Salvage Lighter Breaks Her Moorings and Runs Ashore on Grid Near Dover

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

993

Date Released

27 Sep 1920

Stories in this Issue:

1. Baby Aeroplane - The Inventor Claims That This All Metal Machine is as Easy to Manage as a Motor Car
2. Diamond Polishing. Demonstration of Cutting and Polishing by Disabled Ex-Servicemen at Oppenheimer Diamond Works, Brighton.
3. Out of the Deep - Two Large Conger Eels Caught by a Diver in a Sunken Wreck
4. France’s New President - M Millerand to Become Head of French Republic
5. Ancient Order of Druids - Present Another Bed, Making 8 in All, to Battersea General Hospital. The Money is Raised by Collecting Tin Foil
6. Harnessing the Mississippi. Water Power Used for World’s Largest Hydro-Electric Generating Station
7. Salvage Lighter Breaks Her Moorings and Runs Ashore on Grid Near Dover

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 7 / 7
Summary: Salvage ship awash. Men on beach hauling in rope.
Keywords: Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters
Library number GR: 4178
Length of story (in feet): 56

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'Salvage Lighter Breaks Her Moorings and Runs Ashore on Grid Near Dover', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 993, 27 Sep 1920. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/78094 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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