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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 6 of 6

Steamer on Fire in Gale. Plucky Fight by Crew. ADELAIDE

Leader · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 6

When 60 miles west of Neptune Is-land, in a [?]ging gale, at 2.50 yesterday morning, a fire broke out on the British-India steamer, Janus, bound…

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Eleven Drowned Steamer Founders QUEBEC

National Advocate · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 2

Eleven persona, including several women, were drowned when the freight and passenger steamer, Guide, sank on Friday evening off the…

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Eleven Drowned. Freight Steamer Capsizes. VANCOUVER

Leader · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 2

A Quebec message states that eleven persons, including several women, were drowned when the freight passenger steamer "Guide" sank on…

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Steamer’s Plight. Sea-Cock Carries Away. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 3 November 1926 · page 2

Th[?] [?]r D[?] which so[?]led from L[?] on [?] for [?] [?] w[?] [?] of [?] on board has [?] from the…

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Steamer Without a Captain Sydney

Leader · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 2

With nobody at the helm, the ferry stramer, Kosciusko, left Circular Quay Sydney, yesterday afternoon. According to the statement of Colonel Spain,…

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Steamer Held Up Over Unusual Happening. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 1

The steamer Suva, whose departure for Fiji last night was delayed, is still held up. The trouble is said to have arisen through the compensation claim…

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Dying Man Found In' Steamer's Bunk Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 November 1926 · page 8

A man was found dying in a bunk on the steamer Baradine at Walsh Bay yesterday with blood flowing from a wound in his…

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Struck Big Fish Amazing Steamer Incident Auckland (N.z.)

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1926 · page 4

An amazing incident occurred during the voyage of the Maunganui from Sydney, compelling the steamer to heave to. Suddenly the…

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Amok on a Steamer. Chinaman Stabs Passengers. [?]INGAPORE

Leader · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 8

A Chinese passenger on the steamer S[?]wa Mar[?] ran amok to-day, and [?]bed one Chinese and five Japanese [?]ssengers [?] of whom were…

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Fire on Steamer. Stevedores Overcome by Fume[?]. Foreman’s Heroism. MELBO[?]RNE. Su[?]ay

Leader · Monday 6 December 1926 · page 5

The [?] on the [?]m[?] “[?] broke out again this [?]noon w[?] the cargo was being unl[?]d. and sixteen men were [?] by [?]…

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Cyclone Sweeps Madeira. Shipwrecks and Lost of Life. LISBON

Leader · Saturday 18 December 1926 · page 1

A violent cyclone has swept Ma[?] There have been many deaths. and ships have foundered in the [?] The cable has been damaged…

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Filming a Picture Schooner Burned at Sea. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 2

The stripped hull of the schooner Inca was to-day towed out of Sydney Heads by tugs and set alight. The vessel had previously been well…

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