Excerpts from Newfoundland Posts and Telegraphs Daily News Journals


Newfoundland Posts & Telegraphs 
Excerpts from January/February 1922

Jan. 7:
James DOWNEY, store keeper at BAIRD's premises at Greenspond was
drowned yesterday, falling from bridge coming from Ship's Island.

Jan. 9: 
Capt. D. BINDON, W. BINDON, John FRIEZE, John BINDON, and
James CROCKER, all of Carbonear and crew of schooner "Oliver" are
at St. John, N.B.; tell thrilling tale of rescue at sea, being brought to Naples.

Jan. 14:
John MOLLOY of St. Lawrence, of the schooner "Georgiana", now at
Gloucester, had been killed, supposedly while vessel discharging.

Jan. 18:
James J. TOBIN of "The Beach", St. John's is dead aged 64.

Jan. 25:
Capt. John LEWIS, M.H.A., is dead at Naples as result of typhoid fever.

Feb. 1:
There is no trace of Henry POOLE who strayed from working party at
Mahers Siding.

Feb. 3:
A message from Liverpool, N.S., reports loss of Thomas THORNE of
Conception Bay, from schooner "Teazer".

William SMITH, going from Clarenville to Hant's Harbour, died on
train at Whitbourne.

Feb. 8:
Capt. Solomon JACOBS, veteran fish killer, has died at his home in
Gloucester. He was born in England seventy years ago.

Feb. 9: 
Inspector of Health O'BRIEN, after 42 years' service, was given Imperial
Service Medal yesterday at Government House.

Feb. 10:
Thomas COMPTON and Frank SWEENEY of Englee perished in
storm of Jan. 24th while crossing from Canada Harbour to Whooping
Harbour.

Major COTTON took a passenger this morning from St. John's to
Alexander Bay in the person of L. BLAKSTAD of Terra Nova Sulphite Co.

Feb. 13:
Under will of late James J. TOBIN, he left one hundred and twenty-three
thousand dollars divided among his three sons.

Feb. 16:
After fifty years in Police Force, Supt. William GRIMES has retired.
Head Constable P.J. O'NEILL has been appointed as superintendent.

Feb, 20:
John CRONIN, aged 76, formerly of Harbour Grace, was found dead
in his bed at St. John's yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. RICHARDS, on a tour of the world with only a handbag
each, to be accomplished in 8 years for a purse of 50 thousand dollars,
arrived at St. John's by the "Kyle".

Residences of J. MILLER, H. BUGDEN and J. NEIL on Frshwater
Road were burnt to the ground Sunday morning early, very little being
saved owing to small pressure of water available.

Feb. 22:
It being conveyed from abandoned schooner "J.N. Rafuse", owned by
T.J. MOULTON, Burgeo, to Norwegian schooner "Terrier", Capt. George
HARVEY, the mate, and cook, of the schooner were drowned; also the
first officer of the steamer.

Feb. 23:
A Galveston, Texas message reports loss of fishing schooner "Caldwell
Colt" of Pensacola, on which were Jeremiah CLARK, cook, and Matthew
O'BRIEN, 57 years, of Newfoundland.