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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Mail Hags Pillaged. Discovery on New Zealand Steamer. Auckland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 July 1924 · page 23

A few days before arrival at Auckland, officers of the steamer woumena, in examining the hold to ascertain whether or not any…

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Wreckage Adrift Pilot Boat Searching Off Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

Officials of both Navigation Departments at Sydney are concerned about a wireless report from the master of the steamer Wonganclla, stating that his…

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On a Raft Without Food or Water Japanese Sailor Survives a Wreck Matsuyama Maru Wrecked Near Goto, Island. Tokio

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

The Japanese steamer Matsuyama Maru, bound from Keelung, was wrecked on July 11 west of Goto Island. [?] She carried a crew of 57,…

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Big Steamer Rammed. Heavy Loss of Life Feared London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 2

The passenger steamer Boston, bound from Boston to New York, was rammed by an oil tanker. Four passengers are dead. Lifeboats took off the remainder…

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H.m.a.s.brisbane Ashore Near Port Moressy Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 2

The Commonwealth Navigation Department has received a radio that the Australian cruiser Brisbane went ashore near Port Moresby at about…

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Sheer Waste Armed Expedition's Search For Women Station Manager Who Saw Wreckage Gives Opinion "Not a Single Person Lived," -He Declares. Toowoomba

The Bathurst Times · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

Mr. Johnstone, manager of the Forest Home Station at Georgette, Queensland, expresses the opinion that the…

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Darwin Expedition Police Wireless Installed on Search Steamer. Darwin

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 3

The police authorities are installing a wireless on the steamer which is to search for the missing white women in the Northern Territory…

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190 Drowned Japanese Steamer Sinks Only Twehty-three Reach the Shore Cause of Disaster Remains a Mystery TOKIO

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 2

The Japanese steamer Taira Maru was lost off Cape Notoro last night, 138 passengers and 54 members of the crow being…

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Interstate Steamer Ashore. Sydney

Leader · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

The steamer [?] in the Adelaide [?] went [?] as the southern [?]at Port [?] yesterday…

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Big Steamer Aground and Refloated Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Milluna of 5681 tons went aground on the southern breakwater at Port Kembla last night. The…

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Swamped. Boat Crew's Experience. Ferry Steamer to the Rescue. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 6

Members of an eight-oared craw were practicing in Lane Cove yesterday afternoon when a heavy sea crashed into the cocklcohell, filled…

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Schooner Overdue at Hobart. Hobart

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 2

The schooner [?] Sydney with a cargo of timber for Hobart, is ten clays overdue…

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SCHOONER 10 Days Overdue Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 2

A Hobart message states that the schooner, [?] which left Sydney with a cargo of timber for Hobart, [?] ten days’ overdue…

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Outspoken Queensland Premier. Communism May Wreck Labor

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 2

In the Queensland Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Theodore replied to his critics. He said that the real enemies of Labor were within the party. Unless a…

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Destroyer Ashore. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 23

A Tokio message from Ketre says that destroyer No. 4 grounded at the entrance to Beppu Harbour…

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Flight Abandoned Maclaren Wrecks Seaplane Completely. Victoria (B.c.)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 19

Having wrecked he seaplane while descending in a fog near Nikolsk, on the Kamschatkan Peninsula, Squadron-Leader MacLaren,…

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Steamer in Distress. Wellington [?]

Leader · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 6

Anxiety [?] of the [?] which [?] Wellington [?] a big [?] She [?]…

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No News of Missing Steamer Wellington (N.z.)

The Bathurst Times · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 2

There is still no news of the missing, steamer Ripple and her crew of eighteen, but a boat and a body have been washed up at Flat Point, and it…

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Foundered Steamer Ripple Coast Long Search Terrific Seas Running on Dangerous Coast Wellington, (N.z.)

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 4

It is generally believed now that the steamer Eipplo foundered early on Thursday, off Capo Falliser…

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Steamer Missing Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 2

No word has been received of the missing steamer Ripple. There has been Very heavy weather on the coast and visibility is poor. A tug left…

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