![[Dublin 9th October 1918; to the cashiers of the Bank of Ireland pay Messrs. Game and Sons Ltd. or order, forthy six pounds for and on behalf of L. & E. Egan] /](/IIIF/000650000/000642614/vtls000642614_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
[Dublin 9th October 1918;
to the cashiers of the Bank of Ireland pay Messrs. Game and Sons Ltd. or order, forthy six pounds for and on behalf of L. & E. Egan] /
Bank of Ireland.
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| Summary: | A [signed] Bank of Ireland cheque [payment on behalf of L. & E. Egan] and a blank billhead [for L. & E. Egan, 35 & 36 Arran Quay, Dublin] found when the mail bags of the R.M.S. Leinster were washed ashore in November 1918. The R.M.S. Leinster was the Kingstown [Dún Laoghaire] to Holyhead mailboat until torpedoed by a German submarine UB-123 on 10 October 1918 when bound for Holyhead. The ship sank four miles east of the Kish Bank Lighthouse. The official death toll was 501 people [but as of October 2018 it is 564]. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Dublin :
Bank of Ireland,
1918].
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Department of Ephemera. Includes blank billhead for L. & E. Egan, 35 & 36 Arran Quay, Dublin. Physical description: 1 engraved handbill: ill. ; 19 x 10.2 cm; + billhead 20.2 x 13.9 cm. Distinctive title: A [signed] Bank of Ireland cheque [payment on behalf of L. & E. Egan] and a blank billhead [for L. & E. Egan, 35 & 36 Arran Quay, Dublin] found when the mail bags of the R.M.S. Leinster were washed ashore in November 1918. more |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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EPH C820 |
Collection unavailable |
Ephemera |
Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.
