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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

155 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 8

"Unsinkable" Steamer Sunk. Vancouver

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 2

The American steamer Lucia, equipped with buoyancy boxes and supposed to be unsinkable, has been torpedoed and sunk…

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MR. A. Henderson. Action by Steamer's Crew London

National Advocate · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 1

The crew of a Folkestone cross Channel steamer refused to convey Mr. Arthur Henderson to Paris, Mr. Henderson returned to the harbor and…

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325 Drowned Alaskan Coast Tragedy. Steamer Runs on Reef. Vancouver

National Advocate · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 2

The steamer Princess Sofia foundered 50 miles south of Skagway, on the Alaskan coast Three hundred and twenty-five were drowned…

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Another Wreck 343 Lives Lost. Liner on a Reef. (A.c.a. Special.) London, Sunday Night

The Bathurst Times · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 2

The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sofia has been wrecked during a storm on an Alaskan reef Of the passengers 268 have been…

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Austria-hungary. Wrecked by Germany

Molong Argus · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 5

United Service, London, Tuesday, says Copenhagen reports that that the German Liberal newspapers' complaints about Austria are useless. Her surrender does…

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Cas Explosion Shop Wrecked. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 2

a big gas explosion occurred early this morning in the pastry cook shop conducted by Gambril and Mackay, Church-street,…

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Supposed Wreck. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 3

Benzine cases have been washed on the southcoost. It is supposed that an American schooner has been wrecked…

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Struck by Lightning Wrecked Steamer's Survivors Land. New York, Tuesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 27 November 1918 · page 2

The Navy Department announces that fourteen members of the complement of the American steamer Danaru, of which was sunk by lightning…

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Steamer Aground in Storres Straits

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 December 1918 · page 2

An urgent telegram from Thursday Island states that the steamer Houtman is badly grounded on the Heath Reef. Torres…

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Schooner Fired Alleged "Hazing" Mate. Sailor Overboard. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

The enquiry into the fire which damaged the American schooner Edward R. West at Dawes' Point, Sydney, was held by the City Coroner…

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Wasn't Wanted a Steamer with Water. Awful Bungling at Gallipolli Did It Lose the Campaign London, Friday night

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

The "Merchant Service Review" recalls Mr. Winston Churchill's statement that we were within an ace of the great victory in history at the…

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Bullock Wrecks Harvester

Leader · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 7

An extraordinary incident occurred on Thursday on "Padnoler," the property of Mr. A. J. Barbe (reports the Forbes "Advocate"). On…

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Steamer Medic. Inquiry Promised

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 December 1918 · page 1

Sir Robert Best, in the House of Representatives on Friday, referred to the rumors abroad concerning the steamer Medic. He…

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Wounded in the Side Shooting Affray on Schooner, Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 2

At the Balmain Police Court this morning, Joseph James Bloomfield, the first mate of the American Schooner Banjor, lying in port Jackson, was…

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Steamer Capsizes Two Men Drowned in Their Cabins Others Believed to Be Drowned

National Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 2

By the overturning of the steamer Ballina at Ballina wharf between three and four o'clock this morning, two men who were known to have been…

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