HONORING A HEROE’S MEMORY.
THE OHIO WRECK. MOVEMENT FOR A MEMORIAL. Unwed Pkesb Association —CorvuiaHT OTTAWA, August 30. Eccles, the hero of the Ohio disaster, was a native of Almonte, near Ottawa. A movement has been started to commemorate l\is heroism.. [Eccles was the wireless operator on the American steamer Ohio, wrecked at Steep Point,; Alaska. He stuck to his post, and was drowned, but his messages brought tyro steamers, which rescued 134 persons.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2595, 1 September 1909, Page 5
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76HONORING A HEROE’S MEMORY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2595, 1 September 1909, Page 5
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