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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926

111 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 6

Maheno Held Up Firemen Walk Ashore Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 3

The usual hold up of the Maheno took place to-day, when a few minutes before sailing time some of the firemen walked ashore and visited…

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Seriously Damaged Steamer Strikes Quay Wall London

National Advocate · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 2

A message from Port Said states that the City of Winchester, en route from Sydney to London via Adelaide, struck the quay wall. Her nose was…

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Samoan Storm Worse Than That of '89 Two Vessels Wrecked Wellington (N.z.)

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

The [?] hurricane according to old residents was worse than the famous hurricane of 1889 when three United States and two German…

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Storm at Cullen Bullen. Hotel Partly Wrecked

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 2

The Cullen Bullen Hotel was struck by a storm at 5.40 p.m. on Thursday last. The outbuildings and part of the hotel premises were wrecked. Portion of the roof was…

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Steamer Corrimal Embargo Lifted Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

Sydney seamen at a meeting to-day decided that a crow would be found for the steamer Corrimal. This ship figured prominently in the…

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Black Steamer Declared White. Sydney

Leader · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

The Seamen’s Union, which hid declared the steamer Corrimal black for taking coal to a vessel, which was held up at Port Bowen duringthe…

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25 Drowned Gales Sweep Atlantic. One Vessel Wrecked. Others in Distress Vancouver

National Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

A New YorK wireless message received today from the German liner Bremen states that the British cargo vessel Lariston has gone to pieces,…

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Vessel Ashore Steamer in Distress Near Geelong Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

The steamer Woolamal, 37 tons register, which was blown ashore near Geelong on Wednesday is still hard and fast. Yesterday the winds blew…

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Vessel Wrecked Seamen Saved Vancouver

National Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's New York correspondent states that during a lull in the mid Atlantic. storm in which the freighter Antonio has been…

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Harbor Collision Ferry Boat and Steamer Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

A collision occurred in the harbor this morning between the steamer "Wear" from Geelong and the ferry boat "Kuramina". The latter…

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Fishing Schooner Ashore 15 of Crew Missing. Gloucester (Mass.)

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 2

Fifteen of the twenty one members of the crew of the fishing schooner, which went ashore during tho blizzard early on Wednesday on Briar…

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Steamer Aground Hard and Fast on Rocks Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

The cargo steamer Coma winch grounded on Ocean Island on February 8 was not carrying cargo. Prospects of floating the vessel according…

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Steamer on Fire Good Work by Firemen Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 2

A fire broke out in the copracargo of the steamer Garoet lying of the wharf at Miller's Point this afternoon . The brigade subdued…

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11 Drowned Steamer Sinks in Harbor Vancouver

National Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

A message from Port of Spain says tint eleven persons perished when the Trinidad Government's steamer Neparina sank in the harbor here…

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Steamer Aground in Manning River Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

The state Navigation Department was informed to-day that the steamer Coolebar had gone ashore at the Manning River. It is inside the bar…

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Aground on Sandbank Norwegian Australian Steamer Brisbane

National Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

The Norwegian- Australian steamer Touraine, went aground at the mouth of the Brisbane River last night while on its way from…

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Steamer Aground Efforts to Shift Fail Brisbane

National Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 6

Despite the assistance of three tugs, and the lightering of 200 to 300 tons of cargo, all efforts to refloat the Norwegian-Australian steamer,…

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'Covered with Blood' Woman Jammed in Wreckage. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 11

A motor bus crowded with passengers skidded and crashed into a post at the corner of Old-South Head road and Edgecliffe…

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Fracas on Board Steamer. Newcastle

Leader · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 2

[?] was [?] to the Newcastle Hospital late night and [?] caused [?] a [?]. His [?] is critical. He [?] an…

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Ferry Boat and Ocean Steamer Collision. Newcastle

Leader · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

The ferry boat Ri[?]e Bell, and the steamer Gwydir, collided in the Harbur to-day. The ferry boat was badly damaged, but nobody was injured. All…

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