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The Maid affray   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102558
Shooting of two seamen on board the American ship Western Maid here in the river.
First printed : 1919 - Reprinted : October 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 9.
Dartmouth’s five year holy war.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102559
The vicar who fought with pen and bells. The story of Rev. John Priestley Fosters battle with his parishioners and the town Council.
First printed : 1870 - Reprinted : December 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 16.
When Dartmouth bench mutinied.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102560
When seven men objected to the local education system being taken over by the county.
First printed : 1905 - Reprinted : December 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 17.
Fighting J.P.s.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102561
They black each other’s eyes in the Embankment battle.
First printed : 1887 - Reprinted : December 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 18.
Dartmouth Fire Heroine   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102562
Maud Ash & Fire in Newcomen Rd Tenement.
First printed : 1912 - Reprinted : 2nd April 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 34.
At work at seven years of age   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102563
When Dartmouth Craftsmen Earned A Guinea A Week. First printed : 1937 - Reprinted : 1st October 1965.
The Two Dartmouths   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles
DHRG No. 102567
A look into the life of Dartmouth Nova Scotia.
Printed : 3rd August 2001.
Foss Street in 1861   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles
DHRG No. 102569
Foss Street residents in 1861 using the census of that year.
Printed : 2005.
Memories of wartime Dartmouth   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles
DHRG No. 102570
Childhood memories of R J Razzell who spent some time in Dartmouth as an evacue.
Printed : October 2006.
St Petrox Feoffees   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles
DHRG No. 102571
An article about the water supply in Southtown, Dartmouth, when it was provided by the Feoffees of St. Petrox.
Printed : Awaiting publication.
Our Local Pioneer Aviator   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles
DHRG No. 102572
A. Liwentaal 1894.
Printed : 2009.
The big town health probe.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102573
The scarlet fever epidemic that swept through the town.
First printed : - Reprinted : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 35.
The old men of the sea.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102574
The fate of the motor yacht Campeador and her elderly crew during WWI.
First printed : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 47.
Bridge of Sighs.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102575
For years there was talk of a bridge over the river dart before it slip through their fingers.
First printed : 1930 - Reprinted : August 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 50.
What a Lovely War   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102576
Dartmouth at the start of WW I.
Reprinted : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 52.
Pilot who rammed a mailboat.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102577
The ramming of the Warwick Castle by the SS Winston in 1881.
First printed : 1881 - Reprinted : September 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 57.
Danger rock cost them money.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102578
When the Triumph struck the Samarang rock to the east of the Homestone buoy.
First printed : 1884 - Reprinted : October 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 60.
Charity without faith.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102579
When the Town Council became involved in the charities, water supply and Feoffees. First printed : 1883 - Reprinted : November 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 65.
Battle of the Embankment.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102580
The story of the battle.
First printed : 1891 - Reprinted : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 69.
The colonel who went bust.   Dartmouth Chronicle      Articles      Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102581
Alexander Ridgeway the builder of Shepleigh Court and owner of numerous Dartmouth properties.
First printed : 1880's - Reprinted : January 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 71.