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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
    - 10 - Scrapbooks and printed cuttings on Sir John Franklin, search expeditions and related topics - 1849-1967
      - 2 - Newspaper and magazine cuttings relating to Sir John Franklin, his final expedition and the search expeditions sent out to find him - 1850-1967

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/10/2/25
Former Reference	D3311/95
Title	Newspaper cutting from "The Daily Express", on the possible finding of one of the ships on the Franklin expedition
Date	14 Apr 1965
Description	Report by staff reporter from Ottawa, Canada, of two Canadian naval officers, D.J.Kidd and B.F. Ackerman, finding, with the use of a magnetometer, a mass of metal which could have come from one of the ships, off O'Reilly Island near King William Island [believed to be unlikely, possibly a faulty reading of data from 1960s equipment, from visionsnorth.blog]. Cutting now in 2 pieces [as of 29/1/2019]
Extent	1 item (2 pieces)
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Printed
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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