NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 11 January 1924

11 JANUARY 1924

Whilst in manoeuvres off Portland Bill, the British submarine L24 was rammed and sunk, with the feared loss of 43 lives.

The ballot of miners on the question of terminating the national wages agreement began.

A spinning mill collapsed in Bradford with four people being killed and eighteen others being injured.

The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen confirmed their opposition to the National Wages Board award.