Sudden Death of Mr T C Woodford Thomas Curtis Woodford was born in 1848 in Paddington, London to a watchmaking father. The family emigrated to Canterbury when he was ‘quite…
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Eleanor White
‘they also serve who only stand and wait’ Who organised this sweet headstone for a widow? Eleanor White was the eldest child of William and Harriet Jones and born in…
Wreck of the S. S. Penguin
WRECK OF THE U.S.S. PENGUIN, NEAR WELLINGTON HEADS, N.Z., ON THE NIGHT OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12: INCIDENTS; AND PORTRAITS OF SOME OF THOSE SAVED AND DROWNED. (The Australian, 27 Feb…