Silver and Collectors Items - 20 Apr 2011
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Please note: Estimate is £60-80 S.S. Twingone interest
Please note: Estimate is £60-80
S.S. Twingone interest, a presentation silver cigarette box, by William Hutton and Sons, Birmingham 1910, rectangular form, the hinged cover inscribed ' To A. Harvey Esq. from Capt. and Mrs Barrand, as a small token of gratitude for kindness in time of great trouble at Fire of S.S Twingone Nov 4th 1913, length 21cm. The times reported in 1913, 'The Burning of the Steamer Twingorne, Four Lives Lost, 'Our Colombo Correspondent telegraphed last night that through the fire in the British Steamer Twingore at Tuticorin, described elsewhere, the port surgeon's son was killed. Altogether four persons lost their lives. the remainder of those on board were rescued by The British Steamer Bangala and the port surgeon's launch. The Twingone was carrying 2,000 tons of oil, and it is expected that she will become a toatl loss.'
S.S. Twingone interest, a presentation silver cigarette box, by William Hutton and Sons, Birmingham 1910, rectangular form, the hinged cover inscribed ' To A. Harvey Esq. from Capt. and Mrs Barrand, as a small token of gratitude for kindness in time of great trouble at Fire of S.S Twingone Nov 4th 1913, length 21cm. The times reported in 1913, 'The Burning of the Steamer Twingorne, Four Lives Lost, 'Our Colombo Correspondent telegraphed last night that through the fire in the British Steamer Twingore at Tuticorin, described elsewhere, the port surgeon's son was killed. Altogether four persons lost their lives. the remainder of those on board were rescued by The British Steamer Bangala and the port surgeon's launch. The Twingone was carrying 2,000 tons of oil, and it is expected that she will become a toatl loss.'
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