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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

121 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 7

Fire on Steamer Charge Against Labore. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 21

James Edward Coleman, 36, described as a wharf laborer, was charged at the Central police Court with having se are to the steamer…

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Seamen Bar Bruce Parliamentary Steamer Held Up Many Hundreds of Quests Inconvenienced Discordant Note at Fleet Festivities Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 2

When the Federal Government party and their guests to view the fleet were ready to board the steam er Weroona this morning the stokers,…

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Divorce Papers Rescued From Burning Steamer Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 2

Some little time ago an order was made by the judge in divorce dispensing with the service of a petition on a woman charged in a suit…

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Slipped Off Reef British Steamer Sinks Manilla

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 2

The British steamer Egremont Castle which grounded last week on a reef in the Zulu Sea slipped off the reef in a squall on Sunday morning…

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Steamer Fire Accused Granted Bail Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 6

An application was made for bail before Mr. Justice James in chambers to-day by Edward Coleman a wharf laborer who is charged with…

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Callous Chinese Students Prevent Assistance to British Steamer Hongkong

National Advocate · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 2

Indignation has been aroused in mercantile marine circles at the callousness of about 2,000 Chinese passengers of whom a large number were…

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Steamer Sinks Extraordinary Accident at Newcastle Newcastle

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 2

The steamer, Helen, struck an object in King's Wharf this afternoon and sank off the pilot station. The only man aboard was rescued by the…

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Explosion Toll sN Steamer Macinac. Patched Boilers Cause of Trouble

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 2

VANCOUVER, Wednesday. — A Newport message says that as a result of the accident of the steamer "Macinac" the casualties are: 29…

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The Steamer Horror 29 Dead Vancouver

National Advocate · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 2

a New port message says that as a result of the accident to the steamer "Macinae" the casualties are: 29 dead, 2 missing, 52 seriously burned,…

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Shipping Strike Declaring Blacklegs. Orient Steamer Held Up

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday:-The seamen from the steamer Beltana urged that the seamen who did hot come into the strike, be…

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Seamen’s Strike. The Position in Sydney and Melbourne. Will Mr. Bruce Act? Mail Steamer Held Up. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

The strike of the British [?] and cooks is the subject of much comment here, and once again business men are wondering whether…

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Wrecking Society

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 6

THE psychologist tells us that the self-preservative and family instincts are strongest in man, and that the social instinct is a later development. However, the social habit has reached a stage in which it is inseparable from human welfare, and though the…

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Steamer Ashore Assistance Being Sent Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

The Japanese steamer Sydney Maru (4105 tons) bound from Port Pirie to China and Japan is ashore on a coral reef in the Duke of York group. The…

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AFTER 3 Years Amundsen's Schooner Freed From Ice. Some Terrible Experiences Vancouver

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

A telegram from Nome, Alaska, says that Amundsen's schooner Maud, has returned after more than three years imprisonment in the Northern…

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Steamer Leaves Secretly Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 2

The sailing of the steamer Autolycus, of 7713 tons early this morning, created a surprise for the strikers. The vessel had representatives at the…

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Japanese Steamer 4 Dead at Yokohama Tokio

National Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 2

An official report confirms the previous flood reports adding that there have been four death at Yokohama. A few bridges have been destroyed…

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Santa Barbara. Lost Romance. Earthquake Wreck

The Bathurst Times · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 3

The earthquake, in California has practically wrecked Santa Barbara, the America Nice. One of the fines beaches eved laved by the tide was…

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Steamer Founders On Tasmanian Coast. Eleven of Crew Missing

The Bathurst Times · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 3

HOBART, Friday.— The Union Company's steamer Karamu on her way from Strahan to Hobart has gone down off the…

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Big Auckland Fire Liner Reduced to a Wreck Firemen's Narrow Escape Auckland

National Advocate · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 2

There was great excitement in Auckland Harbor to-day when the Federal liner, Kemp, caught fire in the stream. The ship was almost a…

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Steamer Wrecked Crew of 26 Safe Three Vessels to Rescue Hobart

National Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 7

The Union Company's steamer Kamaru on its way from Strahan to Hobart has sunk off the [?] of Tasmania. All the crew are now…

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