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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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

Trapped by Flames Explosion on Steamer Vancouver

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 16

One of the thirty seven person injured in the explosion on the French steamer, Richelieu [?] died. Most of the injured…

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37 Dead Explosion on a Schooner. Baltimore

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

One of the thirty-seven persons in­jured in the explosion on the French schooner Richelieu, most of whom were nesroes, has died from his…

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Explosion on French Steamer. Trapped in the Flames. VANCOUVER

Leader · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

One of the 37 persons injured in the explosion on toe French steamer, Richatieu, has died. Most of the injured persons were negroes, but…

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Struck a Whale Steamer in Danger Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

When the steamer Zealandia arrived in Sydney today, the Chief Officer reported that when the vessel was about 50 miles south of Gabo…

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Wall Pox on a Steamer. Four Deaths Reported. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 5

[?] message states a wireless received from [?] [?] route from Calcutta, [?] there were [?] cases of [?]…

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Seriously Ill Sir Neville Howse Removed From Steamer Port Said

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 2

Sir Neville Howse, Minister for Defence, who is suffering from pneumonia, was to-day removed from the steamer Otranto, on…

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A Nervous' Wreck. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 1

Richard Graham (45), an accountant, was found this morning on a seat on the Esplanade, Manly, with a bullet wound in his right temple and another…

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British Steamer on Fire. Million Dollar Damage

Leader · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 1

NEW YORK. Friday. When fire damaged the cargo of the British freighter Karroo to the extent of one million doilars, on Friday, the…

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Big Queensland Gale. Steamer Almost Blown to Pieces. NEWCASTLE

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

The steamer Saros experienced heavy weather off the Queensland [?] and once an S.O.S call was heard on the wireless. Captain [?]…

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Steamer Collides with Bridge. Extensive Damage Caused. MELBOURNE

Leader · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

The small coastal steamer, Laranah. collided with the Queensland bridge to-day. The Impact was terrific, and the vessel tore through the…

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Rounding Cape Horn. Trials of Three-masted Schooner

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 1

Cape Horn in winter, a three-masted schooner, with brutal officers and a mutinous crew furnish the setting and cast of an exciting yarn re-written from musty old logbooks by J. Kenneth Jonez. It is about Capt. Thomas Oriando Moon, who is now skipper…

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Steamer on Fire Lower Deck Damaged MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

A fire broke out on the coastal steamer Hilmead, lying at the wharf at Yarrabell. The firemen were soon on the scene, and succeeded in…

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Almost Collided Sensation on Ferry Steamer Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

There was considerable excitement on the ferry steamer Kuramal near Dawe's Point at 10.30 last night, owing to a narrow escape from a…

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Collision in the Air. Two Aeroplanes Wrecked. PARIS

Leader · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

Two French militant aeroplanes collided at a high attitude. One [?]llol descended safely by parachute, but the other, not being swara be had…

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The Wrecked Galava

Leader · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

Fireman H. Boyd, of the [?] St. Olives, who reserved John Flak, chief engineer of the fomu[?]ered collier Cu[?]va, off Terrigal, He jumped over…

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Foundered in the Hawkesbury. River Steamer Sinks. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

The river steamer, Will[?]e own[?] by the Hawkesbury River Transpo[?] Coy., sank In the Hawkesbury River while laden with fruit, Tho carg[?]…

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Foundering of Pilgrim Steamer. London

Leader · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 2

A Berne message states that a steamer with seven hundred pilgrims aboard, sunk on approaching the landing stage on lake Como. The…

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A Playful Monkey Nearly Wrecks Ballroom Scene

Leader · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 2

Herbert Brenon, who recently completed filming “A Kiss for Cinderella,” showing at the Strand Theatre to-morrow (Thursday) night, rises sadly to…

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Precautions Against Influenza. Steamer Quarantined. CAPETOWN

Leader · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 2

The Ceramic was recently quarantined, owing to an outbreak of mild influenza on board. The same course has now been adopted with the…

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