A correspondent writes as follows to a contemporarylt may be interesting to some, of your readers when reading about the unlucky 13 to pve No. 7 a look in. Pour of the largest disasters a while back were to ships which each contained seven letters in its name—namely, the Titanic, Waratah, Penguin and Yongala. Messina, the scerie of the awful earthquake,- contains seven lettgrs, The Oceanic also was unfortunate in the English Channel. I could mention other instances where seven ,has been disastrous if time permitted. It may be a . coincidence but; neyerth'ei ?Ss it is a fact that '1913' contains the unlucky 13; it also con tans two sevens, if the figures ate added to gather."
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 55, 21 February 1913, Page 3
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117Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 55, 21 February 1913, Page 3
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