
Chicken a la Creole

Relishes:
Pitted Olives
Spiced Beets

Fish:
Blue Point Oysters
Cutlets of Salmon
Grilled Martre de Hotel

Entree:
Broiled Lamb Chops a la Nelson

Roast:
Stuffed Young Turkey with Green Apple Sauce
Roast Young Chicken, Stuffed
Spring Lamb with Sweet Potatoes

Vegetables:
Mashed Potatoes
Baked Potatoes (5 p.m.)
Creamed Peas

Dessert:
Assorted Pies
Pineapple Soufflé

Black Coffee


Lord Grantham

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 02, 2018, 03:09:30 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 2, 1918.


JOSEPH WILLIAMS' FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY

  A wire received this afternoon by A. H. Keenan, exalter ruler of the Tonopah lodge of Elks, stated that Mrs Joseph Williams Sr, mother of the late Joseph Williams Jr. who was accidentally killed at Hot Creek on Thursday, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Victor Barndt, and her niece, Mrs. N. E. Conant, would arrive in Tonopah on tomorrow morning's train. Immediately upon their arrival here they will continue on to Hot Creek by auto, accompanied by A. H. Keenan, where the funeral of Mr. Williams will take place Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the local lodge of Masons, of which the deceased was a member. A large delegation of Elks and Knights of Pythias will also be in attendance, besides a number of friends from Tonopah and Goldfield.


A masonic funeral service. Never knew there was such a thing.

Rix Gins

Quote from: Lord Grantham on March 02, 2018, 08:00:30 AM
A masonic funeral service. Never knew there was such a thing.

Oh yes, there are total, full blown Masonic funerals that can be held for a brother if he and his family request it.  There are quite a number of procedures (rituals) to follow in Masonic funerals, things like  'no smoking' and all members wear black, just to mention a couple.  Most of the time though, Masonic involvement in a member's funeral is low key, like standing as a group at graveside while the deceased's regular minister from a conventional church conducts the funeral, or carrying the casket from the hearse to the gravesite.  They can still perform some type of ceremony involving an evergreen bough, but it has to be casual and done in a way that doesn't freak out the other mourners or family members.  It might be interesting to see how the Bonanza writes up Mr. William's service, though I doubt that it will note anything other than services being held by the local Masonic lodge. 

albrecht

Quote from: Lord Grantham on March 02, 2018, 08:00:30 AM
A masonic funeral service. Never knew there was such a thing.
Also other Fraternal Orders will often host private remembrance dinners with toasts and such (and/or ceremonies that might not be public.)

An example:
http://grandlodgeofiowa.org/docs/ObituaryRites/MasonicMemorialHandbook.pdf

https://www.elks.org/lodges/LodgePages.cfm?LodgeNumber=664&ID=2856

Lord Grantham

Neat.

Wonder if they do anything with the setting of the headstone. Usually they have masonic symbols on them, and you know, it can involve actual masonry.

albrecht

Quote from: Lord Grantham on March 02, 2018, 11:58:45 AM
Neat.

Wonder if they do anything with the setting of the headstone. Usually they have masonic symbols on them, and you know, it can involve actual masonry.
Like the funeral scene in "Being There," the pallbearers whispering about who is going to be the next US President while hauling Benjamin Rand (Melvyn Douglas) to his Masonic pyramid crypt. ;)


Rix Gins

From the National Archives.
Recruits receiving instruction. Camp Gordon, Georgia., 03/04/1918.
No known copyright restrictions.

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 4, 1918.


JOSEPH WILLIAMS JR. BORNE TO HIS REST - FUNERAL OF A HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN TAKES PLACE AT HOT CREEK

  Yesterday morning Mrs. Joseph Williams, Sr., mother of the late Joseph Williams, Jr., who was accidentally killed at Hot Creek Thursday, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Victor Barndt, and her niece, Mrs. N. T. Conant, and Mrs. Dupont, mother of the widow of the deceased, arrived from California and were met by John Lawton Butler of Currant Creek, son-in-law of Mrs. Williams, Sr. Shortly after their arrival three autos containing friends escorted the party to Hot Creek, where the funeral took place this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock under the auspices of Tonopah lodge of Masons, of which the deceased was a member. The services were conducted by Thomas Lindsay, acting as chaplain of the Masonic fraternity.

  This morning at 6:30 o'clock autos containing Masons, Elks and Knights of Pythias and their wives, to the number of fifty, left Tonopah for Hot Creek to pay their last respects to one who was universally loved.

  The untimely death of Joe Williams has cast a gloom over Nye county, and the sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved widow, mother and sisters of this sterling young man who was cut down in the morning of life.

Some photos of the Williams ranch house at Hot Creek, Nevada: http://www.robertwynn.com/HotCreek.htm


albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 04, 2018, 04:08:44 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 4, 1918.


JOSEPH WILLIAMS JR. BORNE TO HIS REST - FUNERAL OF A HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN TAKES PLACE AT HOT CREEK

  Yesterday morning Mrs. Joseph Williams, Sr., mother of the late Joseph Williams, Jr., who was accidentally killed at Hot Creek Thursday, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Victor Barndt, and her niece, Mrs. N. T. Conant, and Mrs. Dupont, mother of the widow of the deceased, arrived from California and were met by John Lawton Butler of Currant Creek, son-in-law of Mrs. Williams, Sr. Shortly after their arrival three autos containing friends escorted the party to Hot Creek, where the funeral took place this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock under the auspices of Tonopah lodge of Masons, of which the deceased was a member. The services were conducted by Thomas Lindsay, acting as chaplain of the Masonic fraternity.

  This morning at 6:30 o'clock autos containing Masons, Elks and Knights of Pythias and their wives, to the number of fifty, left Tonopah for Hot Creek to pay their last respects to one who was universally loved.

  The untimely death of Joe Williams has cast a gloom over Nye county, and the sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved widow, mother and sisters of this sterling young man who was cut down in the morning of life.

Some photos of the Williams ranch house at Hot Creek, Nevada: http://www.robertwynn.com/HotCreek.htm
Has anybody determined if the marriage was to a DuPont of the famous family/company? Curious since he went to school "back east" to some prep school and his dad being a Senator and all the Masonic and other fraternal ties....

Rix Gins

The key to finding out info on Joseph's wife, the former Miss Dupont, rests on whether she re-married after Josephs death, and or, moved away after his death.  Both of these could have happened because there is no record of her on Find A Grave.  I looked up all the Helen Williams and there are seven or eight grave listings in Nevada (one actually in Pahrump) but the death dates don't match up, they are all too recent to have been her.  The search is lacking in that while Joseph's mom and dad, brother and sister are listed in the Find A Grave database, there is no mention whatsoever of his wife. Of course, if she hadn't re-married, there is a chance that there would be a Helen Williams grave in some other state, but I'm guessing that she was still young enough and attractive enough, to re-marry.

WhiteCrow

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 28, 2018, 03:42:53 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 28, 1918.


GREAT METEOR SEEN

  DAWSON, Alaska, Feb. 28. A giant meteor, visible for the 600 miles from Fairbanks to Carmack, lighted up the northern sky Tuesday. It was visible here for twenty seconds.


KISSES THE COLORS

  SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 28.  Henry Menn, a Russian, held on a misdemeanor charge, is alleged to have used the American flag as a towel. He was arrested at Riverbank and brought here, where he was compelled to kiss the flag.



TWENTY NYE COUNTY MEN ARE SLACKERS

  There are twenty young men in Nye county, about two-thirds of them being in Tonopah, who are in class A and have not answered the call. Unless they present themselves to Dr. Masterson within two days for examination they will be rounded up by the government and either rushed to France willy-nilly or placed in federal prison.


COFFEE SHIPMENTS START FROM MEXICO

  MEXICO CITY, Feb. 28. The management of the National Railways has chartered two merchant ships to transport from Puerto Mexico 100,000 sacks of coffee which have piled up there as a result of the paralysis of sea traffic since the beginning of the war, it is announced.

  The coffee will be sent, it is stated, to the United States and belligerent countries of the old world. Movement of this supply, it is added, will prevent the threat of planters in the southern part of this country and other neighboring republics to plant no land to coffee this season. Over supply of the product in Mexico has caused prices to fall to an unprecedented figure.


HENRY CUTTING PLACED IN JAIL - FORMER TONOPAHN REFUSES TO PAY BILL ORDERED BY COURT

  Henry C. Cutting, a pioneer of Tonopah, who has amassed a fortune in land operations in California, had the following experience, as narrated in a San Francisco news paper: Refusing to allow friends to put up $1000 ball or to put up the amount himself, H. C. Cutting, President of the Richmond Land and Canal company, was taken to jail yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal Otis Bohn to await a hearing March 4 on a writ of attachment on Cutting's person, issued by Federal Judge W. C. Van Fleet.

  Cutting was brought before Judge Van Fleet yesterday to show cause why he had not paid a $500 expense bill to H. M. Wright, government master in chancery, a suit brought against him by Henry J. and Francis A. Woodward, which Wright decided in favor of the plaintiffs.

  Asked by Judge Van Fleet if he would pay the $500, Cutting replied that he would not "under any circumstances."

  The court fixed Cutting's bail at $1000 and several friends in the courtroom offered to furnish this sum to insure the defendant's presence on March 4. Cutting, however, refused to listen to their advice and expressed his willingness to go to jail.

  The writ of attachment on Cutting's person was the first of its kind to be issued in local federal courts for years. No other similar case is recalled by veterans at the federal building.


TRUCK CASE ARGUED

  Arguments of a preliminary phase of the litigation took place before Judge Averill yesterday in the case of J. G. Crumley versus the Leach-Framley Motor company. This is an action for damages. Mr. Crumley, in order to alleviate the fuel famine, contracted for a large cordage of wood in the Kawich range and engaged the services of a truck man. He put two big trucks into service but was arrested because he moved the machines out of California before they were fully paid for. The delay caused Mr. Crumley to suffer a heavy loss on his contract, so he sued to recover.


AL SHIDLER TO ANSWER CHARGE

  Deputy Sheriff Al Shidler, who was arrested on the charge of making seditious utterances and who was indicted by the United States grand Jury, was taken to Carson City today to stand trial in the federal court. He was in the custody of R.I. Tatum, deputy United States marshal.
 
  Several of his friends, as well as a few other citizens, were at the depot, but there was no display of any kind and no remarks were left to which objection could be taken.

TWENTY NYE COUNTY MEN ARE SLACKERS

  There are twenty young men in Nye county, about two-thirds of them being in Tonopah, who are in class A and have not answered the call. Unless they present themselves to Dr. Masterson within two days for examination they will be rounded up by the government and either rushed to France willy-nilly or placed in federal prison


Damn Slackers...

Interesting related tid bit from my live.
The selective service system was started in WW1.
It requires that every male between certain ages register for "selected servive"
While I was in high school they strongly "suggested" for convenience that we could register at school. One of my friends moved away to a different local school system and lied at the new school, telling them, "that he registered at the his old school". He was never caught and his birthday was "selected" to be drafted.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, March 5, 1918.


QuotePlatoon of 8/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanderss during rifle inspection at Fosses Farm, near Arras, 5 March 1918. Part of 15th Division.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246377 © IWM (Q 10707)


QuoteRuined houses in the main square of Arras, 5 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205219549 © IWM (Q 49841)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 5, 1918.


POWER WAS OFF

  Owing to trouble in the White mountains, the electric power was off for half an hour this afternoon, the only bad results, so far as the Bonanza is concerned, being the necessary use of a little bad language and inquiries from subscribers as to why the lateness. 


ORDER BY MUSICIANS' UNION

  Local No. 426, Musicians' union, at a meeting held Sunday, forbad any of its members from playing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in any saloon or other place where liquor is dispensed. Any members disobeying this rule will be fined from $5 to $25 for the first offense.


BABY GIRL GLADDENS HOME

  Saturday morning at 4:15 o'clock the stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Piercy and left a beautiful baby girl. Both mother and child are doing nicely.


ADV.

  I ask you for your patronage for watch repairing for our mutual benefit. I need the work and you will have a watch that will tell the truth. Emil Merman, at Roberts' grocery store. 





Lord Grantham

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 05, 2018, 02:44:00 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 5, 1918.


ORDER BY MUSICIANS' UNION

  Local No. 426, Musicians' union, at a meeting held Sunday, forbad any of its members from playing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in any saloon or other place where liquor is dispensed. Any members disobeying this rule will be fined from $5 to $25 for the first offense.


Too many saloon girls were "taking a knee" during the anthem, so it had to be put to a stop.

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 05, 2018, 02:44:00 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 5, 1918.


POWER WAS OFF

  Owing to trouble in the White mountains, the electric power was off for half an hour this afternoon, the only bad results, so far as the Bonanza is concerned, being the necessary use of a little bad language and inquiries from subscribers as to why the lateness. 


ORDER BY MUSICIANS' UNION

  Local No. 426, Musicians' union, at a meeting held Sunday, forbad any of its members from playing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in any saloon or other place where liquor is dispensed. Any members disobeying this rule will be fined from $5 to $25 for the first offense.


BABY GIRL GLADDENS HOME

  Saturday morning at 4:15 o'clock the stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Piercy and left a beautiful baby girl. Both mother and child are doing nicely.


ADV.

  I ask you for your patronage for watch repairing for our mutual benefit. I need the work and you will have a watch that will tell the truth. Emil Merman, at Roberts' grocery store.
Will RCH take in his Bulova Accutron?

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, March 6, 1918.


QuoteThe ruins of the Cloth Hall. Ypres, 6 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245653 © IWM (Q 9938)


QuoteThe ruins of Zonnebeke Church, 6 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244429 © IWM (Q 8579)


QuoteA derelict British tank submerged in mud and surrounded by shell-holes. Near St. Jean, looking back towards Ypres, 6 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244529 © IWM (Q 8703)


QuoteAmerican soldiers with captured German flame throwers at Menil-la-Tour, 6 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187967 © IWM (Q 94318)




Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 6, 1918.


WILL GROW FOODSTUFFS

   SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 6. Tobacco planters all over the island, realizing how serious the food shortage has become and that Porto Rico must be made as nearly self supporting as possible, are preparing to plant food crops during this month. After the tobacco crop is harvested corn and beans will be grown.


FUNERAL OF JOHN HANNIGAN

  Funeral services over the remains of the late John Hannigan were conducted this afternoon in the Catholic church by. Rev. Father Noonan. There was a large concourse of friends present. The interment was in the Tonopah cemetery.


WANTS NEWS MISSING BROTHER

  O. A. Sharpless, 1540 Lowerline street, New Orleans, writes to the Bonanza in an effort to locate his brother, Walter A. Sharpless, from whom he has not heard for the past seven years. If living, the missing man would now be 42 years of age. He was five feet seven, dark hair, partly bald. It is reported that he died in Tonopah two years ago as the result of being kicked by a horse, but there are no records to that effect. Any information would be appreciated by the brother.


"COME-AND-GET-IT" MARCUS

  Editor Bonanza: It was said that "the Jew" would not make a soldier and was after the dollar only. He has given up his position in Tonopah to see that the Mulliganders are well fed for fighting purposes. He leaves with the bunch in a day or two to cast his lot with fate in France. The Jews in this county are fortunate to have a representative on the firing line. This Jew we refer to is none other than Marcus, the meat burner.
MULLIGANDERS.

Rix Gins

The US naval boat "Cyclops" disappeared in what would later become known as the Bermuda Triangle, on March 3rd or 4th, or 5th, 1918. Nobody knows for sure because no distress call was ever received and no floating debris was collected.  The Cyclops was huge, it could carry 10,000 tons of cargo and was the Navy's biggest collier (a ship carrying coal) at that time.  306 crew and passengers were lost in the sinking. 

History and photo of the Cyclops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cyclops_(AC-4)

https://youtu.be/WlwCbCL5QQs


 

Lord Grantham

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 06, 2018, 02:49:21 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, March 6, 1918.

WANTS NEWS MISSING BROTHER

  O. A. Sharpless, 1540 Lowerline street, New Orleans, writes to the Bonanza in an effort to locate his brother, Walter A. Sharpless, from whom he has not heard for the past seven years. If living, the missing man would now be 42 years of age. He was five feet seven, dark hair, partly bald. It is reported that he died in Tonopah two years ago as the result of being kicked by a horse, but there are no records to that effect. Any information would be appreciated by the brother.



Sounds like perfect Unsolved Mysteries fodder. They loved doing old timey missing persons cases, especially from the old west.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, March 7, 1918.


QuoteGerman Albatros D.V (serial number D2359/17), which was forced to land at Feuchy, being examined by British servicemen, 7 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247692 © IWM (Q 12161)


QuoteRAF Officer in the cockpit of the German Albatros D.V (serial number D2359/17), which was forced to land at Feuchy, 7 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247690 © IWM (Q 12159)


QuoteOfficer of the Army Ordnance Corps holding a German balloon with propaganda leaflets in French attached, which came to earth near St. Pol, 7 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247689 © IWM (Q 12158)


QuoteNon-commissioned officers and Sappers of the Royal Engineers laying main field-cable near Les Fosses Farm, near Arras on the 15th Division Front, 7 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246384 © IWM (Q 10714)


QuoteMen of the 8/10th Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders and men of other unidentified units, part of 44th Brigade, 15th Division, hauling up food containers by windlass from an underground cook-house. Les Fosses Farm, near Arras, 7 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246382 © IWM (Q 10712)


QuoteMen of the 8/10th Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders and men of other unidentified units, part of 44th Brigade, 15th Division, in an underground cook-house, situated in a cave 60ft below ground at Les Fosses Farm, near Arras, 7 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246383 © IWM (Q 10713)

Uncle Duke

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 06, 2018, 04:06:22 AM
The US naval boat "Cyclops" disappeared in what would later become known as the Bermuda Triangle, on March 3rd or 4th, or 5th, 1918. Nobody knows for sure because no distress call was ever received and no floating debris was collected.  The Cyclops was huge, it could carry 10,000 tons of cargo and was the Navy's biggest collier (a ship carrying coal) at that time.  306 crew and passengers were lost in the sinking. 

History and photo of the Cyclops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cyclops_(AC-4)

https://youtu.be/WlwCbCL5QQs




I read an article on the Cyclops, I think in the USNI "Proceedings," several years ago.  As the guy in the YouTube video said, her two sisters ships disappeared without a trace as well.  This led to a conclusion there could have been a defect in either the structural design or construction of the class that could have resulted in catastrophic failure under high/over load conditions, a possibility made more likely in heavy seas.   Don't know the load status of the other two ships, but Cycops was overloaded according to most sources.

The other thing the article pointed out was Cyclops was carrying manganese ore, not coal, at the time she disappeared.  Apparently manganese dust is extremely volatile/flammable, and if the ore was not stored properly and the holds properly vented, the ship could have been a floating bomb.  Something as simple as a spark generated by a dropped wrench hitting ship structure could have set off a manganese dust explosion.

Rix Gins

Quote from: Uncle Duke on March 07, 2018, 08:26:28 PM
I read an article on the Cyclops, I think in the USNI "Proceedings," several years ago.  As the guy in the YouTube video said, her two sisters ships disappeared without a trace as well.  This led to a conclusion there could have been a defect in either the structural design or construction of the class that could have resulted in catastrophic failure under high/over load conditions, a possibility made more likely in heavy seas.   Don't know the load status of the other two ships, but Cycops was overloaded according to most sources.

The other thing the article pointed out was Cyclops was carrying manganese ore, not coal, at the time she disappeared.  Apparently manganese dust is extremely volatile/flammable, and if the ore was not stored properly and the holds properly vented, the ship could have been a floating bomb.  Something as simple as a spark generated by a dropped wrench hitting ship structure could have set off a manganese dust explosion.

Yeah, I read somewhere that the ship's captain was a real nut.  The Wiki article points out that he was somewhat of a Captain Bligh type and that he might have had the ship's loading expert locked up in the brig and gave the loading assignment for the manganese ore to someone who wasn't experienced in storing cargo.  The ore would later shift during a storm and that's all she wrote.  Of course that cracked cylinder might have caused the ship to sink.  Full maneuverability would have been badly needed during a strong tropical storm.  One of Clive Cussler's novels had the Cyclops in it.  It was just a side story though and as I recall, a diver (probably Dirk Pitt) dove down into the wreck to retrieve some item that was necessary for the plot to unfold.  As far as I can remember, Cussler didn't write any of the mystery of the ship itself into the novel but I might be wrong.  I read the book quite a few years back.

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress, March 8, 1918.


QuoteBritish soldiers salving steel girders from a wrecked factory at Bapaume, 8 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244398 © IWM (Q 8547)


QuoteBritish troops marching along a military road, Metz, 8 March 1918. Wire defences can be seen.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244397 © IWM (Q 8546)


QuoteA working party laying a cable through old German line at Metz, 8 March, 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244401 © IWM (Q 8550)


QuoteBritish soldiers resting near a ruined house in Metz, 8 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244400 © IWM (Q 8549)

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From the Imperial War Museum, March 9, 1918.


QuoteGeneral, internal view of the large Machine Shop at the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Base Locomotive Shops at St.Etienne-du-Rowray, 9 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246429 © IWM (Q 10765)


QuoteWestinghouse brake test benches at the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Base Locomotive Shops at St.Etienne-du-Rowray, 9 March 1918.
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https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246422 © IWM (Q 10758)


QuoteGerman prisoners of war employed on engine construction work at the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Base Locomotive Shops at St.Etienne-du-Rowray, 9 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246418 © IWM (Q 10754)


QuoteFinishing off castings in the machine shop at the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Base Locomotive Shops at St.Etienne-du-Rowray, 9 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246433 © IWM (Q 10769)


QuoteA locomotive engine being conveyed by overhead crane in a workshop at the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Base Locomotive Shops at St.Etienne-du-Rowray, 9 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246431 © IWM (Q 10767)


QuoteLocomotives in the South Yard, at the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Base Locomotive Shops at St.Etienne-du-Rowray, 9 March 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246428 © IWM (Q 10764)


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