Various: pre-war - 1940 Ellerman & Hall Lines rates brochure w/ ships of tragedy

Ellerman City & Hall Lines - The sad irony of it all. "If 1940 is your lucky year, travel City & Hall Lines" is the slogan printed on the back of this twelve-page rates brochure featuring flagship CITY OF BENARES on the cover. But before September 1940 was finished, that ship and fleetmate CITY OF SIMLA would be torpedoed and sunk with a great loss of life. Also included in the brochure is the CITY OF VENICE which would go to the bottom in June 1943. Only CITY OF CANTERBURY and CITY OF HONGKONG would survive the war. "The luxury liner CITY OF BENARES has proved itself one of the most comfortable and outstanding liners on the run," noted Ellerman. In mid-September 1940, just weeks after the war started, ninety children and other passengers boarded for a voyage to the safety of Canada. Four days in, the ship was torpedoed at night in heavy seas. Lifeboats were swamped and only thirteen of the ninety children survived. Britain quickly ceased the evacuation of minors by sea. Ve