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This area in Hamilton used to be an industrial pocket. Right after I took these images in 2006, it started to change, and McMaster took it over to develop an "innovation park." This building is still there; however, the powerhouse is not. The CAMCO facility was the last to utilize the building, and when it closed in 2005, 800 people lost their jobs.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mcmaster-to-transfo...
El Teatro Campoamor nació en Oviedo como respuesta a un marco para representar operas y funciones teatrales debido a la incipiente burguesía económica que empezaba a aflorar en la capital. Hasta aquel entonces las funciones se representaban en el Teatro del Fontán, al lado de la plaza del mismo nombre y que hoy es la Biblioteca Pública Ramón Pérez de Ayala.
Se ubicó en los terrenos del convento de Santa Clara, detrás de la calle de Uría que había sido proyectada un par de décadas anteriores. En el año 1876, con José Longoria Carbajal en la alcaldía, se presenta el proyecto de construcción del teatro, que se finalizó en 1883. A propuesta del escritor y entonces concejal Leopoldo Alas «Clarín», fue bautizado con el apellido del insigne asturiano Ramón de Campoamor, el cuál no pudo asistir a la inauguración, a la que mandó a su hermano y como acto de agradecimiento con el pueblo ovetense envió mil pesetas para el reparto entre los pobres de la ciudad, repartiendo el ayuntamiento el dinero entre las cuatro parroquias existentes a razón de 250 pesetas por cada una.
El teatro se inauguró al público el 17 de septiembre de 1892 con una representación de la obra de Los Hugonotes de Giacomo Meyerbeer. A esta obra la siguió Lucía de Lammermoor', ópera que también fue presentada en la I temporada de ópera de Oviedo, en 1948, y también se representó en el 120 aniversario. Se trata de la temporada de ópera más antigua de España, sólo superada por la del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona.2
La primera remodelación importante acontece en el año 1916 con una reestructuración del interior y una ampliación del aforo. Durante la Revolución de 1934 el teatro sufre grandes daños quedando reducido a escombros y sólo se mantiene en pie la fachada principal. Tras acabar la guerra civil se inicia la construcción y renovación del teatro que vuelve a abrir sus puertas en septiembre de 1948 con la ópera Manón.
En 1988, bajo el proyecto del arquitecto andaluz José Rivas, asesorado por el escenógrafo Julio Galán, se lleva a cabo la reforma del escenario, eliminando la pendiente del solado, ampliando el espacio del foso de la orquesta y modernizando la caja escénica con todos los adelantos técnicos en cuanto a elementos escénicos mecanizados y de iluminación.
Bajo la plaza del Carbayón y la calle 19 de Julio, protegiendo las raíces del roble con una gran maceta, se dota al teatro de modernos camerinos, sala de ensayos, sastrería, peluquería, sala de utillaje o atrezzo, talleres y salas de personal de tramoya. Desde aquí se controla la iluminación y sonido de la caja escénica. Los antiguos camerinos situados en la fachada trasera del edificio pasan a ser la sede de la Concejalía de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Oviedo.
En 1993 la sala polivalente del sótano se trasforma en el CAMCO (Centro de Arte Moderno Ciudad de Oviedo). Desde el año 2004 está gestionada por Cajastur, donde periódicamente se pueden contemplar exposiciones artísticas de arte moderno y vanguardista.
En el año 2006, la fundación Hidrocantábrico financió la puesta en marcha de la iluminación exterior del teatro.
Actualidad
El Teatro Campoamor durante la entrega de los Premios Príncipe de Asturias.
En nuestros días, tras haber conocido diversas obras de modernización técnica a lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, el teatro sigue funcionando a pleno rendimiento, y dentro de los muchos actos que se celebran en él cabe destacar la temporada de ópera de Oviedo y la ceremonia de entrega de los premios Príncipe de Asturias.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_Campoamor
El Teatro Campoamor nació n'Uviéu como rempuesta a un marcu pa representar óperes y funciones teatrales por mor de la naciente burguesía económica qu'escomenzaba a xorrecer na capital. Hasta entóncenes les funciones representábense nel Teatru del Fontán, al llau de la plaza del mesmu nome y que güei ye la Biblioteca Pública Ramón Pérez de Ayala.
Allugóse nos terrenos del conventu de Santa Clara, detrás de la cai Uría que foi proyeutada un par de décades anteriores. Nel añu 1876 preséntase'l proyeutu de construcción del teatru que s'inauguró al públicu en 1892 con una representación de la obra de Los Hugonotes. A propuesta del escritor y entóncenes conceyal Leopoldo Alas «Clarín», foi bautizáu col apellíu del llustre asturianu Ramón de Campoamor, quien nun pudo asistir a la inauguración, a la que mandó a so hermanu y como actu d'agradecimientu col pueblu uvieín unvió mil pesetes pal repartu ente los probes de la ciudá, repartiendo'l conceyu'l dineru ente les cuatro parroquies esistentes a razón de 250 pesetes por cauna.
El primer remocique importante asocede nel añu 1916 con una reestructuración del interior y una ampliación del aforu. Na Revolución de 1934 el teatru suore grandes daños quedando reducíu a escombrios y namás se caltién en pie la fachada principal. Tres acabar la guerra civil aníciase la construcción y anovamientu del teatru que vuelve abrir les sos puertes en setiembre de 1948 cola ópera Manón.
Anguaño, tres conocer delles obres de modernización téunica a lo llargo de les dos últimes décades, el teatro sigue funcionando a plenu rendimientu, y dientro de los munchos actos que se celebren nelli ha destacase la temporada d'ópera d'Uviéu, l'actu oficial del Día de les Lletres Asturianes y la ceremonia d'entrega de los premios Príncipe d'Asturies.
ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheru:Oviedo_-_Teatro_Campoamor_...
Engine: Detroit 6-71N 238 HP six cylinder diesel
Transmissions: 5 speed main & 4 speed auxiliary
Apparently there is still some old iron left out there to photograph. I found this mean looking GMC dump by accident last week. It was sitting by the gate of a junkyard in Sewell, NJ.
Despite its rough appearance, the truck was relatively solid and mostly complete. I would not be surprised at all if we could get that 6-71 running with not too much effort if it is still in one piece and not set up.
This area in Hamilton used to be an industrial pocket. Right after I took these images in 2006, it started to change, and McMaster took it over to develop an "innovation park." This building is still there; however, the powerhouse is not. The CAMCO facility was the last to utilize the building, and when it closed in 2005, 800 people lost their jobs.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mcmaster-to-transfo...
This area in Hamilton used to be an industrial pocket. Right after I took these images in 2006, it started to change, and McMaster took it over to develop an "innovation park." This building is still there; however, the powerhouse is not. The CAMCO facility was the last to utilize the building, and when it closed in 2005, 800 people lost their jobs.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mcmaster-to-transfo...
Engine: Detroit 6-71N 238 HP six cylinder diesel
Transmissions: 5 speed main & 4 speed auxiliary
I always had an affinity for these 92" BBC GMC & Chevy conventional's of the late 1960's & '70's. And they were everywhere back then. The long hood models were cool too, but not nearly as common.
It sure would be fun to restore this truck but you would never get your money out of a project like this. Plus, no one in their right mind would drive a truck like this today; no A/C, ear piercing Detroit, two-stick transmission. What a beast!
One of the most gorgeous schemes on a Citation Excel that I have seen. And with this company using the callsign "Thundercat", one of the best callsigns.
Taking a few product images for a website redesign. Been a while since I uploaded anything so thought I'd put something about what I'm up to.
Just a little lightroom adjustments.
© 2013 Robert Stebler
"Completed in 1845, the entrance on Grove Street is a brownstone Egyptian Revival gateway, designed by New Haven architects Henry Austin and Hezekiah Augur, both of whom are buried at the cemetery. The style, popular in New England in that era, was chosen to reinforce the antiquity of the site. The lintel of the gateway is inscribed "The Dead Shall Be Raised." The quotation is taken from 1 Corinthians 15.52: "For the trumpet will sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed." Supposedly, Yale President Arthur Twining Hadley said of the inscription, "They certainly will be, if Yale needs the property."
Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, that is surrounded by the Yale University campus. It was organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground and incorporated in October 1797 to replace the crowded burial ground on the New Haven Green. The first private, nonprofit cemetery in the world, it was one of the earliest burial grounds to have a planned layout, with plots permanently owned by individual families, a structured arrangement of ornamental plantings, and paved and named streets and avenues. By introducing ideas like permanent memorials and the sanctity of the deceased body, the cemetery became "a real turning point... a whole redefinition of how people viewed death and dying", according to historian Peter Dobkin Hall. Many notable Yale and New Haven luminaries are buried in the Grove Street Cemetery, including 14 Yale presidents; nevertheless, it was not restricted to members of the upper class, and was open to all.
In 2000, Grove Street Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark.
Today, it is managed by Camco Cemetery Management.
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 as determined by the 2020 United States Census, New Haven is the 3rd largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and Stamford and the principal municipality of Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 864,835.
New Haven was one of the first planned cities in America. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a four-by-four grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is the New Haven Green, a 16-acre (6 ha) square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is now a National Historic Landmark, and the "Nine Square Plan" is recognized by the American Planning Association as a National Planning Landmark.
New Haven is the home of Yale University, New Haven's biggest taxpayer and employer, and an integral part of the city's economy. Health care, professional and financial services and retail trade also contribute to the city's economic activity.
The city served as co-capital of Connecticut from 1701 until 1873, when sole governance was transferred to the more centrally located city of Hartford. New Haven has since billed itself as the "Cultural Capital of Connecticut" for its supply of established theaters, museums, and music venues. New Haven had the first public tree planting program in America, producing a canopy of mature trees (including some large elms) that gave the city the nickname "The Elm City"." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
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A Curtiss P-40B Warhawk in the livery of the 1st American Volunteer Group "Flying Tigers" at the National Museum of Naval Aviation on NAS Pensacola, Florida.
From the museum's web page:
Never included in Naval Aviation's inventory, the P-40B Tomahawk is displayed to honor those Naval Aviators who joined Colonel Claire Chennault's American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the Flying Tigers. Entering combat in December 1941, the AVG quickly gained fame flying against overwhelming odds. As America entered the war, and U.S. units moved into China, the AVG was summarily disbanded on 4 July 1942. In its short life, however, the AVG shot down 299 enemy aircraft and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
The P-40B Tomahawk evolved from the Curtiss Model 75 Hawk, a radial-engined fighter introduced in the mid-1930s. First flown in October 1938, the XP-40 was the fastest U.S. Army fighter at the time, and deliveries of the P-40 began in June 1940. The P-40B first flew in November 1941, and was quickly sent to the Royal Air Force (RAF) under Lend-Lease. The original models lacked self-sealing fuel tanks and carried two .50-caliber cowl-mounted guns and two .30-caliber guns in the wings. The P-40B was improved with self-sealing tanks, pilot armor and two extra wing guns, though the RAF versions of the Tomahawk were armed with six .303-caliber machine guns. B and C-model Tomahawks served with the RAF in North Africa in 1941-1942, where it was quickly discovered that the aircraft was inferior to the German BF-109, except at low altitude. The British turned down further deliveries, preferring to wait for the more powerful P-40D and E "Kittyhawk."
With the signing of the Lend-Lease Act, the Chinese Commissioner of Aviation, T.V. Soong, approached the U.S. to procure aircraft for China's air force. A number of P-40Bs were available, and were sold to a Chinese company. CAMCO, as it was called, shipped crated P-40Bs to Rangoon, Burma, where they were assembled. In a parallel move, CAMCO hired retired Navy and Army officers to travel to U.S. naval air stations and Army fields to recruit pilots, promising better pay than the U.S. military offered, along with getting into the war that America, at the time, resisted entering. In 1937, Claire Chennault, a retired U.S. Army captain, had been hired by the Nationalist Government to train Chinese pilots, then flying both Russian and Italian aircraft far inferior to the Japanese. Forming the AVG, Chennault had new P-40 aircraft and a host of American recruits.
Though initially planned for three groups, the AVG actually fielded only one before America placed a freeze on the release of active duty personnel. Among the Naval Aviators who resigned their commissions to fly with the AVG were David Lee Tex" Hill, Chuck Older, Dick Rossi, and Gregory Boyington, to name a few. In fact, the majority of the pilots in the AVG were Naval Aviators. "Tex" Hill became one of the top aces in the AVG, Older was a double ace with both the AVG and Army Air Forces 23d Pursuit Group, and Boyington returned to the Marines to become a four-time ace and command the famous "Black Sheep" of Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214. Another former Naval Aviator who served in the AVG, James H. Howard, eventually became an Army Air Forces pilot and received the Medal of Honor for actions over Europe in 1944. From 20 December 1941 to 4 July 1942, the AVG downed 299 enemy aircraft, and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
El Teatro Campoamor nació en Oviedo como respuesta a un marco para representar operas y funciones teatrales debido a la incipiente burguesía económica que empezaba a aflorar en la capital. Hasta aquel entonces las funciones se representaban en el Teatro del Fontán, al lado de la plaza del mismo nombre y que hoy es la Biblioteca Pública Ramón Pérez de Ayala.
Se ubicó en los terrenos del convento de Santa Clara, detrás de la calle de Uría que había sido proyectada un par de décadas anteriores. En el año 1876, con José Longoria Carbajal en la alcaldía, se presenta el proyecto de construcción del teatro, que se finalizó en 1883. A propuesta del escritor y entonces concejal Leopoldo Alas «Clarín», fue bautizado con el apellido del insigne asturiano Ramón de Campoamor, el cuál no pudo asistir a la inauguración, a la que mandó a su hermano y como acto de agradecimiento con el pueblo ovetense envió mil pesetas para el reparto entre los pobres de la ciudad, repartiendo el ayuntamiento el dinero entre las cuatro parroquias existentes a razón de 250 pesetas por cada una.
El teatro se inauguró al público el 17 de septiembre de 1892 con una representación de la obra de Los Hugonotes de Giacomo Meyerbeer. A esta obra la siguió Lucía de Lammermoor', ópera que también fue presentada en la I temporada de ópera de Oviedo, en 1948, y también se representó en el 120 aniversario. Se trata de la temporada de ópera más antigua de España, sólo superada por la del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona.2
La primera remodelación importante acontece en el año 1916 con una reestructuración del interior y una ampliación del aforo. Durante la Revolución de 1934 el teatro sufre grandes daños quedando reducido a escombros y sólo se mantiene en pie la fachada principal. Tras acabar la guerra civil se inicia la construcción y renovación del teatro que vuelve a abrir sus puertas en septiembre de 1948 con la ópera Manón.
En 1988, bajo el proyecto del arquitecto andaluz José Rivas, asesorado por el escenógrafo Julio Galán, se lleva a cabo la reforma del escenario, eliminando la pendiente del solado, ampliando el espacio del foso de la orquesta y modernizando la caja escénica con todos los adelantos técnicos en cuanto a elementos escénicos mecanizados y de iluminación.
Bajo la plaza del Carbayón y la calle 19 de Julio, protegiendo las raíces del roble con una gran maceta, se dota al teatro de modernos camerinos, sala de ensayos, sastrería, peluquería, sala de utillaje o atrezzo, talleres y salas de personal de tramoya. Desde aquí se controla la iluminación y sonido de la caja escénica. Los antiguos camerinos situados en la fachada trasera del edificio pasan a ser la sede de la Concejalía de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Oviedo.
En 1993 la sala polivalente del sótano se trasforma en el CAMCO (Centro de Arte Moderno Ciudad de Oviedo). Desde el año 2004 está gestionada por Cajastur, donde periódicamente se pueden contemplar exposiciones artísticas de arte moderno y vanguardista.
En el año 2006, la fundación Hidrocantábrico financió la puesta en marcha de la iluminación exterior del teatro.
Actualidad
El Teatro Campoamor durante la entrega de los Premios Príncipe de Asturias.
En nuestros días, tras haber conocido diversas obras de modernización técnica a lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, el teatro sigue funcionando a pleno rendimiento, y dentro de los muchos actos que se celebran en él cabe destacar la temporada de ópera de Oviedo y la ceremonia de entrega de los premios Príncipe de Asturias.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_Campoamor
El Teatro Campoamor nació n'Uviéu como rempuesta a un marcu pa representar óperes y funciones teatrales por mor de la naciente burguesía económica qu'escomenzaba a xorrecer na capital. Hasta entóncenes les funciones representábense nel Teatru del Fontán, al llau de la plaza del mesmu nome y que güei ye la Biblioteca Pública Ramón Pérez de Ayala.
Allugóse nos terrenos del conventu de Santa Clara, detrás de la cai Uría que foi proyeutada un par de décades anteriores. Nel añu 1876 preséntase'l proyeutu de construcción del teatru que s'inauguró al públicu en 1892 con una representación de la obra de Los Hugonotes. A propuesta del escritor y entóncenes conceyal Leopoldo Alas «Clarín», foi bautizáu col apellíu del llustre asturianu Ramón de Campoamor, quien nun pudo asistir a la inauguración, a la que mandó a so hermanu y como actu d'agradecimientu col pueblu uvieín unvió mil pesetes pal repartu ente los probes de la ciudá, repartiendo'l conceyu'l dineru ente les cuatro parroquies esistentes a razón de 250 pesetes por cauna.
El primer remocique importante asocede nel añu 1916 con una reestructuración del interior y una ampliación del aforu. Na Revolución de 1934 el teatru suore grandes daños quedando reducíu a escombrios y namás se caltién en pie la fachada principal. Tres acabar la guerra civil aníciase la construcción y anovamientu del teatru que vuelve abrir les sos puertes en setiembre de 1948 cola ópera Manón.
Anguaño, tres conocer delles obres de modernización téunica a lo llargo de les dos últimes décades, el teatro sigue funcionando a plenu rendimientu, y dientro de los munchos actos que se celebren nelli ha destacase la temporada d'ópera d'Uviéu, l'actu oficial del Día de les Lletres Asturianes y la ceremonia d'entrega de los premios Príncipe d'Asturies.
ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheru:Oviedo_-_Teatro_Campoamor_...
A Curtiss P-40B Warhawk in the livery of the 1st American Volunteer Group "Flying Tigers" at the National Museum of Naval Aviation on NAS Pensacola, Florida.
From the museum's web page:
Never included in Naval Aviation's inventory, the P-40B Tomahawk is displayed to honor those Naval Aviators who joined Colonel Claire Chennault's American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the Flying Tigers. Entering combat in December 1941, the AVG quickly gained fame flying against overwhelming odds. As America entered the war, and U.S. units moved into China, the AVG was summarily disbanded on 4 July 1942. In its short life, however, the AVG shot down 299 enemy aircraft and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
The P-40B Tomahawk evolved from the Curtiss Model 75 Hawk, a radial-engined fighter introduced in the mid-1930s. First flown in October 1938, the XP-40 was the fastest U.S. Army fighter at the time, and deliveries of the P-40 began in June 1940. The P-40B first flew in November 1941, and was quickly sent to the Royal Air Force (RAF) under Lend-Lease. The original models lacked self-sealing fuel tanks and carried two .50-caliber cowl-mounted guns and two .30-caliber guns in the wings. The P-40B was improved with self-sealing tanks, pilot armor and two extra wing guns, though the RAF versions of the Tomahawk were armed with six .303-caliber machine guns. B and C-model Tomahawks served with the RAF in North Africa in 1941-1942, where it was quickly discovered that the aircraft was inferior to the German BF-109, except at low altitude. The British turned down further deliveries, preferring to wait for the more powerful P-40D and E "Kittyhawk."
With the signing of the Lend-Lease Act, the Chinese Commissioner of Aviation, T.V. Soong, approached the U.S. to procure aircraft for China's air force. A number of P-40Bs were available, and were sold to a Chinese company. CAMCO, as it was called, shipped crated P-40Bs to Rangoon, Burma, where they were assembled. In a parallel move, CAMCO hired retired Navy and Army officers to travel to U.S. naval air stations and Army fields to recruit pilots, promising better pay than the U.S. military offered, along with getting into the war that America, at the time, resisted entering. In 1937, Claire Chennault, a retired U.S. Army captain, had been hired by the Nationalist Government to train Chinese pilots, then flying both Russian and Italian aircraft far inferior to the Japanese. Forming the AVG, Chennault had new P-40 aircraft and a host of American recruits.
Though initially planned for three groups, the AVG actually fielded only one before America placed a freeze on the release of active duty personnel. Among the Naval Aviators who resigned their commissions to fly with the AVG were David Lee
Tex" Hill, Chuck Older, Dick Rossi, and Gregory Boyington, to name a few. In fact, the majority of the pilots in the AVG were Naval Aviators. "Tex" Hill became one of the top aces in the AVG, Older was a double ace with both the AVG and Army Air Forces 23d Pursuit Group, and Boyington returned to the Marines to become a four-time ace and command the famous "Black Sheep" of Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214. Another former Naval Aviator who served in the AVG, James H. Howard, eventually became an Army Air Forces pilot and received the Medal of Honor for actions over Europe in 1944. From 20 December 1941 to 4 July 1942, the AVG downed 299 enemy aircraft, and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
- *Cái gì mới thật sự là quan trọng với em
- A muốn câu trả lời như thế nào ? – Tôi nằm dài ra đệmrồi nhả khói thuốc sau câu hỏi của a …
- Đừng trả lời a bằng 1 câu hỏi – Giọng anh lắng lại
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Sự bình yên của em .. – Tôi di điếu thuốc vào gạt tàn
- Vậy còn sự bình yên của anh ?
- …. – Tôi im lặng
- Đúng là 1 trái tim đá thì biết bao giờ nở hoa ..
Rồi anh cúp máy .. Sau những ngày cãi cọ thì hôm nay có vẻnhư là kết thúc nhanh gọn ..
“ Tốt nhất là chia tay để em đc sống cho riêng mình “ – smscủa anh
Tôi bật cười . Lấy 1 điếu thuốc trong bao ra rồi bóp chặt trong tay đến khi nó tưởng chừng nát vụn tôi mới buông nó từ từ xuống gạt tàn …
“ Đơn giản “ – Tôi sms lại và thấy nhẹ nhõm vô cùng .. có lẽ.. đến lúc tôi phải để anh đi bởi tôi cứcố giữ anh lại vì 1 cái j đó thì liệu tôi có đem lại điều j cho anh ko ..
Đêm vẫn vắng lặng … chỉ êm đềm bài hát cũ ! Tôi k khóc …nhưng dốt mình trong phòng và thả mình trong hồn khói .. khói thuốc lẫn cả vàotrăn gối …
….
Sáng thức dậy trong mệt mỏi vì cả đêm ngồi lạch cạch bên bànphím viết những cái đến bh tôi cũng knhớ là đã viết gì . Cổ họng ran rát … Kệ đi .. tại hút thuốc nhiều thôi , quơtay lấy cái đt xem hôm nay ngủ nướng đúng giờ k ? Tôi nhận đc tin nhắn của aPhương
“ 1 là em gọi điện cho a ngay sau khi nhận đc tin nhắn , 2là anh sẽ đạp tung cửa vào nhà và đánh cho em 1 trận .. 3 là em làm ơn gọi ngaycho anh k anh sắp chết rồi L “
Tôi bật cười . a Phương là bạn tôi . Chỗ dựa tinh thần vữngchắc của tôi . Người mà suốt ngày kêu là tôi nên quan tâm đến Phong 1 chút … giánhư anh dậy tôi cách để iêu thương 1 người đặc biệt là như thế nào .. Sau vấpngã lớn của cuộc đời anh đứng dậy như chẳng hề gì và ngày càng sống tình cảmhơn còn tôi hình như là chai lì hơn trước J ..
Tôi bấm máy gọi cho anh …
- Con vẹt này .. Em lại làm thế với Phong à ? – Phươnglập tức hét lên khi nhấc máy
- Đã tâu rồi hả anh ? – Tôi cười
- Tâu cái j .. Mày bỏ cái kiểu tỏ ra lạnh mới chả lùng đi
- Em đâu tỏ ra .. e vốn như thế k chịu đc thì chia tay cój đâu
- Mày làm thế mày k cảm thấy gì à ?
- Vô tình với chính mình con ng ta sẽ mạnh mẽ hơn mà anh… - Tôi vươn vai thở dài
- Vô cái fuck .. Mày k cảm thấy gì sau mỗi lần làm tội ngkhác à
- Thấy thất vọng ..
- Thất vọng về bản thân chứ j ? Đúng rồi .. Mày
- Ko .. thất vọng về người đó – tôi ngắt lời anh
- Thôi tao chết với mày rồi Hà ơiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
- Yêu thì phải thông cảm và cho nhau thời gian chứ … tạisao cứ lúc nào cũng chỉ biết trách
móc trong khi biết bản tính 1 con ng k dễ j thay đổi - Tôi cáu
- À à .. anh hiểu .. Vậy như thế nào thì đủ cho 1 sự thayđổi ? – Phương cười
- Có lẽ là 1 tình iêu lớn …
- Sự công phá lớn à … - Phương thở dài
- Thôi tối gặp anh nhé .. em bận tí đây
- Ờ .. làm j làm đi con vẹt
Tôi cúp máy .. Bật dậy cầm điều khiển play và bài hát ngàynào tôi cũng nghe luôn ở chế độ replay … “ Call me the liar “ …. Tôi bắt gặpbài hát này và cuốn vào ngay từ cái tên tựa đề và lyric hay k thể chê vào đâuđc … Và nhiều lúc tôi cứ nghĩ về Phong .. Nếu thật sự k tin tưởng t.y của tôithì liệu mỗi lần gọi cho tôi có phải chỉ để nghe những lời nói dối … Tôi lạibật cười ….
Ngồi sấy tóc … Điện thoại lại rung lên .. sms của ai đó …
Kệ đi .. sấy tóc đã .. Lẩm nhẩm hát theo Jaytee … “ Vì từlâu anh đã k thật lòng với những con người đáng nhận 1 lời giả dối …. “
Điện thoại lên rung lên .. 1 sms nữa …
Thôi đọc vậy ..
Sms 1 : Em tồi lắm
Ớ .. cái số lạ .. nhưng nội dung thì biết ai nhắn rồi
Sms 2 : Xin lỗi nhắn nhầm
Haha … Bó tay ..
Quăng điện thoại tiếp tục sấy tóc .. Tôi thầm nghĩ mà lại bật cười ngớ ngẩn .. Đến cả cái đứa sms nhầm cũng bảo mình tồi .. haizzzz … Nghĩ thầm : Chấp nhận T_T
Trời lạnh .. vừa tắm xong lên người cứ run lên bần bật , lấy bao thuốc trong túi sách .. Vừa động vào nó tôi lại nhớ đến Phong … “ Hút thuốc có hại cho sắc đẹp mà a k muốn ng iêu anh xấu .. “ Tôi cười .. ngậm đầu lọc vào miệng .. “ Mỏ nhọn hút thuốc nhiều mỏ sẽ nhọn hơn .. càng ngày càng giống mỏ chym “ … Tôi lắc đầu bỏ điếu thuốc xuống… “ 1 ngày em hút hết 1 bao thuốc .. vì anh em bỏ nửa bao đc k ? “ … Tôi lại tiếp tục cười rồi cất điếu thuốc vào bao … Ko biết đã nhiêu lần Phong hỏi tôi lí do vì sao tôi lại động vào điếu thuốc ? Nhưng tôi đều trả lại a = 1 nụ cười cộng sự im lặng …. Rồi sau đấy anh chỉ nói .. “ Ko sao .. a yêu e “ hay “ Hút lúc k có ai thôi em nhé ! “ Rồi ôm tôi vào lòng .. Chắc hẳn a hiểu , đó là 1 lí do nhắc lại sẽ quá đau đớn với tôi …
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1 tháng … Nó trôi qua nhanh quá với tôi … Và cũng là quãng thời gian Phong như biến mất trong cuộc sống của tôi mặc dù với tôi anh vẫn nhưở quá gần chẳng qua anh muốn trốn tránh 1 kẻ như tôi ….
- Tối rượu mực Đình Đông em nhé ! – Phương gọi cho tôi
- Có những ai hả anh
- Anh em mình .. với hội cũ và .. Phong
- Vâng ok
- Phong cũng đi đấy
- Em có điếc đâu
- Mày nói giọng gì đấy tao lại đá cho lật hết bộ nhá bh ?– Phương càu nhàu
- Xin lỗi đại ca ..
- Trước tao bỏ nghề sát thủ r .. Nhưng giờ chắc phải táixuất giang hồ
- Để làm j anh – Tôi cười vì biết a đang đùa
- Để bắn chết mày chứ làm sao ..
- Bắn bằng súng nước hả anh =)) – Tôi nhăn nhở
- Ờ .. tao sẽ mở hội thi ngậm súng nước = mồm cho trẻ emđang mang thai và phụ nữ đang cai thuốc :-“ – A nhờn lại
- Em chết đến nơi với anh rồi đấy – Tôi bò lăn ra giường cười
- Đấy , thấy sự lợi hại của anh mày chưa – Phương cũngcười chả kém
- Rồi rồi .. tối nhé …
Tối cúp máy và nụ cười cũng tắt luôn …
“ Ra cổng đi .. anh đang ở trước cửa rồi “ – sms của anhPhương .
Tôi khoác vội áo khoác rồi sách guốc đi ra cửa rồi mở cổng.. Anh đang đứa kia và cười toe toét với tôi …
- Hôm nay em k uống đâu
- Sao thế , đang cai thuốc à ?
- K uống liên quan j đến cai thuốc anh
- Say thì lại hút cho mà xem
- Em cai làm gì ? Động lực j mà cai …
- Con gái con đứa thuốc thiếc hay ho lắm mà suốt ngày ..
- Kệ em …
- Ơ thế tôi k kệ cô thì tôi làm j :-ss
- Mà mọi ng đến hết r hả anh
- Ừ .. mỗi Phong chưa đến
- Vâng …
Tôi bước xuống xe .. anh Phương đi trước .. như mọi lần anhlàm cả hội nhộn lên .. Cả đám ai cũng dễ gần và lanh chanh như nhau .. mồm méptép nhảy và đến nói cũng tranh nhau …
15 phút sau .. đột nhiên mọi người im lặng .. Tôi k rõ ..Nhưng rồi khi quay lại tôi biết cái lí do có thể bịt miệng cả đám là ai ..Phong đến … Nhưng a k phải miếng giẻ nhét vào mồm mọi người mà là đứa con gáiđi cùng anh … Phong ngồi xuống và bảo nó cùng ngồi .. Tất cả mọi ng đưa mắtnhìn con bé mong chờ câu chào hỏi .. Nhưng nhận lại sự im lặng .. 1 nụ cườicũng k … Nó chỉ nch với Phong … Tôi cười khẩy …
- Hôm nay Hà miễn rượu nó chỉ đến diệt mồi … - A phươngcầm cốc rượu lên nói
- Đi rượu mực mà lại chỉ ăn mực ạ - Con bé kia lên tiếng…
- Con gái thì được miễn em ạ - A Phương có vẻ khó chịu
Tôi k nhận thấy sự khó chịu ở Phong với con bé đó , nhưngtôi nhận thấy sự khó chịu k thoải mái ở tất cả mọi người …
- em giả vờ làm gái ngoan 1 hôm vậy – Tôi đùa
- Lại làm trò đấy con vẹt này – 1 anh trong hội nói
- Gái ngoan hay hư nhìn là biết sao chị phải giả vờ - Conbé tiếp tục nói
Tất cả mọi người im lặng nhìn nó rồi nhìn tôi . Tôi cười phálên . Mọi người nhìn tôi như thể tôi gặp phải 1 đứa nhét đc rẻ vào mồm mình rồivậy … Còn nó thì cười mỉa rồi ngơ ngác như 1 con nai vô tội .. Phong thì khác.. A tỏ ra mặc kệ .. Lí do a đưa nó đến đây để mong tôi tức điên lên chắc ..
- Tự cái mồm em tố cáo em rồi – Tôi nói
- Em tố cáo gì ? Em đang nói chị kìa … - Nó rất bình thản
- Vậy theo em như thế nào là gái hư ?
- Như chị chẳng hạn
- Ừ chị là gái hư mà ... – Tôi vẫn cười vì cái kiểu lốbịch của con bé
- Tất nhiên .. có thì mới nói mà – Nó cười như đắc thắng
- Nhưng chỉ có những cái mồm bẩn mới đi nói ng khác làgái hư thôi em – Tôi nhìn thẳng vào mặtnó rồi mỉm cười
Con bé im lặng . Mọi người im lặng ….
- Em bao nhiêu tuổi – Anh Phương hỏi con bé
- Em sinh năm 92
- Thế mà anh tưởng em sinh năm 88 – 1 anh cười to rồi imluôn ngơ ngác nhìn mọi người 1 cách lén lút ;))
- Ko trêu em ấy – Phong lúc này mới lên tiếng
Tôi bật cười quay đi . Anh Phương thì như k thể chịu nổi cáikiểu ra vẻ của 1 đứa trẻ con như nó .. a bực bội nói
- Em mới có 17 18 tuổi chẳng có tuổi đéo gì nhận xétngười khác đâu
- Ơ .. – Con bé tròn mắt ..
- Anh làm sao thế - Phong bênh con bé
- Mày chơi với mấy loại ranh con khệnh khạng này lúc nàođấy – Phương cáu
- Anh xem lại em gái a tốt đẹp lắm chắc
- Câm mồm đi – Tôi đứng dậy
Tất cả mọi ng đưa mắt nhìn tôi . Tôi lay vai anh Phương . Ahiểu là tôi muốn đi khỏi đây .
- Vớ vẩn quá đấy – Tôi quay lại nói với Phong ….
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Phương lai tôi đến cầu .. Tôi nói anh dừng lại .
Đỉnh cầu gió thổi làm mắt tôi đỏ hoe .. hay vì lí do kháctôi k biết nữa …
- Nó hèn quá , kệ nó đi em … - Phương đặt tay lên vai tôi
- Cái đó là quả báo anh ạ - Tôi đặt tay lên thành cầu rồicúi mặt cười
- Ko phải là do em , anh hiểu . Vì anh cũng là con trai.. nó iêu em lên hận
- Từ giây phút này thì e k trách bản thân nữa …
- Vì sao ..
- Phong k đáng … quá tầm thường …
- Trong khi em cần 1 cái phi thường .. – Phương cười rồinhìn ra phía xa
- Có lẽ vậy .. Đời thiếu j ng iêu mình – Tôi cười nhìnanh
- Chỉ thiếu người mình iêu thôi … - Anh đặt tay lên đầutôi rồi vỗ nhẹ cười dịu dàng
Lòng tôi thanh thản nhanh chóng … bởi với tôi .. Cái gì kđáng thì dẵm lên mà bước đi .. Ừ thì vô tình có lẽ là bản sắc của tôi …
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Khi Hà lên xe về .. Phong cúi mặt uất ức .. Nó cứ thế tựchuốc rượu cho mình mặc sự can ngăn của mọi người .. Nó biết nó đã đi quá xa vàđã đẩy Hà xa khỏi nó .. Nó đánh mất Hà …
- Anh đừng uống nữa tí còn lai em về - Con bé lên tiếng …
- Cút mẹ mày về đi – Phong quát lên
Cả quán quay ra nhìn Phong .. con bé giật mình rồi quáttướng lên
- Giận cá chém thớt à ?
- Có chân tự mà đi về … - Phong vẫn cáu
- Nói thế nghe đc à – Con bé cũng k vừa …
- Ừ .. Mày là gái ngoan mà .. Cần lồn .. Cút – Phong quáđà
- Anh ….
Con bé ức chế k nói đc gì vùng vằng bỏ đi … Còn Phong mặc kệánh mắt của mọi người vẫn cứ cố nốc những cốc rượu trong vội vã …
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Tôi tỉnh dậy sau 1 đêm lại đầy suy nghĩ bên khói thuốc 1mình trong căn phòng lạnh lẽo đến tưởng chừng bật khóc … Nhưng tôi đã k khóc từlúc tôi và Phong chia tay đến giờ .. Tôi vẫn nhớ .. Tôi mở cửa sổ .. Gió lạnhùa vào mặt .. Bình yên thật .. Thật sự tôi là 1 người con gái mang trái tim =đá như Phong nói sao ? Và 1 trái tim đá biết bao giờ nở hoa ? … Tôi cười mỉamai mình .. Nực cười thật .. Mình cũng chỉ là con người .. Và mình có tình cảmcó cảm xúc .. chỉ là mình ích kỉ .. Ko muốn cho đi quá nhiều bởi sợ rằng ngtanhận đc quá nhiều sẽ xem thường nó .. và k trân trọng nhưng rồi chẳng ai hiểu.. Đá bao giờ cũng vậy .. Sau bao nhiêu đớn đau dù bông hoa kia nở trên nền đáthì .. k còn uất ức nào hơn bàn chân ai dẵm đạp lên nó … Và nó sợ ! Thay vì mongchờ đá nở hoa .. tại sao người ta k tự trồng hoa bên cạnh nó ?
Haizzz … Con người .. lòng họ thật phức tạp !
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Tôi đến một buổi party .. hôm nay là sinh nhật em trai anhPhương … Thằng Tuấn … Nó hơn tôi 1 tuổi nhưng cái tính nhí nhố của nó làm tôichưa bao giờ gọi nó là anh cả …
Tôi và Tuấn ít khi nói chuyện với nhau vì mỗi lần gặp nó tôichỉ lầm lì trước sự nhăn nhở của nó nên nó cảm thấy chán thì phải … Đôi lúc anhPhương trêu 2 đứa chỉ nhận lại những cái lườm huýt của cả 2 và anh thường trảlời mọi ng khi có ai hỏi về tôi và Tuấn là “ Chúng nó ghét nhau như chó “
- Ngạc nhiên nhở - Tuấn đưa cốc rượu hoa quả cho tôi
- Có gì ngạc nhiên – Tôi cầm lấy rồi quay đi nhìn chỗkhác
- Sao lúc nào cũng thái độ với anh thế
- Thái độ j – Tôi quay lại nhìn Tuấn
- Hôm nay là sinh nhật anh đấy , nể nhau tí nhé – Tuấncười để lộ núm đồng tiền với đôi mắt híp chặt … nhìn .. chắc là nh đứa con gáithíc … :-“
- Biết rồi – Tôi cười đểu
- Có thíc nói trống không ko ?
- Làm sao – Tôi lại nhìn nó cười thách thức ..
- Có thíc nhìn như thế k ?
- Hỏi chấm – Tôi vẫn nhìn nó
- Anh sẽ hôn em đấy …
Tôi vẫn nhìn Tuấn sau câu nói bỡn cợt ấy .. Ánh mắt tôi sắc.. tôi biết và tôi biết nó chạm đến sự tự tin của Tuấn .. Nó nhụt chí quay đicười .. rồi bất chợt .. có lẽ đột ngột đến mức tôi k kịp phản kháng .. Nó hôntôi thật … Cái thời điểm ấy .. Tôi chỉ thấy nó như chết đứng lại … Tôi nhậnthấy những cái nhìn ngạc nhiên của mọi người .. cảm nhận cái dịu dàng trên môiTuấn và sự đổ vỡ … Tiếng cốc trên trên tay tôi rơi xuống đất vỡ tan tành … Và 1bàn tay kéo phăng tôi ra khỏi vòng tay Tuấn đang nằm ở eo tôi …
- Ơ thôi chết 2 đứa này – a Phương ngơ ngác
- Chúng mày biểu diễn xiếc mồm à – A tiếp tục nói
Tôi k nói j .. chỉ cảm thấy nóng từ bên trong và hơi khóchịu … Tôi cứ cúi mặt nhìn xuống đất .. mất hết lí trí và k hiểu phải làm j lúcnày ….
- 2 người làm gì vậy
Tôi giật mình ngửng dậy trước câu hỏi của Phong … Phong cũngcó mặt ở đây à ?
- Hôn nhau .. – Tuấn kéo tôi sát vào nó
- Bị điên à – Tôi đẩy vội nó ra …
- Ừ .. Hạnh phúc nhỉ - Phong cười rồi nâng cốc rượu xongquay đi …
- Chúng mình hạnh phúc kìa – Tuấn ôm lấy đầu tôi bằng 1tay r cười nói
- Thằng điên
Tôi lại đẩy Tuấn ra rồi bỏ ra ngoài …
Tôi tìm chỗ yên tĩnh nhất để ngồi … Khó chịu … Người cứ nóngran lên còn tim thì đập liên tọi … k biết mặt có đỏ k mà nóng thế …
- Nó dám trêu em như thế à ? – Anh Phương ngồi xuống bêncạnh tôi
- Sao em anh liều thế ? – tôi quay sang nhìn a mặt vẫnchưa hết bàng hoàng
- Giá như a liều như nó 1 lần … - Phương cười …
- Để làm gì … - Tôi ngơ ngác
- Để hôn em 1 phát =)) – Phương ôm bụng cười nhìn tôi
Hóa ra anh k phải ra đây để an ủi … mà ra để trêu trọc tôi.. Mặt tôi dài thượt ra … ngớ ngẩn nhìn a mà cóng họng k nói đc j nữa K… A thật dã man chẳng khác j thằng em của anh cả …
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Tôi về nhà … Như mọikhi , tôi châm điếu thuốc rồi ngồi bên cửa sổ nhìn ra ngoài .. khi đèn thànhphố chưa tắt thì nhìn ra xa .. Thật đẹp , nó làm mắt mình long lanh ..sáng lêncó khác gì nhìn thấy viên kim cương khổng lồ đâu … Hải Phòng thành phố của tôiđấy :P ..
Điện thoại tự nhiên réo lên xé tan khoảng không im lặng xungquanh …
Tuấn gọi … Sao nó lại gọi cho tôi làm j ? Hay định xin lỗi.. Ai cần chứ .. Nếu cứ giết ng xong xin lỗi thì luật pháp để làm j ?
- Nói nhanh , nói gọn đi – Tôi nhấc máy
- Ghê gớm .. nói chậm có nghe ko ?
- Thế thì đi tìm con rùa mà tâm sự …đồ con rùa
- Ơ con vẹt này …
- Đồ động vật có mai ..
- Đồ gia cầm mỏ chim
- Gọi điện để chửi nhau à ?
- Không .. chửi ngta trước đấy chứ
- Nói
- Lúc bị hôn cảm giác gì … - Tuấn cười tủm tỉm
- Ghê tởm , buồn nôn .. sởn gai ốc .. rùng mình .. – tôitrả lời tỉnh bơ
- Nói dối …
- Nói thật
- Anh Phương bảo thíc lắm mà – Tuấn lại tủm tỉm cười
- …. – Tôi như tức điên và tưởng tượng đến bộ mặt thícthú của anh Phương
- Nhưng lúc ấy .. a muốn hôn e thật … - Tuấn dịu giọng đi
- À rồi … Thì sao ..
- Anh đang nói thật đấy >”<
- Ai nói j mà thật với đùa
- Kể cả bây giờ anh cũng muốn hôn em …
- Đừng kể chuyện đêm khuya nữa … hãm tài lắm con rùa ạk
- Bực mình thế k biết x-(
- Hơ .. Bực thì làm gì …
- Ko nói nữa .. nói chuyện với ng điên chỉ tổn điên theo– Tuấn nói rồi cúp máy luôn
Ơ .. Thằng này hay nhỉ .. nhẽ ra mình mới là ng phải tứcgiận chứ .. Nó là con trai thì thiệt thòi j .. Mình bị lợi dụng .. thiệt hại cả1 cái hôn chứ có phải là vớ vẩn đâu mà nó bày trò cáu với giận … Nhưng đúng làtôi với Tuấn chả bh nch với nhau đc lâu …nên tôi k lấy làm lạ nữa …
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Tôi mở mắt và hốthoảng khi trước mặt tôi là Phương và Tuấn … Tôi hét ầm lên …
Mẹ vội vàng vào phòng …
- Chuyện gì thế ? – Mẹ hoảng hốt
- 2 ông này ở đâu ra đây – Tôi hét ầm lên
- Khiếp tưởng 2 đứa nó làm gì mày – Mẹ cười xòa
- Sao mẹ lại cho 2 đứa con trai vào phòng con … - Tôi hét lên
- 2 đứa nó tao còn lạ gì .. từ bé đến giờ nó có them làmgì mày đâu
- Sao mẹ nói thế đc nhở .. mẹ buồn cười thật đấy – Tôitung chăn rồi chạy vào nhà tắm
- 2 cháu ăn cơm k bác nấu luôn – Tôi vẫn nghe tiếng mẹtôi nói …
Tôi cáu đứng đập bùm bụp trong nhà tắm và nghe rõ tiếng cườikhanh khách của cả 2 ông thần kia ….
- Ủa ơi .. Hà hồi bé đây rồi .. béo như con lợn – TiếngTuấn rồi tiếng 2 ng cười phá lên
- Cái ảnh này tao xem rồi , ác mộng mấy đêm liền – tiếnga Phương
- Đưa đây
Tôi chạy vội ra rồi vồ lấy quyển album cất vào tủ quần áokhóa lại cất chìa khóa vào ngăn kéo .
- Sợ chưa trong máy toàn ảnh hôn hít tít mù với anh Phong… - Tuấn lại nghịch máy tính của tôi
- Này – Tôi quát
- Dạ … - Tuấn trả lời
- K xem nữa
- Xem làm j .. ngứa cả mắt - Tuấn đứng dậy khỏi ghế rồi ngồi lên đệm ..rồi nó cúi mặt nhòm xuống gầm ngăn bàn … lôi ra cái gạt tàn đầy đầu lọc của tôi…
- Cái j đây ? – Tuấn nói rồi nhìn tôi
- Mày đừng nghịch nữa .. – a Phương lên tiếng
- Nghe thấy chưa .. – tôi bơ đi câu hỏi của Tuấn
- Cho tao nghịch với – Phương tiếp tục nói .. =))
Tôi đến chịu 2 anh em nhà này … Từ bé sao tôi lại chơi vàchịu đựng đc cả 2 đến tận bây giờ nhỉ ? Hồi ấy k hiểu mình đã nghĩ cái j ? Maylà bẵng đi gần 6 đến 7 năm Tuấn đi vào Nam ở với bố xong mới về đây k thìk biết bị cả 2 đì thì tôi k lớn nổi mất …
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Nghịch chán chê .. Đến giờ ăn cơm .. Tuấn và Phương phụ mẹdọn đồ ăn lên bàn .. Tôi đứng ngơ ngác … Nhìn 2 ông thần như thiên thần trongmắt mẹ tôi vậy .. còn mẹ thì quay ra nhìn tôi với ánh mắt hình viên đạn .. còn2 con lợn í thì tủm tỉm cười chẳng biết sắp dở trò j nữa … ?
- bác nấu cơm ngon thế k biết Hà có nấu ngon như bác k –Tuấn cười nụ cười thiên thần
- Con này thì làm gì .. chỉ ngủ với ăn xong quát mẹ nhưcon quỉ - Mẹ càu nhàu
- Mẹ k đc nói xấu con chứ - Tôi chen vào
- Thế cháu làm con rể bác chấp nhận rước quỉ về nhà đc kạ
- Ờ .. thế tốt quá .. cho ở rể .. – Mẹ cười toe toét
Anh Phương im lặng tủm tỉm cười .. mặc kệ thôi … Tôi chảquan tâm ..
- Thế Phong đâu lâu lắm bác k gặp nó – Mẹ đột nhiên nhắcđến Phong
- Thôi con k ăn nữa – Tôi bỏ bát r đi lên phòng
- Ơ con này k ăn đi … - Mẹ nói với theo …
Tôi .. và phong chia tay cũng đc hơn 2 tháng r .. trc Phonghay qua với mẹ mỗi khi tôi đi học hoặc đi làm thêm k có nhà .. nhiều lần mẹ bảocoi Phong như ng trong nhà nhưng với tôi … Mẹ đã 1 lần mất bố nhưng sao mẹ khiểu ? Trong khi mẹ nên biết … Những ng gần mình nhất và mình yêu thương nhấtlại chính là ng dễ làm tổn thương mình nhất … Tôi nằm thở dài và nghe “ call methe liar “ ….
Tuấn mở cửa phòng rồi ngồi xuống đệm … Tôi ngồi dậy … nhìnTuấn
- Em sao thế
- Anh Phương đâu ?
- Đang rửa bát :D
- Ừm …
- Bài này hay vậy ! Bài gì thế
- Call me the liar
- Thế mỗi lần a muốn nghe em nói dối .. a sẽ gọi cho emnhớ - Tuấn cười nhạt ,,
- Ừ …
- Thế bây giờ thử nói dối anh nghe
- Nghe gì ?
- Em vẫn yêu Phong à ?
- Phong luôn là 1kỉ niệm đẹp J- Tôi trả lời
- Liệu anh có trở thành kỉ niệm đẹp của e đc ko ?
- Sao lại thế -Tôi ko hiểu í Tuấn
- À ko ? A k muốn là kỉ niệm .. A muốn là hiện tại ,tương lai và mãi mãi …
- Cái đó tùy vào bản lĩnh của a , em k quyết định đc
2 đứa im lặng nhìn nhau 1 hồi lâu … Rồi Tuấn như định hôntôi 1 lần nữa … Tôi k phản kháng …
- Đừng linh tinh
- Sao – Tuấn vẫn để mặt gần tôi
- Đừng gây thương nhớ = cách này
Tuấn cúi mặt cười … Rồi anh đi ra bàn máy ngồi .. k biết acó phát hiện tim tôi đang đập nhanh đến mức nghe thấy tiếng rõ mồn một k ?Nhưng anh chuyển bài … “ Không thể - Hải Hoàng “ rồi quay ghế ra nhìn tôi …
- Có lẽ là ko thể nhưng a thíc biến những cái k thể thànhcó thể ;) – Tuấn nói
- Cái j k thể có thể thế , ăn đc k – Anh Phương đột ngộtchạy vào
Tôi và Tuấn nhìn a nín cười .. Tại sao đã lâu r k thấy aPhương yêu ai nhỉ ?
Tôi và Tuấn lại nhìn nhau . Tôi k yêu Tuấn . Nhưng Tuấn đangmang đến 1 cảm giác lạ lẫm với tôi … Tôi k đoán trc đc Tuấn đang định làm j vàthực ra là muốn j ? Lúc nào cũng song song 2 câu trả lời cho 1 câu hỏi và kchọn lựa đc .. Tuấn bắt đầu làm tôi thấy muốn đẩy ra xa .. để bảo vệ bản thânmình ! Tôi sợ bị tổn thương và tiếp tục làm ai đó bị tổn thương ..
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Phương và Tuấn ở nhà tôi đến chiều tối … Mẹ tôi qua nhà bác.. anh Phương đảm nhận việc nấu cơm tối ..
- Hay tối nay làm tiệc gì đi .. tiện thể gọi Phong tới
- Không – Cả tôi và Tuấn quay sang nhìn Phương
- Khiếp , giật cả mình :-ss
- Thôi anh thíc làm j thì làm – Tôi nói
- Chả thíc quá – Tuấn lẩm bẩm
- Thíc thì làm sao .. – Tôi quát
- Thíc thì nói là thíc đi
- Cứ thíc nói là k thíc đấy
- Đồ mỏ chym
- Đồ con rùa
- Ơ thôi , tao mờinó – A Phương chen vào
2 đứa lườm nguýt nhau còn a Phương thì cầm đt gọi cho Phong.. Chắc là Phong sẽ k đến .. Tôi xuống phụ a Phương nấu nướng còn Tuấn ngồi xemti vi mặc kệ bọn tôi .. có lẽ Tuấn ghét Phong .. vì tôi chăng ? hay vì 1 lí donào đó … Tôi lại kệ .. Hôm nay nấu nhiều món quá .. A Phương thì chẳng khác j 1bà nội trợ cả … Ai làm vợ anh chắc sướng lắm .. Tôi cứ đứng nhìn anh với ánhmắt ngưỡng mộ …
- Mày yêu taoà – A Phương nhòm vào mặt tôi
- Vâng .. –Tôi ôm lấy cổ tay anh cười
- Khiếp kinhquá .. biến ngay , anh mày k có hứng với đàn bà
Sau câu nói của anh tôi với Tuấn quay ra nhìn anh ngạc nhiên.. còn anh thì bơ bơ r quay đi … và tiếng chuông ngoài cổng vang lên …
- Để e mở cửa –Tôi tháo tạp rề
- Để ra mở cho cứ ở đây phụ anh Phương đi – Tuấn kéo tôi lại
Tôi cũng lớ ngớ đứng lại để Tuấn ra mở cửa ….
Phong đến .. nhưng lần này k có ai đi cùng nữa … Phong nhìntôi cười rồi đưa cho tôi 1 bó hoa .. Như mọi lần tôi cười rồi lấy nó để vào lọ.. Tuấn thì khác .. Anh đi ra ghế sofa ngồi rồi bật bài “ call me the liar “tôi hay nghe …
- Bài này hay nhỉ - Phong ngồi xuống ghế nói với Tuấn
- Ừm , Hà thíc bài này lắm – Tuấn trả lời
- Thế à :D
- Anh uống nc đi .. – Tôi đưa cốc coca cho Phong .. Phongthíc uống coca và tôi vẫn nhớ ..
- Ừm – Phong cười rồi cầm lấy cốc coca đồng thời kéo taytôi ngồi xuống ghế .. vẫn như lần còn iêu nhau …
- Vào bếp phụ a Phương đi lên đây làm j ? – Tuấn càu nhàu
- Em khỏe ko ? – Phong nói với tôi chen vào câu nói của Tuấn
- Em khỏe , anh sao rồi .. – Tôi cười
- Anh khỏe , xin lỗi e chuyện lần trước nhé … anh – Phongnói chậm
- Ko sao .. e k phải ng hay để bụng .. - ^^
- Anh Phương gọi kìa .. – Tuấn đưa tay đập vào đầu tôi …
- Biết rồi – Tôi cáu rồi đứng lên hậm hực đi xuống bếp
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- Em thíc Hà à ? – Phong quay sang hỏi Tuấn
- Mấy tuổi rồi còn thíc nhau – Tuấn cười
- Vậy là yêu …
- Anh cũng k cần biết đâu , bởi điều anh quan tâm đâuphải là Hà có yêu anh ko mà là Hà phải làm j cho a vui mà – Tuấn nhìn Phong …
- Sao em lại nói thế …
- Anh hiểu hoàn cảnh của Hà chứ ?
- Anh hiểu …
- Vậy sao khi iêu thay vì quan tâm nó thật nhiều anh lạibắt 1 ng thiếu thốn t,c như nó dành thật nh t.c cho anh ?
- Anh cũng đã nghĩ .. cú sốc hồi ấy của Hà thật sự quálớn .. anh có thể đã nghĩ cho mình nh quá …
- Hà k hề đánh mất anh , mà chính là người đánh mất Hà –Nói rồi Tuấn đứng dậy đi xuống bếp .. nó nhìn thấy sự im lặng của Phong …
- Xuống bếp thôi anh – Tuấn quay lại nói
- Em rất hiểu Hà nhỉ …
- Dễ thôi .. vì em nhìn Hà bằng địa vị của Hà …
Phong cúi mặt vỗ vai Tuấn rồi 2 ng đi xuống bếp .. Hà và anhPhương k biết 2 ng vừa nói j , nhưng 2 người hồ hởi chờ có ng thưởng thức cáimình vừa bày ra rất công phu .. công to lớn là của a Phương .. ai nói bày tròtiệc tùng ra làm j ?
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Mọi người ăn uống vui vẻ …
- Mưa hay sao ấy nhở … - A Phương nói
- Hình như mưa to lắm thì phải – Phong cũng nói theo
Tôi vội vàng chạy ra cửa nhìn xem có mưa k ? Và chính vì thếtôi nhìn thấy mẹ .. Tôi bàng hoàng khi thấy mẹ dắt tay 1 người đàn ông nữa vàonhà … Mẹ cũng ngạc nhiên khi thấy tối nay tôi k đi đâu mà ở nhà …
- Con ở nhà à – Mẹ giọng run lên
- Chào cháu – Ông ta nhìn tôi cười xã giao
- Ông ấy là ai – Tôi nhìn mẹ
- Bác ấy là bạn mẹ - Mẹ k nhìn tôi
- Bạn ư ? Thật sự chỉ là bạn ạ - Tôi cố ghìm giọng xuống
- Bác là bạn trai của mẹ cháu – Ông ta nói rồi cười nhưko
- Tôi k hỏi ông – Tôi hét lên
- Con k đc láo – Mẹ cũng hét lên
- Sao vậy ? – 3 người ở trong bếp đi ra …
- Con ko muốn thấy mẹ khổ 1 lần nữa đâu .. bố chưa đủ đểmẹ hiểu à ? – Tôi vẫn hét lên
- Con .. – Mẹ khóc lã trã nước mắt ….
- Em im đi .. – Tuấn hét lên trong sự im lặng của mọi người
- Anh đừng xen vào chuyện của tôi .. – Tôi cáu gắt quayra nhìn Tuấn
- Có chuyện gì vậy 2 đứa bình tĩnh xem nào – Phương táchtôi và Tuấn ra …
Phong đưa mẹ và ông ta vào ghế ngồi .. Mưa cứ mỗi lúc 1 lớnhơn …
- Ra ngoài này – Tuấn túm lấy tay tôi lôi ra ngoài mưa
- Anh bị điên à .. mưa – Tôi giằng tay lại nhưng k đc
Tuấn kéo tôi nhanh và mạnh đến mức k ai cản đc anh cả .. kểcả anh Phương … còn Phong thì hoảng hốt nhìn theo .. cũng như mẹ và ông ta …
- Anh bị điên à .. hết trò để làm sao ? – Tôi cáu hét lên trong tiếng mưa rồn rập
- Bốp – Tuấn tát tôi ….
- Cái tát này là để cho cái tính ngang bướng của em …
- ….- Tôi quá ngạc nhiên trc hành động của Tuấn
- Cái tát này là cho cái tính ích kỉ chỉ nghĩ đến bảnthân của em – Tuấn ghì lấy 2 vai tôi .. mưa ướt nhèm tóc và khuôn mặt anh ..nhưng tôi vẫn thấy đôi mắt đen của a như ánh lên cái j đó ?
- Anh bị điên à – Tôi lẩm bẩm , cảm thấy lòng nặng trĩunhư sắp vỡ òa …
- Muốn có hạnh phúc em biết là phải chấp nhận j ko ? –Tuấn vẫn nói
- Ko – Tôi lắc đầu cúi mặt thì thào
- Chấp nhận mọi tổn thg vì cs này chẳng ai cho ko ai cáij cả
Tôi ngước mắt lên nhìn Tuấn , có lẽ a nhìn thấy giọt nc mắtlẫn trong mưa của tôi …
- Em có yêu mẹ ko ?– Tuấn vẫn nói
- Em có …
- Vậy hãy để họ sống vì cảm xúc của họ chứ họ k thể sống vìcảm xúc của em mãi đc – Tuấn đặt tay lênmá tôi
Tôi nhìn Tuấn … Sao lúc này a chẳng giống anh mọi khi j cả.. A hiểu tôi và biết tôi phải làm gì để khá hơn …
- Em sai rồi … - Tôi khóc òa lên rồi ôm lấy Tuấn …
- Hà … - Tiếng Phong
- … - Tôi k biết nói j r buông Tuấn ra
- Em có j muốn nói với Phong k ? – Tuấn nhìn tôi …
- Em xin lỗi – Tôi nói xin lỗi .. lời xin lỗi đầu tiêncủa tôi với Phong sau bao nhiêu chuyện ….
Phong mỉm cười … Rồi anh quay lưng đi ra khỏi cổng … Lâu rtôi k nhìn thấy nụ cười hạnh phúc ấy của anh … Và tôi cảm thấy nhẹ nhõm vàthoải mái hơn nh …
Tuấn đưa tôi vào nhà …
Mẹ đưa mắt nhìn tôi …
- Con xin lỗi , cháu xin lỗi – Tôi nói với cả 2 người
- Ko sao đâu cháu .. – Ông ta chỉ cười …
- Con đi thay quần áo đi …- Mẹ cũng vậy
- Chúng cháu xin phép về trc bác nhé – a Phương nói rồivỗ vai Tuấn … có lẽ a thấy Tuấn đã làm cái j đó tuyệt vời .. và tôi cũng quênchưa nói 2 từ cám ơn …
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“ A hiểu lí do em hút thuốc nhưng vì bản thân hạn chế 1 chúte ạ “ sms của Tuấn . Tôi đang cầm điếu thuốc trên tay thì lại như hụt hơi ..tôi đút nó vào bao rồi cất vào túi sách … ngồi thở dài … Tự nhận thấy sức ảnhhưởng của Tuấn … Thật lạ … Liệu đá thực sự sẽ nở hoa …
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Tôi k rep sms cho Tuấn .. A cũng k gọi hay sms nữa … nhưnganh Phương thì khác .. Anh nói tôi phải suy nghĩ rộng ra .. mở cửa trái timmình để đón nhận thật nhiều yêu thương và nói đừng bao giờ nghĩ rằng .. Yêu làcho đi ít thôi và đón nhận vừa đủ .. Vì t.y k bao giờ nói trước đc điều j … !
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Sau hôm ấy tôi bắt đầu trốn tránh ít gặp Tuấn .. a Phươngđộng viên tôi nên bình thường mọi chuyện nhưng tôi lại k thể làm j khác bởi kdám đối diện với 1 người quá hiểu mình như vậy ? Tuấn là ai ? Tôi k thể hiểu …đột ngột làm cho tôi k còn là tôi nữa …!
- Cuối cùng cũng rình đc em – Tiếng Tuấn phía sau lưng
Tôi giật mình quay lại khi đang mở cổng vào nhà …
- Anh làm j ở đây thế - Tôi ngạc nhiên
- Sau 1 tuần chơi trốn tìm thế là đủ rồi – Tuấn đút 2 tayvào túi áo và có vẻ như ngồi đợi lâu nên lạnh khiến giọng a run lên ….
- Đợi cả tối hả
- Ừ .. Ngồi đây đếm sỏi đá cả tối , vui lắm
- Anh có bị thần kinh ko ?
- Đấy .. đợi cũng bị mắng
- Lạnh lắm hả - Tôi lườm Tuấn
- Ko lạnh .. chỉ sắp chết rét
- Vào nhà đi .. – Tôi mở cổng r bảo Tuấn vào …
Tôi lấy chăn đưa cho Tuấn .. Tuấn ngồi ở ghế nhìn mặt nhưsắp ngất đi đến nơi ..
- Chắc anh xem nhiều phim Hàn Quốc lắm nhở - Tôi pha sữanóng đưa cho Tuấn
- Ừ .. Xem để còn mà học những cái hay
- Cái này hay lắm đấy .. sắp chết r còn j
- Chết cũng phải làm theo nghệ thuật chứ e – Tuấn đùa …
- A giống a Phương , thực tế 1 tí đi … - Tôi lại lườm
- Giống anh Phương để k có hứng với đàn bà à K- Tuấn đần mặt
Tôi chỉ cười rồi bật ti vi ngồi xem … Tôi và Tuấn cứ ngồinch với nhau mãi như thế.. Đến khi mẹ về thì Tuấn cũng xin phép về luôn … Hômnay lạ là ko cãi nhau nữa …
…..
Sau cái ngày hôm ấy … Tuấn có vẻ như tìm đến tôi và quan tâmtôi nhiều hơn .. Tôi cũng vậy .. Cảm giác sự có mặt của Tuấn là 1 cái j đó kthể thiếu …
Buổi chiều vắng … Trời như sặc sỡ ửng hồng …
Tôi ngồi ở cửa sổ nhìn ra thành phố chuẩn bị lên đèn … Thìbắt gặp Tuấn phía ban công đối diện …
Tuấn dơ lên 1 tấm bảng …
“ Anh sẽ trang điểm và mặc váy “
Tôi bật cười chả hiểu làm sao …
“ Em biết vì sao k ? “ – Tuấn xóa đi và viết chữ khác
Tôi lắc đầu cười …
“ Vì cố trồng hoa trên nền đá “
Tôi k cười nữa .. tôi chỉ ngạc nhiên trc suy nghĩ của anh ..Nó khiến tôi suýt bật khóc …
“ Em ….. “ – Tuấn lại xóa đi
Tôi che miệng đi để kbật ra tiếng khóc …
“ Anh sẽ yêu em … “
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A Curtiss P-40B Warhawk in the livery of the 1st American Volunteer Group "Flying Tigers" on display inside the National Museum of Naval Aviation on NAS Pensacola, Florida.
From the museum's web page:
Never included in Naval Aviation's inventory, the P-40B Tomahawk is displayed to honor those Naval Aviators who joined Colonel Claire Chennault's American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the Flying Tigers. Entering combat in December 1941, the AVG quickly gained fame flying against overwhelming odds. As America entered the war, and U.S. units moved into China, the AVG was summarily disbanded on 4 July 1942. In its short life, however, the AVG shot down 299 enemy aircraft and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
The P-40B Tomahawk evolved from the Curtiss Model 75 Hawk, a radial-engined fighter introduced in the mid-1930s. First flown in October 1938, the XP-40 was the fastest U.S. Army fighter at the time, and deliveries of the P-40 began in June 1940. The P-40B first flew in November 1941, and was quickly sent to the Royal Air Force (RAF) under Lend-Lease. The original models lacked self-sealing fuel tanks and carried two .50-caliber cowl-mounted guns and two .30-caliber guns in the wings. The P-40B was improved with self-sealing tanks, pilot armor and two extra wing guns, though the RAF versions of the Tomahawk were armed with six .303-caliber machine guns. B and C-model Tomahawks served with the RAF in North Africa in 1941-1942, where it was quickly discovered that the aircraft was inferior to the German BF-109, except at low altitude. The British turned down further deliveries, preferring to wait for the more powerful P-40D and E "Kittyhawk."
With the signing of the Lend-Lease Act, the Chinese Commissioner of Aviation, T.V. Soong, approached the U.S. to procure aircraft for China's air force. A number of P-40Bs were available, and were sold to a Chinese company. CAMCO, as it was called, shipped crated P-40Bs to Rangoon, Burma, where they were assembled. In a parallel move, CAMCO hired retired Navy and Army officers to travel to U.S. naval air stations and Army fields to recruit pilots, promising better pay than the U.S. military offered, along with getting into the war that America, at the time, resisted entering. In 1937, Claire Chennault, a retired U.S. Army captain, had been hired by the Nationalist Government to train Chinese pilots, then flying both Russian and Italian aircraft far inferior to the Japanese. Forming the AVG, Chennault had new P-40 aircraft and a host of American recruits.
Though initially planned for three groups, the AVG actually fielded only one before America placed a freeze on the release of active duty personnel. Among the Naval Aviators who resigned their commissions to fly with the AVG were David Lee Tex" Hill, Chuck Older, Dick Rossi, and Gregory Boyington, to name a few. In fact, the majority of the pilots in the AVG were Naval Aviators. "Tex" Hill became one of the top aces in the AVG, Older was a double ace with both the AVG and Army Air Forces 23d Pursuit Group, and Boyington returned to the Marines to become a four-time ace and command the famous "Black Sheep" of Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214. Another former Naval Aviator who served in the AVG, James H. Howard, eventually became an Army Air Forces pilot and received the Medal of Honor for actions over Europe in 1944. From 20 December 1941 to 4 July 1942, the AVG downed 299 enemy aircraft, and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
Engine: Detroit 6-71N 238 HP six cylinder diesel
Transmissions: 5 speed main & 4 speed auxiliary
And yes, the interior too. Need to fix the seat cushion and replace the throttle pedal. Otherwise everything is there. The fake wood dash applique is peeling too. Note the main & auxiliary shift levers along with the dump control lever stuffed between the dog house and the driver's seat.
Engine: Detroit 6-71N 238 HP six cylinder diesel
Transmissions: 5 speed main & 4 speed auxiliary
For those out there who have never driven a truck with 5+4 transmissions, here you go in case you want to attempt to drive this one home.
The 5 speed main in this truck is different than the ones I drove which had reverse all the way to the left and up, with 1st gear all the way left and down. Then again, the mains in those old Gradall's we had were a totally different pattern altogether. The auxiliary pattern here is exactly how I remember it though.
Engine: Detroit 6-71N 238 HP six cylinder diesel
Transmissions: 5 speed main & 4 speed auxiliary
Of course I couldn't resist shooting all the angles on this one. Far too often I come back to these types of scenes and the truck is gone forever so this time I made sure I took pictures of all sides. Note the under body exhaust. Not much of a muffler for that 6-71.
A truck like this needs the Dailydieseldose.com walk around video treatment!
The Dive Site for the wreck of the Hall Caine is located off Bouddi National Park, north of the entrance to Broken Bay. Two propellers and other items can be found at the site.
DETAILS
Name: T.S.S. Hall Caine
Believed to be named after Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine K.B.E.
Type: Twin Screw Steamer
Construction: Timber – sourced for Australian Hardwoods
Length: 131.2 ft
Beam: 29.0 ft
Depth in Hold: 7.25 ft
Engine: Two compound surface condensing – Poole and Steele Sydney of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street Sydney.
Builder: Denis Sullivan, Coopernook NSW.
Launched: 26th October 1912
Official number: ON 131549
Registered: Sydney 15 in 1913
Tonnage: n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic ft or 2.83 cu. m.)
Gross 213.88 tons.
Nett (Register) 97.56 tons (276.09 cu. m.) .
OWNERS:
1913 - 1916 Nicholas Cain (Director N. Cain's Coastal Co-op. Co. Ltd.)
1916 – 1918 John Storey Rodger
1918 - 1924 Holyman Brothers (Ltd) - Launceston
Register transferred to Melbourne – 16 of 1924
1924 - 1933 William Holyman & Sons Pty Ltd
Register transferred to Sydney 4 of 1933
1933 - 1937 Rocco Edmund Caminiti – Bondi NSW
LAUNCH 1912
Yet another boat has been sent on her way to take a place in the long line of steamers that trade from and to Sydney on the North Coast of New South Wales. This boat was launched on Saturday morning last [26th October 1912] from the shipbuilding yards of Mr. D. Sullivan, at Coopernook. Between four and five hundred persons had assembled for the occasion, and a number of them took an early position on the deck of the vessel, awaiting for her to be sent out on her maiden contact with the waters of the Manning.
The boat which is being built for Mr. N. Cain, of the Hastings River, is to trade between Wauchope and Sydney, in conjunction with the Macquarie and Ballengarra, and will, it is expected, take her place in the running early in January next. She has been built mainly for the carrying of timber, and in that connection has an average capacity for about 77,000 feet of timber. She will also take other cargo offered, but accommodation for passengers has not been included in her construction. (Brief extract from The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate Saturday 2nd November 1912).
ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY
In tow of Messrs. J and A Browns’ tug Gamecock the hull of the new steamer Hall Caine arrived at Sydney on Friday afternoon. [15th November 1912]
She was built on the Manning River by Denis Sullivan, and is similar type as the steamer Tuncurry.
The Hall Caine which is designed for the coastal trade, brought a cargo of hardwood to Sydney. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate Monday 18th November 1912.
FITTING OUT
The Hall Caine. — Our readers will remember some six months or so ago we published an account, of the launching of the steamer Hall Caine, at Coopernook, where her hull was built by Mr. D. Sullivan. The new steamer, which was built to the order of the N. Cain Co., will shortly be placed in commission, and will he under the command of Captain Greer, of the Ballengarra.
The Hall Caine's engines were made by Messrs Poole and Steel, of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street, who, are also superintending the completion. The engines are twin compound — surface condensing engines, capable of driving her at the rate of nine knots an hour
when loaded. The boat is constructed of Australian hardwood, is 130 feet in length,
28ft. in breadth and 7ft 6ins. in depth.
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of NSW Saturday 5th April 1913.
SOLD FOR THE TASMANIAN TRADE
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
The well-known coasting steamer Hall Caine, which has for some time past been running on the coast for Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd., has been sold to W. Holyman and Sons, Limited, of Launceston, for the Melbourne-Tasmanian trade. She is expected to leave Sydney tomorrow. The Hall Caine was originally built for Cain's
Co-operative S.S. Co.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
Damaged crossing Bass StraitSTEAMER'S MISFORTUNES.
Hall Caine Again Damaged.
On both her last two trips from Smithton (Tas) to Melbourne the small wooden
steamer Hall Caine, of 272 tons register, has met with fierce squalls in Bass Strait,
and sustained extensive damage.
The Hall Caine was put into dry dock at Williamstown yesterday with her stern bulwarks stove in by heavy seas and scattered over her decks in a disorderly mass. Captain MacDonald said yesterday that a westerly gale whipped up a choppy sea something like the rip, only more so which began to crash over the Hall Caine with monotonous regularity. As the gale increased in force, so the seas became higher and more vicious. One wave crashed up against Captain MacDonald's cabin on the bridge, stove in the port, and saturated his bunk and many of his belongings.
Another sea struck the cabin of the chief mate (Mr. Bradley) smashed the wooden walls and for the second time, swept away all his personal effects. A third sea flooded the stokehold, and the crew was forced to tend the fires in swirling water. "One sea struck us with such force, said Captain MacDonald, "that the Hall Caine shuddered from stem to stern, and for a moment I thought that the whole of the port side had gone". Captain MacDonald caused the steamer to be hove to, and for a day and a night she remained with her head to the weather. When running for shelter to Flinders, the Hall Caine ran aground, but was later refloated and after bunkering, came on to Melbourne.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 14 Jul 1923
MORE PROBLEMS IN BASS STRAIT – RUDDER DAMAGED
A new rudder is being fitted to the Holyman steamer Hall Caine which is now in dry dock, and the vessel will resume her run to the Gippsland Lakes next week, sailing from Melbourne on Tuesday. Other minor repairs are being made to the steamer
while she is idle. The Hall Caine, having lost her rudder in a gale off the Victorian coast on July 21, was towed to Melbourne by the Holyman steamer Laranah. She maintains a weekly service between Melbourne and Lake Entrance, reaching this port on Sunday, and leaving again on Tuesday each week. The mishap has caused her to miss one trip.
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) - Sat 4 Aug 1928
SOLD TO INTERESTS IN SYDNEY
HALL CAINE SOLD.
Supply Ship for Trawlers.
LAUNCESTON, Monday.-The steamer Hall Caine, a unit of Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons' fleet, has been sold to Messrs. Cam and Sons, Sydney, and will leave for that port in about 10 days or a fortnight. It is understood that the vessel will be used as a store ship for the fleet of trawlers owned by her new purchasers.
The Hall Caine is a wooden vessel of about 200 tons, and was built in New South Wales. She was purchased by Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons in 1919, and was engaged for a long time in the trade between Melbourne and Smithton and the Gippsland Lakes. The vessel has been laid up at Launceston for three and a half years. She is now in dock, undergoing overhaul preparatory to leaving for Sydney. n.b she arrived in Sydney on 19th July 1933.
Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) - Tue 4 Jul 1933
HALL CAINE FOUNDERS NEAR BROKEN BAY
CREW'S ESCAPE
Coaster's Distress
SHIP ABANDONED JUST IN TIME
SYDNEY, Thursday.
The crew of the wooden steamer Hall Caine, which foundered off Broken
Bay last night, was fortunate to escape. The steamer Idant came to their assistance when the little vessel was about to turn turtle. The engineer noticed water in the engine room late yesterday afternoon, and although the pumps started immediately, the water gained rapidly.
Distress signals were flown and the crew watched a steamer several miles off sail on without sighting the signals.
The Hall Caine filled up rapidly. Four hours later, the Idant appeared. The crew remained on the Hall Caine hoping that she could be beached at Broken Bay, but she suddenly took on a list and almost at the last moment the crew hurriedly launched a lifeboat. They had just reached the Idant when the Hall Caine turned turtle.
Hatches blew out with deafening reports and the little vessel disappeared, leaving a large quantity of wreckage floating in the sea.
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - Fri 19 Mar 1937
MARINE BOARD OF INQUIRY
HALL CAINE WAS COFFIN SHIP, SAYS JUDGE
Scathing Comments On Ship Sank
In Calm Sea
"With a new hull, new engines and new masts she would have been a pretty good ship," declared Judge Curlewis in the Court of Marine Inquiry when hearing evidence relating to the foundering of the coastal steamer Hall Caine.
After evidence had been completed he said the conclusion he had come to was that she was a coffin ship and should never have gone to sea. Not the slightest blame attached to the master, mate or engineer, he added. He thought they all did very well. The Hall Caine, 213 tons, was owned by Cam & Co., of Sydney. On March 17, while on her way from Sydney to Port Macquarie, she sprang a leak. TheIdant took the crew aboard and the ship in tow, but near Broken Bay she sank.
Judge Curlewis said the inquiry was to discover why a steamer went down in a calm sea. Evidence had been given that the Hall Caine was a thoroughly patchwork job. She was 25 years old, and there had been cobra in her. She put to sea on March 15 and returned because of bad weather. The master was very lucky to get her in on that occasion, as she must have been strained.
Nevertheless, a well-found ship would not have sunk in calm water, the Judge added. The boiler was such that it was possible to have only three inches of water in the gauge glass. Otherwise the boiler would not produce the proper pressure of steam. The boilers were imperfect, the pumps were imperfect, and the hull was imperfect. "The reasons the ship sank were that the hull was rotten, the hand-pump was in bad order and not properly fitted with a strainer, and the other pumps could not be worked because the boilers could not supply sufficient steam," the
Judge remarked. "In addition, the engines were not fitted with governors. I
am glad I never went to sea in her."
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) - Sat 8 May 1937
HALL CAIN DIVE SITE
The remains of the Hall Caine lie off Bouddi National Park (near Killcare) at a depth of ˜54 metres.
The location is - GPS Reading of 33º 32' 49'S 151º 25' 20"E
Acknowledgements: The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.
Image Source: Rudy Van Der Korput
Image Enhancement: Philip Pope
Dive data: www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=152
www.prodivecentralcoast.com.au/en/central-coast-wreck-diving
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These hydrant things are just about all that remains standing of the main building at the old Camco factory.
A Curtiss P-40B Warhawk in the livery of the 1st American Volunteer Group "Flying Tigers" at the National Museum of Naval Aviation on NAS Pensacola, Florida.
From the museum's web page:
Never included in Naval Aviation's inventory, the P-40B Tomahawk is displayed to honor those Naval Aviators who joined Colonel Claire Chennault's American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the Flying Tigers. Entering combat in December 1941, the AVG quickly gained fame flying against overwhelming odds. As America entered the war, and U.S. units moved into China, the AVG was summarily disbanded on 4 July 1942. In its short life, however, the AVG shot down 299 enemy aircraft and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
The P-40B Tomahawk evolved from the Curtiss Model 75 Hawk, a radial-engined fighter introduced in the mid-1930s. First flown in October 1938, the XP-40 was the fastest U.S. Army fighter at the time, and deliveries of the P-40 began in June 1940. The P-40B first flew in November 1941, and was quickly sent to the Royal Air Force (RAF) under Lend-Lease. The original models lacked self-sealing fuel tanks and carried two .50-caliber cowl-mounted guns and two .30-caliber guns in the wings. The P-40B was improved with self-sealing tanks, pilot armor and two extra wing guns, though the RAF versions of the Tomahawk were armed with six .303-caliber machine guns. B and C-model Tomahawks served with the RAF in North Africa in 1941-1942, where it was quickly discovered that the aircraft was inferior to the German BF-109, except at low altitude. The British turned down further deliveries, preferring to wait for the more powerful P-40D and E "Kittyhawk."
With the signing of the Lend-Lease Act, the Chinese Commissioner of Aviation, T.V. Soong, approached the U.S. to procure aircraft for China's air force. A number of P-40Bs were available, and were sold to a Chinese company. CAMCO, as it was called, shipped crated P-40Bs to Rangoon, Burma, where they were assembled. In a parallel move, CAMCO hired retired Navy and Army officers to travel to U.S. naval air stations and Army fields to recruit pilots, promising better pay than the U.S. military offered, along with getting into the war that America, at the time, resisted entering. In 1937, Claire Chennault, a retired U.S. Army captain, had been hired by the Nationalist Government to train Chinese pilots, then flying both Russian and Italian aircraft far inferior to the Japanese. Forming the AVG, Chennault had new P-40 aircraft and a host of American recruits.
Though initially planned for three groups, the AVG actually fielded only one before America placed a freeze on the release of active duty personnel. Among the Naval Aviators who resigned their commissions to fly with the AVG were David Lee Tex" Hill, Chuck Older, Dick Rossi, and Gregory Boyington, to name a few. In fact, the majority of the pilots in the AVG were Naval Aviators. "Tex" Hill became one of the top aces in the AVG, Older was a double ace with both the AVG and Army Air Forces 23d Pursuit Group, and Boyington returned to the Marines to become a four-time ace and command the famous "Black Sheep" of Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214. Another former Naval Aviator who served in the AVG, James H. Howard, eventually became an Army Air Forces pilot and received the Medal of Honor for actions over Europe in 1944. From 20 December 1941 to 4 July 1942, the AVG downed 299 enemy aircraft, and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
The crew of the coastal vessels that plied NSW were commonly of Scandinavian heritage. Christian Rasmussen from Denmark served on many such vessels, working his way up to become a Master Mariner. Christian was a resident of Forster; many of his descendants live in the Great Lakes area of NSW.
DETAILS
Name: T.S.S. Hall Caine
Believed to be named after Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine K.B.E.
Type: Twin Screw Steamer
Construction: Timber – sourced for Australian Hardwoods
Length: 131.2 ft
Beam: 29.0 ft
Depth in Hold: 7.25 ft
Engine: Two compound surface condensing – Poole and Steele Sydney of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street Sydney.
Builder: Denis Sullivan, Coopernook NSW.
Launched: 26th October 1912
Official number: ON 131549
Registered: Sydney 15 in 1913
Tonnage: n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic ft or 2.83 cu. m.)
Gross 213.88 tons.
Nett (Register) 97.56 tons (276.09 cu. m.) .
OWNERS:
1913 - 1916 Nicholas Cain (Director N. Cain's Coastal Co-op. Co. Ltd.)
1916 – 1918 John Storey Rodger
1918 - 1924 Holyman Brothers (Ltd) - Launceston
Register transferred to Melbourne – 16 of 1924
1924 - 1933 William Holyman & Sons Pty Ltd
Register transferred to Sydney 4 of 1933
1933 - 1937 Rocco Edmund Caminiti – Bondi NSW
LAUNCH 1912
Yet another boat has been sent on her way to take a place in the long line of steamers that trade from and to Sydney on the North Coast of New South Wales. This boat was launched on Saturday morning last [26th October 1912] from the shipbuilding yards of Mr. D. Sullivan, at Coopernook. Between four and five hundred persons had assembled for the occasion, and a number of them took an early position on the deck of the vessel, awaiting for her to be sent out on her maiden contact with the waters of the Manning.
The boat which is being built for Mr. N. Cain, of the Hastings River, is to trade between Wauchope and Sydney, in conjunction with the Macquarie and Ballengarra, and will, it is expected, take her place in the running early in January next. She has been built mainly for the carrying of timber, and in that connection has an average capacity for about 77,000 feet of timber. She will also take other cargo offered, but accommodation for passengers has not been included in her construction. (Brief extract from The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate Saturday 2nd November 1912).
ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY
In tow of Messrs. J and A Browns’ tug Gamecock the hull of the new steamer Hall Caine arrived at Sydney on Friday afternoon. [15th November 1912]
She was built on the Manning River by Denis Sullivan, and is similar type as the steamer Tuncurry.
The Hall Caine which is designed for the coastal trade, brought a cargo of hardwood to Sydney. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate Monday 18th November 1912.
FITTING OUT
The Hall Caine. — Our readers will remember some six months or so ago we published an account, of the launching of the steamer Hall Caine, at Coopernook, where her hull was built by Mr. D. Sullivan. The new steamer, which was built to the order of the N. Cain Co., will shortly be placed in commission, and will he under the command of Captain Greer, of the Ballengarra.
The Hall Caine's engines were made by Messrs Poole and Steel, of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street, who, are also superintending the completion. The engines are twin compound — surface condensing engines, capable of driving her at the rate of nine knots an hour
when loaded. The boat is constructed of Australian hardwood, is 130 feet in length,
28ft. in breadth and 7ft 6ins. in depth.
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of NSW Saturday 5th April 1913.
SOLD FOR THE TASMANIAN TRADE
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
The well-known coasting steamer Hall Caine, which has for some time past been running on the coast for Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd., has been sold to W. Holyman and Sons, Limited, of Launceston, for the Melbourne-Tasmanian trade. She is expected to leave Sydney tomorrow. The Hall Caine was originally built for Cain's
Co-operative S.S. Co.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
Damaged crossing Bass StraitSTEAMER'S MISFORTUNES.
Hall Caine Again Damaged.
On both her last two trips from Smithton (Tas) to Melbourne the small wooden
steamer Hall Caine, of 272 tons register, has met with fierce squalls in Bass Strait,
and sustained extensive damage.
The Hall Caine was put into dry dock at Williamstown yesterday with her stern bulwarks stove in by heavy seas and scattered over her decks in a disorderly mass. Captain MacDonald said yesterday that a westerly gale whipped up a choppy sea something like the rip, only more so which began to crash over the Hall Caine with monotonous regularity. As the gale increased in force, so the seas became higher and more vicious. One wave crashed up against Captain MacDonald's cabin on the bridge, stove in the port, and saturated his bunk and many of his belongings.
Another sea struck the cabin of the chief mate (Mr. Bradley) smashed the wooden walls and for the second time, swept away all his personal effects. A third sea flooded the stokehold, and the crew was forced to tend the fires in swirling water. "One sea struck us with such force, said Captain MacDonald, "that the Hall Caine shuddered from stem to stern, and for a moment I thought that the whole of the port side had gone". Captain MacDonald caused the steamer to be hove to, and for a day and a night she remained with her head to the weather. When running for shelter to Flinders, the Hall Caine ran aground, but was later refloated and after bunkering, came on to Melbourne.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 14 Jul 1923
MORE PROBLEMS IN BASS STRAIT – RUDDER DAMAGED
A new rudder is being fitted to the Holyman steamer Hall Caine which is now in dry dock, and the vessel will resume her run to the Gippsland Lakes next week, sailing from Melbourne on Tuesday. Other minor repairs are being made to the steamer
while she is idle. The Hall Caine, having lost her rudder in a gale off the Victorian coast on July 21, was towed to Melbourne by the Holyman steamer Laranah. She maintains a weekly service between Melbourne and Lake Entrance, reaching this port on Sunday, and leaving again on Tuesday each week. The mishap has caused her to miss one trip.
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) - Sat 4 Aug 1928
SOLD TO INTERESTS IN SYDNEY
HALL CAINE SOLD.
Supply Ship for Trawlers.
LAUNCESTON, Monday.-The steamer Hall Caine, a unit of Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons' fleet, has been sold to Messrs. Cam and Sons, Sydney, and will leave for that port in about 10 days or a fortnight. It is understood that the vessel will be used as a store ship for the fleet of trawlers owned by her new purchasers.
The Hall Caine is a wooden vessel of about 200 tons, and was built in New South Wales. She was purchased by Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons in 1919, and was engaged for a long time in the trade between Melbourne and Smithton and the Gippsland Lakes. The vessel has been laid up at Launceston for three and a half years. She is now in dock, undergoing overhaul preparatory to leaving for Sydney. n.b she arrived in Sydney on 19th July 1933.
Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) - Tue 4 Jul 1933
HALL CAINE FOUNDERS NEAR BROKEN BAY
CREW'S ESCAPE
Coaster's Distress
SHIP ABANDONED JUST IN TIME
SYDNEY, Thursday.
The crew of the wooden steamer Hall Caine, which foundered off Broken
Bay last night, was fortunate to escape. The steamer Idant came to their assistance when the little vessel was about to turn turtle. The engineer noticed water in the engine room late yesterday afternoon, and although the pumps started immediately, the water gained rapidly.
Distress signals were flown and the crew watched a steamer several miles off sail on without sighting the signals.
The Hall Caine filled up rapidly. Four hours later, the Idant appeared. The crew remained on the Hall Caine hoping that she could be beached at Broken Bay, but she suddenly took on a list and almost at the last moment the crew hurriedly launched a lifeboat. They had just reached the Idant when the Hall Caine turned turtle.
Hatches blew out with deafening reports and the little vessel disappeared, leaving a large quantity of wreckage floating in the sea.
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - Fri 19 Mar 1937
MARINE BOARD OF INQUIRY
HALL CAINE WAS COFFIN SHIP, SAYS JUDGE
Scathing Comments On Ship Sank
In Calm Sea
"With a new hull, new engines and new masts she would have been a pretty good ship," declared Judge Curlewis in the Court of Marine Inquiry when hearing evidence relating to the foundering of the coastal steamer Hall Caine.
After evidence had been completed he said the conclusion he had come to was that she was a coffin ship and should never have gone to sea. Not the slightest blame attached to the master, mate or engineer, he added. He thought they all did very well. The Hall Caine, 213 tons, was owned by Cam & Co., of Sydney. On March 17, while on her way from Sydney to Port Macquarie, she sprang a leak. TheIdant took the crew aboard and the ship in tow, but near Broken Bay she sank.
Judge Curlewis said the inquiry was to discover why a steamer went down in a calm sea. Evidence had been given that the Hall Caine was a thoroughly patchwork job. She was 25 years old, and there had been cobra in her. She put to sea on March 15 and returned because of bad weather. The master was very lucky to get her in on that occasion, as she must have been strained.
Nevertheless, a well-found ship would not have sunk in calm water, the Judge added. The boiler was such that it was possible to have only three inches of water in the gauge glass. Otherwise the boiler would not produce the proper pressure of steam. The boilers were imperfect, the pumps were imperfect, and the hull was imperfect. "The reasons the ship sank were that the hull was rotten, the hand-pump was in bad order and not properly fitted with a strainer, and the other pumps could not be worked because the boilers could not supply sufficient steam," the
Judge remarked. "In addition, the engines were not fitted with governors. I
am glad I never went to sea in her."
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) - Sat 8 May 1937
HALL CAIN DIVE SITE
The remains of the Hall Caine lie off Bouddi National Park (near Killcare) at a depth of ˜54 metres.
The location is - GPS Reading of 33º 32' 49'S 151º 25' 20"E
Acknowledgements: The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.
Image Source: Kevin Rasmussen
Image Enhancement: Philip Pope
Dive data: www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=152
www.prodivecentralcoast.com.au/en/central-coast-wreck-diving
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This document was attached to the Register of British Shipping when the boat was re-registered in Melbourne in 1924.
DETAILS
Name: T.S.S. Hall Caine
Believed to be named after Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine K.B.E.
Type: Twin Screw Steamer
Construction: Timber – sourced for Australian Hardwoods
Length: 131.2 ft
Beam: 29.0 ft
Depth in Hold: 7.25 ft
Engine: Two compound surface condensing – Poole and Steele Sydney of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street Sydney.
Builder: Denis Sullivan, Coopernook NSW.
Launched: 26th October 1912
Official number: ON 131549
Registered: Sydney 15 in 1913
Tonnage: n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic ft or 2.83 cu. m.)
Gross 213.88 tons.
Nett (Register) 97.56 tons (276.09 cu. m.) .
OWNERS:
1913 - 1916 Nicholas Cain (Director N. Cain's Coastal Co-op. Co. Ltd.)
1916 – 1918 John Storey Rodger
1918 - 1924 Holyman Brothers (Ltd) - Launceston
Register transferred to Melbourne – 16 of 1924
1924 - 1933 William Holyman & Sons Pty Ltd
Register transferred to Sydney 4 of 1933
1933 - 1937 Rocco Edmund Caminiti – Bondi NSW
LAUNCH 1912
Yet another boat has been sent on her way to take a place in the long line of steamers that trade from and to Sydney on the North Coast of New South Wales. This boat was launched on Saturday morning last [26th October 1912] from the shipbuilding yards of Mr. D. Sullivan, at Coopernook. Between four and five hundred persons had assembled for the occasion, and a number of them took an early position on the deck of the vessel, awaiting for her to be sent out on her maiden contact with the waters of the Manning.
The boat which is being built for Mr. N. Cain, of the Hastings River, is to trade between Wauchope and Sydney, in conjunction with the Macquarie and Ballengarra, and will, it is expected, take her place in the running early in January next. She has been built mainly for the carrying of timber, and in that connection has an average capacity for about 77,000 feet of timber. She will also take other cargo offered, but accommodation for passengers has not been included in her construction. (Brief extract from The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate Saturday 2nd November 1912).
ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY
In tow of Messrs. J and A Browns’ tug Gamecock the hull of the new steamer Hall Caine arrived at Sydney on Friday afternoon. [15th November 1912]
She was built on the Manning River by Denis Sullivan, and is similar type as the steamer Tuncurry.
The Hall Caine which is designed for the coastal trade, brought a cargo of hardwood to Sydney. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate Monday 18th November 1912.
FITTING OUT
The Hall Caine. — Our readers will remember some six months or so ago we published an account, of the launching of the steamer Hall Caine, at Coopernook, where her hull was built by Mr. D. Sullivan. The new steamer, which was built to the order of the N. Cain Co., will shortly be placed in commission, and will he under the command of Captain Greer, of the Ballengarra.
The Hall Caine's engines were made by Messrs Poole and Steel, of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street, who, are also superintending the completion. The engines are twin compound — surface condensing engines, capable of driving her at the rate of nine knots an hour
when loaded. The boat is constructed of Australian hardwood, is 130 feet in length,
28ft. in breadth and 7ft 6ins. in depth.
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of NSW Saturday 5th April 1913.
SOLD FOR THE TASMANIAN TRADE
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
The well-known coasting steamer Hall Caine, which has for some time past been running on the coast for Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd., has been sold to W. Holyman and Sons, Limited, of Launceston, for the Melbourne-Tasmanian trade. She is expected to leave Sydney tomorrow. The Hall Caine was originally built for Cain's
Co-operative S.S. Co.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
Damaged crossing Bass StraitSTEAMER'S MISFORTUNES.
Hall Caine Again Damaged.
On both her last two trips from Smithton (Tas) to Melbourne the small wooden
steamer Hall Caine, of 272 tons register, has met with fierce squalls in Bass Strait,
and sustained extensive damage.
The Hall Caine was put into dry dock at Williamstown yesterday with her stern bulwarks stove in by heavy seas and scattered over her decks in a disorderly mass. Captain MacDonald said yesterday that a westerly gale whipped up a choppy sea something like the rip, only more so which began to crash over the Hall Caine with monotonous regularity. As the gale increased in force, so the seas became higher and more vicious. One wave crashed up against Captain MacDonald's cabin on the bridge, stove in the port, and saturated his bunk and many of his belongings.
Another sea struck the cabin of the chief mate (Mr. Bradley) smashed the wooden walls and for the second time, swept away all his personal effects. A third sea flooded the stokehold, and the crew was forced to tend the fires in swirling water. "One sea struck us with such force, said Captain MacDonald, "that the Hall Caine shuddered from stem to stern, and for a moment I thought that the whole of the port side had gone". Captain MacDonald caused the steamer to be hove to, and for a day and a night she remained with her head to the weather. When running for shelter to Flinders, the Hall Caine ran aground, but was later refloated and after bunkering, came on to Melbourne.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 14 Jul 1923
MORE PROBLEMS IN BASS STRAIT – RUDDER DAMAGED
A new rudder is being fitted to the Holyman steamer Hall Caine which is now in dry dock, and the vessel will resume her run to the Gippsland Lakes next week, sailing from Melbourne on Tuesday. Other minor repairs are being made to the steamer
while she is idle. The Hall Caine, having lost her rudder in a gale off the Victorian coast on July 21, was towed to Melbourne by the Holyman steamer Laranah. She maintains a weekly service between Melbourne and Lake Entrance, reaching this port on Sunday, and leaving again on Tuesday each week. The mishap has caused her to miss one trip.
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) - Sat 4 Aug 1928
SOLD TO INTERESTS IN SYDNEY
HALL CAINE SOLD.
Supply Ship for Trawlers.
LAUNCESTON, Monday.-The steamer Hall Caine, a unit of Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons' fleet, has been sold to Messrs. Cam and Sons, Sydney, and will leave for that port in about 10 days or a fortnight. It is understood that the vessel will be used as a store ship for the fleet of trawlers owned by her new purchasers.
The Hall Caine is a wooden vessel of about 200 tons, and was built in New South Wales. She was purchased by Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons in 1919, and was engaged for a long time in the trade between Melbourne and Smithton and the Gippsland Lakes. The vessel has been laid up at Launceston for three and a half years. She is now in dock, undergoing overhaul preparatory to leaving for Sydney. n.b she arrived in Sydney on 19th July 1933.
Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) - Tue 4 Jul 1933
HALL CAINE FOUNDERS NEAR BROKEN BAY
CREW'S ESCAPE
Coaster's Distress
SHIP ABANDONED JUST IN TIME
SYDNEY, Thursday.
The crew of the wooden steamer Hall Caine, which foundered off Broken
Bay last night, was fortunate to escape. The steamer Idant came to their assistance when the little vessel was about to turn turtle. The engineer noticed water in the engine room late yesterday afternoon, and although the pumps started immediately, the water gained rapidly.
Distress signals were flown and the crew watched a steamer several miles off sail on without sighting the signals.
The Hall Caine filled up rapidly. Four hours later, the Idant appeared. The crew remained on the Hall Caine hoping that she could be beached at Broken Bay, but she suddenly took on a list and almost at the last moment the crew hurriedly launched a lifeboat. They had just reached the Idant when the Hall Caine turned turtle.
Hatches blew out with deafening reports and the little vessel disappeared, leaving a large quantity of wreckage floating in the sea.
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - Fri 19 Mar 1937
MARINE BOARD OF INQUIRY
HALL CAINE WAS COFFIN SHIP, SAYS JUDGE
Scathing Comments On Ship Sank
In Calm Sea
"With a new hull, new engines and new masts she would have been a pretty good ship," declared Judge Curlewis in the Court of Marine Inquiry when hearing evidence relating to the foundering of the coastal steamer Hall Caine.
After evidence had been completed he said the conclusion he had come to was that she was a coffin ship and should never have gone to sea. Not the slightest blame attached to the master, mate or engineer, he added. He thought they all did very well. The Hall Caine, 213 tons, was owned by Cam & Co., of Sydney. On March 17, while on her way from Sydney to Port Macquarie, she sprang a leak. TheIdant took the crew aboard and the ship in tow, but near Broken Bay she sank.
Judge Curlewis said the inquiry was to discover why a steamer went down in a calm sea. Evidence had been given that the Hall Caine was a thoroughly patchwork job. She was 25 years old, and there had been cobra in her. She put to sea on March 15 and returned because of bad weather. The master was very lucky to get her in on that occasion, as she must have been strained.
Nevertheless, a well-found ship would not have sunk in calm water, the Judge added. The boiler was such that it was possible to have only three inches of water in the gauge glass. Otherwise the boiler would not produce the proper pressure of steam. The boilers were imperfect, the pumps were imperfect, and the hull was imperfect. "The reasons the ship sank were that the hull was rotten, the hand-pump was in bad order and not properly fitted with a strainer, and the other pumps could not be worked because the boilers could not supply sufficient steam," the
Judge remarked. "In addition, the engines were not fitted with governors. I
am glad I never went to sea in her."
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) - Sat 8 May 1937
HALL CAIN DIVE SITE
The remains of the Hall Caine lie off Bouddi National Park (near Killcare) at a depth of ˜54 metres.
The location is - GPS Reading of 33º 32' 49'S 151º 25' 20"E
Acknowledgements: The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.
Image Source: Memorandum attached to Register
Image Enhancement Philip Pope
Dive data: www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=152
www.prodivecentralcoast.com.au/en/central-coast-wreck-diving
All Images in this photostream are Copyright - Great Lakes Manning River Shipping and/or their individual owners as may be stated above and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or used in any way without prior written approval.
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DETAILS
Name: T.S.S. Hall Caine
Believed to be named after Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine K.B.E.
Type: Twin Screw Steamer
Construction: Timber – sourced for Australian Hardwoods
Length: 131.2 ft
Beam: 29.0 ft
Depth in Hold: 7.25 ft
Engine: Two compound surface condensing – Poole and Steele Sydney of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street Sydney.
Builder: Denis Sullivan, Coopernook NSW.
Launched: 26th October 1912
Official number: ON 131549
Registered: Sydney 15 in 1913
Tonnage: n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic ft or 2.83 cu. m.)
Gross 213.88 tons.
Nett (Register) 97.56 tons (276.09 cu. m.) .
OWNERS:
1913 - 1916 Nicholas Cain (Director N. Cain's Coastal Co-op. Co. Ltd.)
1916 – 1918 John Storey Rodger
1918 - 1924 Holyman Brothers (Ltd) - Launceston
Register transferred to Melbourne – 16 of 1924
1924 - 1933 William Holyman & Sons Pty Ltd
Register transferred to Sydney 4 of 1933
1933 - 1937 Rocco Edmund Caminiti – Bondi NSW
LAUNCH 1912
Yet another boat has been sent on her way to take a place in the long line of steamers that trade from and to Sydney on the North Coast of New South Wales. This boat was launched on Saturday morning last [26th October 1912] from the shipbuilding yards of Mr. D. Sullivan, at Coopernook. Between four and five hundred persons had assembled for the occasion, and a number of them took an early position on the deck of the vessel, awaiting for her to be sent out on her maiden contact with the waters of the Manning.
The boat which is being built for Mr. N. Cain, of the Hastings River, is to trade between Wauchope and Sydney, in conjunction with the Macquarie and Ballengarra, and will, it is expected, take her place in the running early in January next. She has been built mainly for the carrying of timber, and in that connection has an average capacity for about 77,000 feet of timber. She will also take other cargo offered, but accommodation for passengers has not been included in her construction. (Brief extract from The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate Saturday 2nd November 1912).
ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY
In tow of Messrs. J and A Browns’ tug Gamecock the hull of the new steamer Hall Caine arrived at Sydney on Friday afternoon. [15th November 1912]
She was built on the Manning River by Denis Sullivan, and is similar type as the steamer Tuncurry.
The Hall Caine which is designed for the coastal trade, brought a cargo of hardwood to Sydney. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate Monday 18th November 1912.
FITTING OUT
The Hall Caine. — Our readers will remember some six months or so ago we published an account, of the launching of the steamer Hall Caine, at Coopernook, where her hull was built by Mr. D. Sullivan. The new steamer, which was built to the order of the N. Cain Co., will shortly be placed in commission, and will he under the command of Captain Greer, of the Ballengarra.
The Hall Caine's engines were made by Messrs Poole and Steel, of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street, who, are also superintending the completion. The engines are twin compound — surface condensing engines, capable of driving her at the rate of nine knots an hour
when loaded. The boat is constructed of Australian hardwood, is 130 feet in length,
28ft. in breadth and 7ft 6ins. in depth.
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of NSW Saturday 5th April 1913.
SOLD FOR THE TASMANIAN TRADE
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
The well-known coasting steamer Hall Caine, which has for some time past been running on the coast for Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd., has been sold to W. Holyman and Sons, Limited, of Launceston, for the Melbourne-Tasmanian trade. She is expected to leave Sydney tomorrow. The Hall Caine was originally built for Cain's
Co-operative S.S. Co.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
Damaged crossing Bass StraitSTEAMER'S MISFORTUNES.
Hall Caine Again Damaged.
On both her last two trips from Smithton (Tas) to Melbourne the small wooden
steamer Hall Caine, of 272 tons register, has met with fierce squalls in Bass Strait,
and sustained extensive damage.
The Hall Caine was put into dry dock at Williamstown yesterday with her stern bulwarks stove in by heavy seas and scattered over her decks in a disorderly mass. Captain MacDonald said yesterday that a westerly gale whipped up a choppy sea something like the rip, only more so which began to crash over the Hall Caine with monotonous regularity. As the gale increased in force, so the seas became higher and more vicious. One wave crashed up against Captain MacDonald's cabin on the bridge, stove in the port, and saturated his bunk and many of his belongings.
Another sea struck the cabin of the chief mate (Mr. Bradley) smashed the wooden walls and for the second time, swept away all his personal effects. A third sea flooded the stokehold, and the crew was forced to tend the fires in swirling water. "One sea struck us with such force, said Captain MacDonald, "that the Hall Caine shuddered from stem to stern, and for a moment I thought that the whole of the port side had gone". Captain MacDonald caused the steamer to be hove to, and for a day and a night she remained with her head to the weather. When running for shelter to Flinders, the Hall Caine ran aground, but was later refloated and after bunkering, came on to Melbourne.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 14 Jul 1923
MORE PROBLEMS IN BASS STRAIT – RUDDER DAMAGED
A new rudder is being fitted to the Holyman steamer Hall Caine which is now in dry dock, and the vessel will resume her run to the Gippsland Lakes next week, sailing from Melbourne on Tuesday. Other minor repairs are being made to the steamer
while she is idle. The Hall Caine, having lost her rudder in a gale off the Victorian coast on July 21, was towed to Melbourne by the Holyman steamer Laranah. She maintains a weekly service between Melbourne and Lake Entrance, reaching this port on Sunday, and leaving again on Tuesday each week. The mishap has caused her to miss one trip.
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) - Sat 4 Aug 1928
SOLD TO INTERESTS IN SYDNEY
HALL CAINE SOLD.
Supply Ship for Trawlers.
LAUNCESTON, Monday.-The steamer Hall Caine, a unit of Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons' fleet, has been sold to Messrs. Cam and Sons, Sydney, and will leave for that port in about 10 days or a fortnight. It is understood that the vessel will be used as a store ship for the fleet of trawlers owned by her new purchasers.
The Hall Caine is a wooden vessel of about 200 tons, and was built in New South Wales. She was purchased by Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons in 1919, and was engaged for a long time in the trade between Melbourne and Smithton and the Gippsland Lakes. The vessel has been laid up at Launceston for three and a half years. She is now in dock, undergoing overhaul preparatory to leaving for Sydney. n.b she arrived in Sydney on 19th July 1933.
Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) - Tue 4 Jul 1933
HALL CAINE FOUNDERS NEAR BROKEN BAY
CREW'S ESCAPE
Coaster's Distress
SHIP ABANDONED JUST IN TIME
SYDNEY, Thursday.
The crew of the wooden steamer Hall Caine, which foundered off Broken
Bay last night, was fortunate to escape. The steamer Idant came to their assistance when the little vessel was about to turn turtle. The engineer noticed water in the engine room late yesterday afternoon, and although the pumps started immediately, the water gained rapidly.
Distress signals were flown and the crew watched a steamer several miles off sail on without sighting the signals.
The Hall Caine filled up rapidly. Four hours later, the Idant appeared. The crew remained on the Hall Caine hoping that she could be beached at Broken Bay, but she suddenly took on a list and almost at the last moment the crew hurriedly launched a lifeboat. They had just reached the Idant when the Hall Caine turned turtle.
Hatches blew out with deafening reports and the little vessel disappeared, leaving a large quantity of wreckage floating in the sea.
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - Fri 19 Mar 1937
MARINE BOARD OF INQUIRY
HALL CAINE WAS COFFIN SHIP, SAYS JUDGE
Scathing Comments On Ship Sank
In Calm Sea
"With a new hull, new engines and new masts she would have been a pretty good ship," declared Judge Curlewis in the Court of Marine Inquiry when hearing evidence relating to the foundering of the coastal steamer Hall Caine.
After evidence had been completed he said the conclusion he had come to was that she was a coffin ship and should never have gone to sea. Not the slightest blame attached to the master, mate or engineer, he added. He thought they all did very well. The Hall Caine, 213 tons, was owned by Cam & Co., of Sydney. On March 17, while on her way from Sydney to Port Macquarie, she sprang a leak. TheIdant took the crew aboard and the ship in tow, but near Broken Bay she sank.
Judge Curlewis said the inquiry was to discover why a steamer went down in a calm sea. Evidence had been given that the Hall Caine was a thoroughly patchwork job. She was 25 years old, and there had been cobra in her. She put to sea on March 15 and returned because of bad weather. The master was very lucky to get her in on that occasion, as she must have been strained.
Nevertheless, a well-found ship would not have sunk in calm water, the Judge added. The boiler was such that it was possible to have only three inches of water in the gauge glass. Otherwise the boiler would not produce the proper pressure of steam. The boilers were imperfect, the pumps were imperfect, and the hull was imperfect. "The reasons the ship sank were that the hull was rotten, the hand-pump was in bad order and not properly fitted with a strainer, and the other pumps could not be worked because the boilers could not supply sufficient steam," the
Judge remarked. "In addition, the engines were not fitted with governors. I
am glad I never went to sea in her."
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) - Sat 8 May 1937
HALL CAIN DIVE SITE
The remains of the Hall Caine lie off Bouddi National Park (near Killcare) at a depth of ˜54 metres.
The location is - GPS Reading of 33º 32' 49'S 151º 25' 20"E
Acknowledgements: The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.
Image Source: Article in The Sun (Sydney) 18th March 1937
Image Enhancement: Philip Pope
Dive data: www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=152
www.prodivecentralcoast.com.au/en/central-coast-wreck-diving
All Images in this photostream are Copyright - Great Lakes Manning River Shipping and/or their individual owners as may be stated above and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or used in any way without prior written approval.
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DETAILS
Name: T.S.S. Hall Caine
Believed to be named after Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine K.B.E.
Type: Twin Screw Steamer
Construction: Timber – sourced for Australian Hardwoods
Length: 131.2 ft
Beam: 29.0 ft
Depth in Hold: 7.25 ft
Engine: Two compound surface condensing – Poole and Steele Sydney of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street Sydney.
Builder: Denis Sullivan, Coopernook NSW.
Launched: 26th October 1912
Official number: ON 131549
Registered: Sydney 15 in 1913
Tonnage: n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic ft or 2.83 cu. m.)
Gross 213.88 tons.
Nett (Register) 97.56 tons (276.09 cu. m.) .
OWNERS:
1913 - 1916 Nicholas Cain (Director N. Cain's Coastal Co-op. Co. Ltd.)
1916 – 1918 John Storey Rodger
1918 - 1924 Holyman Brothers (Ltd) - Launceston
Register transferred to Melbourne – 16 of 1924
1924 - 1933 William Holyman & Sons Pty Ltd
Register transferred to Sydney 4 of 1933
1933 - 1937 Rocco Edmund Caminiti – Bondi NSW
LAUNCH 1912
Yet another boat has been sent on her way to take a place in the long line of steamers that trade from and to Sydney on the North Coast of New South Wales. This boat was launched on Saturday morning last [26th October 1912] from the shipbuilding yards of Mr. D. Sullivan, at Coopernook. Between four and five hundred persons had assembled for the occasion, and a number of them took an early position on the deck of the vessel, awaiting for her to be sent out on her maiden contact with the waters of the Manning.
The boat which is being built for Mr. N. Cain, of the Hastings River, is to trade between Wauchope and Sydney, in conjunction with the Macquarie and Ballengarra, and will, it is expected, take her place in the running early in January next. She has been built mainly for the carrying of timber, and in that connection has an average capacity for about 77,000 feet of timber. She will also take other cargo offered, but accommodation for passengers has not been included in her construction. (Brief extract from The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate Saturday 2nd November 1912).
ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY
In tow of Messrs. J and A Browns’ tug Gamecock the hull of the new steamer Hall Caine arrived at Sydney on Friday afternoon. [15th November 1912]
She was built on the Manning River by Denis Sullivan, and is similar type as the steamer Tuncurry.
The Hall Caine which is designed for the coastal trade, brought a cargo of hardwood to Sydney. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate Monday 18th November 1912.
FITTING OUT
The Hall Caine. — Our readers will remember some six months or so ago we published an account, of the launching of the steamer Hall Caine, at Coopernook, where her hull was built by Mr. D. Sullivan. The new steamer, which was built to the order of the N. Cain Co., will shortly be placed in commission, and will he under the command of Captain Greer, of the Ballengarra.
The Hall Caine's engines were made by Messrs Poole and Steel, of Balmain to the designs of Messrs. James R. Thomson and Son, of Pitt-street, who, are also superintending the completion. The engines are twin compound — surface condensing engines, capable of driving her at the rate of nine knots an hour
when loaded. The boat is constructed of Australian hardwood, is 130 feet in length,
28ft. in breadth and 7ft 6ins. in depth.
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of NSW Saturday 5th April 1913.
SOLD FOR THE TASMANIAN TRADE
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
The well-known coasting steamer Hall Caine, which has for some time past been running on the coast for Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd., has been sold to W. Holyman and Sons, Limited, of Launceston, for the Melbourne-Tasmanian trade. She is expected to leave Sydney tomorrow. The Hall Caine was originally built for Cain's
Co-operative S.S. Co.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - Thu 15 Aug 1918
Damaged crossing Bass StraitSTEAMER'S MISFORTUNES.
Hall Caine Again Damaged.
On both her last two trips from Smithton (Tas) to Melbourne the small wooden
steamer Hall Caine, of 272 tons register, has met with fierce squalls in Bass Strait,
and sustained extensive damage.
The Hall Caine was put into dry dock at Williamstown yesterday with her stern bulwarks stove in by heavy seas and scattered over her decks in a disorderly mass. Captain MacDonald said yesterday that a westerly gale whipped up a choppy sea something like the rip, only more so which began to crash over the Hall Caine with monotonous regularity. As the gale increased in force, so the seas became higher and more vicious. One wave crashed up against Captain MacDonald's cabin on the bridge, stove in the port, and saturated his bunk and many of his belongings.
Another sea struck the cabin of the chief mate (Mr. Bradley) smashed the wooden walls and for the second time, swept away all his personal effects. A third sea flooded the stokehold, and the crew was forced to tend the fires in swirling water. "One sea struck us with such force, said Captain MacDonald, "that the Hall Caine shuddered from stem to stern, and for a moment I thought that the whole of the port side had gone". Captain MacDonald caused the steamer to be hove to, and for a day and a night she remained with her head to the weather. When running for shelter to Flinders, the Hall Caine ran aground, but was later refloated and after bunkering, came on to Melbourne.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 14 Jul 1923
MORE PROBLEMS IN BASS STRAIT – RUDDER DAMAGED
A new rudder is being fitted to the Holyman steamer Hall Caine which is now in dry dock, and the vessel will resume her run to the Gippsland Lakes next week, sailing from Melbourne on Tuesday. Other minor repairs are being made to the steamer
while she is idle. The Hall Caine, having lost her rudder in a gale off the Victorian coast on July 21, was towed to Melbourne by the Holyman steamer Laranah. She maintains a weekly service between Melbourne and Lake Entrance, reaching this port on Sunday, and leaving again on Tuesday each week. The mishap has caused her to miss one trip.
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) - Sat 4 Aug 1928
SOLD TO INTERESTS IN SYDNEY
HALL CAINE SOLD.
Supply Ship for Trawlers.
LAUNCESTON, Monday.-The steamer Hall Caine, a unit of Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons' fleet, has been sold to Messrs. Cam and Sons, Sydney, and will leave for that port in about 10 days or a fortnight. It is understood that the vessel will be used as a store ship for the fleet of trawlers owned by her new purchasers.
The Hall Caine is a wooden vessel of about 200 tons, and was built in New South Wales. She was purchased by Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons in 1919, and was engaged for a long time in the trade between Melbourne and Smithton and the Gippsland Lakes. The vessel has been laid up at Launceston for three and a half years. She is now in dock, undergoing overhaul preparatory to leaving for Sydney. n.b she arrived in Sydney on 19th July 1933.
Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) - Tue 4 Jul 1933
HALL CAINE FOUNDERS NEAR BROKEN BAY
CREW'S ESCAPE
Coaster's Distress
SHIP ABANDONED JUST IN TIME
SYDNEY, Thursday.
The crew of the wooden steamer Hall Caine, which foundered off Broken
Bay last night, was fortunate to escape. The steamer Idant came to their assistance when the little vessel was about to turn turtle. The engineer noticed water in the engine room late yesterday afternoon, and although the pumps started immediately, the water gained rapidly.
Distress signals were flown and the crew watched a steamer several miles off sail on without sighting the signals.
The Hall Caine filled up rapidly. Four hours later, the Idant appeared. The crew remained on the Hall Caine hoping that she could be beached at Broken Bay, but she suddenly took on a list and almost at the last moment the crew hurriedly launched a lifeboat. They had just reached the Idant when the Hall Caine turned turtle.
Hatches blew out with deafening reports and the little vessel disappeared, leaving a large quantity of wreckage floating in the sea.
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - Fri 19 Mar 1937
MARINE BOARD OF INQUIRY
HALL CAINE WAS COFFIN SHIP, SAYS JUDGE
Scathing Comments On Ship Sank
In Calm Sea
"With a new hull, new engines and new masts she would have been a pretty good ship," declared Judge Curlewis in the Court of Marine Inquiry when hearing evidence relating to the foundering of the coastal steamer Hall Caine.
After evidence had been completed he said the conclusion he had come to was that she was a coffin ship and should never have gone to sea. Not the slightest blame attached to the master, mate or engineer, he added. He thought they all did very well. The Hall Caine, 213 tons, was owned by Cam & Co., of Sydney. On March 17, while on her way from Sydney to Port Macquarie, she sprang a leak. TheIdant took the crew aboard and the ship in tow, but near Broken Bay she sank.
Judge Curlewis said the inquiry was to discover why a steamer went down in a calm sea. Evidence had been given that the Hall Caine was a thoroughly patchwork job. She was 25 years old, and there had been cobra in her. She put to sea on March 15 and returned because of bad weather. The master was very lucky to get her in on that occasion, as she must have been strained.
Nevertheless, a well-found ship would not have sunk in calm water, the Judge added. The boiler was such that it was possible to have only three inches of water in the gauge glass. Otherwise the boiler would not produce the proper pressure of steam. The boilers were imperfect, the pumps were imperfect, and the hull was imperfect. "The reasons the ship sank were that the hull was rotten, the hand-pump was in bad order and not properly fitted with a strainer, and the other pumps could not be worked because the boilers could not supply sufficient steam," the
Judge remarked. "In addition, the engines were not fitted with governors. I
am glad I never went to sea in her."
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) - Sat 8 May 1937
HALL CAIN DIVE SITE
The remains of the Hall Caine lie off Bouddi National Park (near Killcare) at a depth of ˜54 metres.
The location is - GPS Reading of 33º 32' 49'S 151º 25' 20"E
Acknowledgements: The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.
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Enhancement Philip Pope
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Never included in Naval Aviation's inventory, the P-40B Tomahawk is displayed to honor those Naval Aviators who joined Colonel Claire Chennault's American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the Flying Tigers. Entering combat in December 1941, the AVG quickly gained fame flying against overwhelming odds. As America entered the war, and U.S. units moved into China, the AVG was summarily disbanded on 4 July 1942. In its short life, however, the AVG shot down 299 enemy aircraft and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
The P-40B Tomahawk evolved from the Curtiss Model 75 Hawk, a radial-engined fighter introduced in the mid-1930s. First flown in October 1938, the XP-40 was the fastest U.S. Army fighter at the time, and deliveries of the P-40 began in June 1940. The P-40B first flew in November 1941, and was quickly sent to the Royal Air Force (RAF) under Lend-Lease. The original models lacked self-sealing fuel tanks and carried two .50-caliber cowl-mounted guns and two .30-caliber guns in the wings. The P-40B was improved with self-sealing tanks, pilot armor and two extra wing guns, though the RAF versions of the Tomahawk were armed with six .303-caliber machine guns. B and C-model Tomahawks served with the RAF in North Africa in 1941-1942, where it was quickly discovered that the aircraft was inferior to the German BF-109, except at low altitude. The British turned down further deliveries, preferring to wait for the more powerful P-40D and E "Kittyhawk."
With the signing of the Lend-Lease Act, the Chinese Commissioner of Aviation, T.V. Soong, approached the U.S. to procure aircraft for China's air force. A number of P-40Bs were available, and were sold to a Chinese company. CAMCO, as it was called, shipped crated P-40Bs to Rangoon, Burma, where they were assembled. In a parallel move, CAMCO hired retired Navy and Army officers to travel to U.S. naval air stations and Army fields to recruit pilots, promising better pay than the U.S. military offered, along with getting into the war that America, at the time, resisted entering. In 1937, Claire Chennault, a retired U.S. Army captain, had been hired by the Nationalist Government to train Chinese pilots, then flying both Russian and Italian aircraft far inferior to the Japanese. Forming the AVG, Chennault had new P-40 aircraft and a host of American recruits.
Though initially planned for three groups, the AVG actually fielded only one before America placed a freeze on the release of active duty personnel. Among the Naval Aviators who resigned their commissions to fly with the AVG were David Lee "Tex" Hill, Chuck Older, Dick Rossi, and Gregory Boyington, to name a few. In fact, the majority of the pilots in the AVG were Naval Aviators. "Tex" Hill became one of the top aces in the AVG, Older was a double ace with both the AVG and Army Air Forces 23d Pursuit Group, and Boyington returned to the Marines to become a four-time ace and command the famous "Black Sheep" of Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214. Another former Naval Aviator who served in the AVG, James H. Howard, eventually became an Army Air Forces pilot and received the Medal of Honor for actions over Europe in 1944. From 20 December 1941 to 4 July 1942, the AVG downed 299 enemy aircraft, and destroyed another 153 on the ground.
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