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29th September 1923

Ship Losses:

Brotonne (France) The cargo ship was in collision with another vessel in Falmouth Bay and sank. All seventeen crew survived.
Florence (United Kingdom) The schooner was in collision with Mokta ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel between the South Goodwin and West Goodwin Lightships (both United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve or thirteen lives. The sole survivor was rescued by Zora ( Yugoslavia).
La Guardia (Spain) The cargo ship sank at Tarragona, Catalonia.
Rubaiyat (United States) The motor vessel capsized 10 minutes after leaving dock at Tacoma, Washington due to cargo shift. Four crew killed.

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30th September 1923

"Berlin Defied By Bavaria. German Army's Threat Makes Dictator Bow. Friction Adds to Civil War Peril. Bavarian dictator defies German government's order, aimed at Fascisti leader (Hitler), but later backs down".


Former General Erich Ludendorff after his arrival at the Schliersee train station in Upper Bavaria in conversation with Austrian members of the Freikorps Oberland. Right: Hermann Göring in SA uniform.


Ship Losses:

Clan Macmaster (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was declared a total loss on 3 October.
Gutfeld (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground on the Longships, off Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached in Falmouth Bay.

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!st October 1923

Germany: In Küstrin and Spandau, units of the Black Reichswehr (secret reserve formations of the Reichswehr that violated the peace treaty) under the leadership of Major Bruno Ernst Buchrucker attempted a coup, which was quickly put down by the regular Reichswehr.


Ship Losses:

Troutpool (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was wrecked off Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Yport (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

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2nd October 1923

Ship Losses:

Electric Flash (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Renews, Newfoundland, and was a total loss.
Helen Swazy (United Kingdom) The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 39°40′N 70°44′W. All eight crew were rescued by Garonne (flag unknown).
L'Auroch (France) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and was abandoned by her crew.
Lizzie Trenberth (United Kingdom) The schooner, which had departed from Runcorn, Cheshire, on 24 September for Mevagissey, Cornwall, was last reported on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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3rd October 1923

Ship Losses:

Adrana (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground and sank on Storkallegrund, Sweden.
Evelyn (United Kingdom) The ketch was reported in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Governor Parr (United Kingdom) the schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°49′30″N 55°56′00″W) with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Schodak ( United States).

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4th October 1923

Actor and political activist, Charlton Heston, is born in Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.


Ship Losses:

Stuartstar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Hook of Holland (Rotterdam), Netherlands.Forty-nine of her 51 crew were taken off the next day.[7] She was declared a total loss on 10 October.

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5th October 1923

British actress, dancer, musician and singer, Glynis Johns, is born in Pretoria, Union of South Africa.


Chinese warlord Cao Kun, leader of the Zhili clique, wins the presidential election with over 80% of the votes cast in the National Assembly thanks to massive electoral fraud.

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6th October 1923

Marine Mascot, USMC v. Georgetown football game, 10/6/23.

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7th October 1923

Turkish troops enter Istanbul. The Occupation of Constantinople ends when the great powers of World War I withdraw.


Ship Losses:

Else (flag unknown) The schooner capsized in the Gulf of Finland 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Sommers, Finland. Her crew were rescued by Colinton ( United Kingdom).

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8th October 1923

Ship Losses:

City of Westminster (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Runnelstone, Cornwall. All 48 people on board were rescued by the Penlee and Sennen Cove Lifeboats.
Kennecott (United States) During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, carrying a crew of 31 and a cargo of 6,000 tons of copper ore concentrates and 40,000 cases of salmon, the 3,620-ton cargo ship was wrecked without loss of life at Hunter Point on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia. The cutter USCGC Unalga ( United States Coast Guard), the survey ship USC&GS Surveyor ( United States Coast and Geodetic Survey), and the steamer Cordova (flag unknown) rescued 23 members of her crew. Her captain and seven other members of her crew remained behind to guard her wreck and were rescued later by the salvage tug Hercules (flag unknown). Kennecott soon broke up, and the two main parts of her hull drifted away and sank.
Norman W. Strong (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was wrecked.

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9th October 1923

Ship Losses:

John S. Emery (United States) The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Samland ( Belgium).
Vital (Germany) The cargo ship collided with Sekstant ( Norway) at Hull, Yorkshire and sank.

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10th October 1923

Freiberg, Saxony, occupied by the Reichswehr.


Ship Losses:

Bretagne (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground on Häfringe Island, Sweden with the loss of her captain. The survivors were rescued.
Lutzen (flag unknown) The cargo ship departed Saint John, New Brunswick, for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
USS PG-40 (United States Navy) The PG-40/Quiros-class gunboat was sunk as a target.

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11th October 1923

"This is the first and only known photograph in existance of Adolph Hitler, the much talked of leader of the German National Socialist Party. The photo, an exclusive one, shows clearly the lines of a strong countenance and also a sturdy body."


"Berlin Public Frantic as Mark Is Quoted at 6,500,000,000 to Dolllar— Bread, at 50 Million Marks a Loaf Yesterday, Will Cost 110 Million Today".


Ship Losses:

City of Everett (United States) The cargo ship caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of all 26 crew.
Montoro (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Torres Straits.
Omono Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was wrecked off Taneichi, Iwate.
Phoeniciër (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground at Memel, East Prussia, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 4 May 1924, but was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold, repaired and returned to service.

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12th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Agram (United States) After her anchor lines parted during a violent storm, the 22-gross register ton motor cannery tender was wrecked in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska on a beach in the vicinity of 59°16′N 154°07′W, between Cape Chinik and Amakdedori. Her crew of three survived.

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13th October 1923

W.H. Murphy and his associate demonstrating their bulletproof vest.


After a heated debate, the Reichstag passed the enabling law demanded by Reich Chancellor Gustav Stresemann with the two-thirds majority required because of its constitutionally disruptive nature (316 yes votes, 24 no votes and seven abstentions).


Ship Losses:

Aberdeen (Canada) The Canadian Government ship (CGS) ran aground on Black Ledge, Seal Island, Nova Scotia and was abandoned.
Cetus (United States) The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Lake Michigan and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Port Arthur (United Kingdom) The schooner collided with Howard Young ( United Kingdom) at St. John's, Newfoundland, and sank.