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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Was It the Missing 'Plane? Splash in the Night Report by British Schooner New York

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 2

A message from Portland (Maine) states that the captain and six members of the British schooner Rode Annie Bellivede state that they [?]…

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Steamer Runs Aground, Hopes of Re[?] SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 9

The Adelaide steamer Parings, [?] by the Adelaide Steamship Company went [?] point Lowly to-day. It is [?] near Point the…

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Russian Steamer Founders, Heavy Loss of Life. LONDON

Leader · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 9

A Berlin message sto[?] that there is an un[?] report that the [?] steamer [?] in the Bla[?] Sea in the [?] of a…

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A Steamer Refloated ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 2

The steamer Paringa, which ran aground in the channel 17 miles from Port Augusta, on Wednesday morning, was refioated at 5 a.m…

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Steamer Damaged by Fire. Tweed Heads

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 2

The North Coast Company's steamer ?udgen was badly damaged by fire early to-day while the vessel was ? at a wharf…

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Steamer Delayed Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 3

Rough weather in the bay has seriously delayed the steamer Port Brisbane which arrived from the United Kingdom on Tuesday with a big…

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A Night of Peril. Island Steamer's Experience. SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

After having been tossed and buffeted by mountainous seas, and whipped by a tropical hurricane, the Island steamer Makambo returned to port this…

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Steamer in Storm Several Passengers Injured MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

One woman passenger died and several were thrown about and bruised last night while the steamer Nairana fought her way through the…

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Vessel in Trouble Driven Ashore by Gale SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 2

The British steamer Ocean Transport is a total wre[?] on Ocean island according to advice received in Sydney to-day…

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Mr. Lang's Views How Bruce Will Wreck Conference SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 2

"Mr. Bruce's move for a peace conference of representatives of employers and employees to try and secure peace and good will in…

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Steamer Founders. London, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 1

In one of the fiercest gales ever experienced in Britain, the steamer Taormina, of Oslo, bound for Lisbon with 2000 tons of coal, foundered off…

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Smallpox on Steamer LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 5

A Honolulu message states that ide steamship president Cleveland is expected here from the far east tomorrow with eight dead on board, due…

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Steamer’s Unlucky Fridays. 01 Tanker Ashore. LONDON

Leader · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 3

The [?] oil tanker Vara[?], constructed by Armstrong Whitworths last year, which has just [?] from her [?] voyage to New [?]…

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Passengers Alarmed Ferry Steamer Strikes Wharf Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

The ferry steamer Kirribilll crashed into the retaining wall at Circular Quay to-night. The impact was terrific and the footpath was stove in for…

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Immigrant Ship Wrecked How it was Caused ROME

National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5

The Court of Enquiry has found that the direct cause of the loss of the Italian migrant steamer Principessa Mafalda which was wrecked on…

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Collision in English Channel. Italian Steamer Sunk. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 1

The P. and O. liner, Moldavia, in [?]an S.O.S. call, picked up a man in the English Channel, whose life was n[?] extinct, among a large…

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No Survivors. From Lost Italian Steamer. LONDON

Leader · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 2

The P. and O. liner, Moldavia, In response to an S.O.S. call, picked up a man In the English Channel, whose life was nearly extinct, among a large…

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Brisbane Express Attempt to Wreck It NEWCASTLE

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

Word was received by the Newcastle railway authorities that a deliberate attempt was made to wreck the Brisbane express…

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Steamer Captain to Ex- Plain. Excessive Speed in Harbor. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 2

It la understood that the matter of a steamer who returned to Sydney today, will be called upon by the Harbor Trust to explain his speed In the…

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A Speeding Steamer Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

William Johnstone Wyllie, master of the Huddart-Parker steamer Ullmoroa, was fined £5 at the Central Sumons Court to-day for having on…

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