Monday, August 10, 2009

From The Archives

August 4th 1871 H.M.S. Danae came into the Bay of Islands
August 7th 1898 the Presbyterian Church first church in Corner Brook was finished and opened for Divine Worship
August 9th 1878 First sessions of the Supreme Court on Curcuit was held in Bay of Islands
August 20th 1927 First electric lights were turned on in Bay of Islands
August 24th 1925 Corner Brook Mill officially open . Lady Allardyce opened Corner Brook General Hospital
August 25th 1916 Memorial School destroyed by fire in Curling
August 26th 1905 The first linotype typesetting machine in Newfoundland was operated in "The Evening Hearld " office in St. John's
Come back next month for more Historical Facts for September

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