I snap thousands of grave and memorial photos. Of course sometimes they 'ring bells' in my head as the various facts come together during research. New Zealand is a small world after all and lives of those who have crossed each others paths for some reason or other does happen. Here are a couple that have that connection and one of them, Charles WILLIAMS provided a few surprises. The s.s. Tainui Disaster [32] The Tainui which was a wooden cargo vessel, was carrying a load of benzine that it was ill equipped to do so. The inevitable happened, she exploded near Shag Rock on the Canterbury Coast, off Gore Bay in North Canterbury and all but 1 of the 9 crew were drowned on 16th September 1919. [1] Excerpts from Paperspast well cover the story. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 7221, 17 September 1919, Page 5 Lifeboat Capsizes when Launched The Tainui went ashore about four miles North of Gore Bay, the spot being marked by clouds of black
Sandy - there is a great group on Facebook called Genealogy Translations which you can join and then get help there: http://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogytranslation/
ReplyDeleteThanks Thomas that's great to know!
ReplyDeleteI also twittered it to a fellow on my contacts list who does German Military research. He reckons it's easy and is sending translation tomorrow :D
I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. You can read about it here: http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/alona-you-make-me-feel-like-dancing.html
ReplyDeleteThank you Jill! How sweet of you! :o)
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