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Thursday 1 October 1914 – rain

October 1, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

Raining all day
Worked 1 ½ hours.
To Vancouver at 11:30 am to cash pension cheque 38.85.
Paid Barker $4.00
Paid Clarke $6.29

To Rex Theatre 2:30 pm. Home 4:30 pm.
In evening – to Reverend N.J. Thompson’s Residence. Met Reverend & Mrs Hugh Hooper of St. John’s Rectory, North Vancouver. Had chat & left at 10:30 pm. Received invitation to Hooper’s.

German warship – Leipzig – sinks British steamer Banksfields which had a cargo of sugar value $500,000


*SMS Leipzig – A Bremen Class German cruiser named after the city of Leipizig. The ship spent much of the early part of WWI along the coast of Mexico and South America attacking British merchant ships. SMS Leipzig took part in 2 naval battles, the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falkland Islands before being chased down and sunk by the British cruisers HMS Glasgow and HMS Kent.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: British Steamer Banksfields, German warship, Leipzig, North Vancouver, Reverend N.J. Thompson, Rex Theatre, Vancouver, WWI

Friday 18 September 1914 – rain

September 18, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

Heavy rain all day
No work
Our men are fighting in rainstorms & in trenches half full of water. The Germans are still holding our Allies at bay. I send $4.50 to Sir [Hiram’s] Laboratory.
To a meeting of the North Vancouver Home Guard at Larson’s] Pavilion. I spoke twice regarding Lynn Valley Company. I get my family tree from Ruth & bring it home to Lynn Valley.


*possibly Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Germans, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver, Sir Hiram Maxim

Tuesday 8 September 1914 – raining all day

September 8, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

Charles goes to North Vancouver 1 pm. Back at 5 pm
I have had attack of hay fever.
The German advance is halted & forced to retire 10 miles. The Austrians are being very badly beaten. Their losses are enormous.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Austrians, enormous losses, fever, Germans, North Vancouver

Saturday 1 August 1914 – fine & hot

August 1, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

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To Whitecliff and Horseshoe Bay with Mr & Mrs John Dorothea & Frank Neat.
In swimming. John not able to swim dived into deep water and was sinking into for 2nd time when I saved him. My 4th act of life saving.
To Empire Theatre North Vancouver with the Neat family.

War declared Germany & Russia

Charles to Vancouver 8 pm till 10 pm

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Empire Theatre, Horseshoe Bay, mp3, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Whitecliff

Wednesday 1 July 1914 – Dominion Day (hot day)

July 1, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

I work up till 11:30 am. Then home, had dinner & to see Mrs. Graham at 1 pm. We leave for Vancouver at 1:30 pm. To Rex Theatre and afterwards to Stanley Park where we met Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh & her daughter. I take photos of them in the park. Had a walk with them to Coal Harbor where they take car. Mrs. Graham & I walk into town. Had supper at White Lunch, then on to boat. Had fine view of fireworks North Vancouver. Home to Haswell’s at 10 pm.


*Dominion Day –A public Holiday to commemorate the granting of national status to Canada. It was renamed “Canada Day” in 1982.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Coal Harbour, Dominion Day, North Vancouver, Rex Theatre, Stanley Park, Vancouver

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