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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Steamer Ashore Hidden Object Struck a Race for the Beach Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 2

The North Company's steamer Cerambi is ashore in Nelson's Ray. The cargo has been transferred to the Cool[?]bar. The accident occurred at…

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American Steamer Seized. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 2

The British destroyed, Venemous, on the Irish coast is reported to have arrested an American steamer, alleged to be carrying arms and…

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Stabbing Affray on Steamer Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day Eng Deng Say, 21, was charged with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm an Lim Him Loon…

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Shipping Strike Another Steamer Idle Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer Karamu has been laid idle owing to the Seamen's Union refusing to supply a man to take the place of one who was…

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Claim for £12,000 a Steamer Arrested Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 2

The teamer Yarra has been arrested by order of the Deputy Marshal of the High Court of Australia. A w[?] claiming £12,000 for damages…

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Destructive Boys Public School Wrecked Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 2

By the aid of a ladder, which they pieced against a window, boys wrecked the Public School at Paddington, during the week-end. When the…

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Steamer in Distress. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 1

Word was received in Sydney to-day that the steamer Kaikaura, the well-known cargo carrier in Australian ports, had put into Colon at the…

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Steamer Bodalla to Be Refloated. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 3

It is expected that the stranded wooden [?]. Bodalla will be re[?] from [?] beach. She has [?] only [?]…

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Steamer Beached. No Lives Lost Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 6

The seamer Otus was beached north of Forster last night, owing to a serious leak. No five were lost…

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Steamer Beached Taree

National Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 2

The members of the crew of the steamer Otus are safe and one expected to return from Tarce to Sydney this evening. The Otus was on her…

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15-Year-Old Girl Jumps From Ferry Steamer Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

While the Watson's Bay ferry steamer Greycliffe was nearing Circular Quay on Wednesday night, a girl named Mary Grankin, aged 15…

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German Newspaper Office Wrecked. London

Leader · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 6

The top floor of the "Berliner Tagehlatt" once collapsed and crashed right through the building. Twenty hod[?]s have been recovered already,…

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Discovery on Steamer. Thieves Attempt to Steal Mails. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 6

On the arrival of the steamer Orcades at Adelaide from the Eastern States, it was learned that an attempt had been made to steal…

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Benzine Explodes Steamer's Predicament Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

Members of the crew of the steamer Kelling, which arrived in Sydney to-day, said that when the vessel was at Cairns, the terrific heat exploded…

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Wrecked German Barque on Maiden Voyage Life Savers' Hard Task London

National Advocate · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

The German five masted barque Adolf Vinnen, was Wrecked in a gale on the Lizard on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Barry…

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Schooner's Rough Passage. Newcastle

Leader · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

The German schooner. Bertha, arrived at Newcastle to-day much battered, and with nearly half her foremast gone, and her decks and sides…

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Wrecked Crew Picked Up by Australian Liner London

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

The Australian liner Port Kembla picked up and landed the crew of ten of the Lowestoft trawler, who took to the boats after a collision off…

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Three Years' Gaol Bank Manager Sentenced a Nervous Wreck Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 2

George Kitching, formerly manager of the Hornsby branch of the Government Savings Bank, who pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny of…

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Schooner in Trouble a Rough Experience Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

The schooner W. H. Smith, which cleared Sydney Heads on Saturday, had proceeded sixty miles out to sea when it struck a terrific gale, the…

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The Mindini Ashore

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

The Burns, Philp steamer Mindini, bound to Sydney from the Solomons, is ashore on Mellish Reef, north of Townsville. The passengers were transferred from the…

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