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Archive Record
Metadata
Item ID# |
A2023.007.011 |
Title |
The Wiarton Echo 125th Anniversary 1879 - 2004 : special edition chronicling the history of Wiarton and the Bruce Peninsula |
Object Name |
Newspaper |
Dates of Creation |
2004 |
Creator |
Wiarton Echo |
Description |
A special edition of the Wiarton Echo celebrating it's 150th anniversary. Contents include previous / historic articles dating back to 1879. Headings include: Welcome to the Wiarton Echo's 125th Anniversary Early Beginnings: Echo started with $10 and dreams No bodies left on floor when smoke clears (February 16, 1956) Wiarton Firemen save Indian School (January 12, 1956) Savage Storm Sweeps Peninsula (March 26, 1913) Leap from flaming boat claims Echo Editor (September 8, 1949) Phoney whistle produces vital win for Valley (March 27, 1956) Wind and rain terrible as storm hits entire continent (October 19, 1893) The team runs away with the wagon (July 3, 1891) Object explodes (March 15, 1956) Sad tragedy at Cape (December 6, 1906) Runaway truck (July 17, 1957) Village of Wiarton should be incorporated (November 7, 1879) Elk arrive on the Bruce Peninsula (December 19, 1934) Cyclone destroys everything in its path (August 4, 1892) Schooners wrecked off Peninsula (September 20, 1900) Entire village enveloped by smoke (September 2, 1881) Hot as Heck (July 6, 1921) Has to close (August 11, 1920) New park (October 1, 1925) Will ring bell (December 15, 1920) Strewn with the staff of life (may 24, 1892) Clavering child injured (June 23, 1932) Two drown, sad day in Wiarton (September 14, 1908) Gold found on Peninsula (April 1, 1981) Pole gang here (July 24, 1891) Company formed (February 25, 1892) Early snow (October 24, 1895) An appalling disaster (May 28, 1881) Settler recalls ear;y years (July 6, 1939) Jane Miller reported lost (December 9, 1881) A steady, little ship (November 14, 1879) Steamer Jones goes down (November 29, 1906) The hustler's baseball club of 1889 Storks and fire (January 23, 1930 Storm stayed (January 28, 1943) Man recalls fifty-year-old tragedy (July 17, 1960) Open war going on in Keppel township (December 1888) Jet just misses home in Keppel Township (November 1, 1956) Whole country lights up in storm (August 11, 1892) Remains of six skeletons found (June 7, 1956) Tornado hits Tobermory (May 17, 1956) From Old Echo Files (May 24, 1894 - January 25, 1925) Mysterious tidal wave swamps Stokes Bay, extensive damage (May 8, 1952) Barns destroyed (August 15, 1895) Large hailstones (June 27, 1901) Shocking accident (March 2, 1903) Stuck in drifts (February 18, 1904) The bonus question (July 11, 1879) GTR station in flames (August 10, 1893) Line connected (November 21, 1901) Sawmill burns (May 28, 1903) Further light shed on blind fish tall tale (November 7, 1957) Eight lb. bass caught at Stokes Bay (August 1, 1957) From Old Echo Files (August 15, 1879 - July 4 1957) The loss of Africa and Severn off Bruce Peninsula (October 1895) Elder sparks Tobermory to championship (march 28, 1957) Two injured in wild ride through Peninsula bush (June 13, 1957) Swiped by bear (September 27, 1956) From Echo Files ( October 25,1911 - January 14, 1926) Burglars terrorize beach (September 1, 1957) Fire guts store in Wiarton business section (January 3, 1957) From Echo Files ( May 16, 1907 - September 15, 1927) A Peninsula portage A success in numbers (August 4, 1882) Runs aground (May 20, 1887) Almost fatal accident (February 12, 1881) Sketch of a pioneer settler ( July 6, 1939) From Old Echo Files ((July 18, 1880 - August 4, 1918) |
Level of Description |
Item |
Physical Description |
36 pages : illustrations (some colour), photographs, portraits, advertisements ; 34.5 x 30.5 cm |
Restrictions on Use |
Responsibility for determining the copyright status and permissible use rests with the user. |
Places |
Bruce Peninsula Wiarton Tobermory |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Baseball Cyclones Disasters Fires & firefighting Newspaper industry Railway stations (railroad stations) Shipwrecks Storms Tornadoes |