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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

176 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 9

Coaster Ashore Aground Near Brisbane Waters SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 4

Information was received to-day that the small coaster Gosford, missed the entrance to Brisbane Waters this morning and ran aground…

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Steamer Hold Up Trouble With Cooks SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 4

Trouble has arisen with the cooks on the steamer Zealand[?]a and that vessel did not leave for Hobart as scheduled today. Although the…

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[?]Plane Wrecked Two Officers Killed LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 2

A "British Fighter" aeroplane participating in the Colcester Garrison sham attack on a Suffolk regiment marching along the road,…

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Wrecked Gosford SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 2

Another unsuccessful attempt was made to refloat the steamer Gosford which ran aground near Woy Woy early yesterday morning. The…

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The Wrecked Iron Chief CAMDENHAVEN

National Advocate · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 7

Two punts were put aboard the stranded steamer Iron Chief from the salvage steamer Doepel yesterday afternoon. Two divers have gone…

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The Iron Chief a Total Wreck Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 10

The steamer Iron Chief is novr a total wreck off Diamond Head. During a southerly gale early on Saturday morning the vessel split…

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Lady Bailey Crashes Machine Wrecked LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 3

Lady Bailey who is flying a moth plane to the Cape hns cabled that she crashed at Tajbora. She herself is unhurt but the machine is wrecked…

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35 KILLED Dance Hall Wrecked San Francisco

National Advocate · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 2

A message from West Plains (Missouri) states that 35 were killed and 40 injured — 16 seriously — as the result of a fire and explosion which…

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Iso Shocks in Three Days. Bolgarin’s Awful Earthquakes. Killed and Maimed Counted in Hundreds. Towns and Villages Wrecked. LONDON

Leader · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 2

From Solla sufficient details are emerging regarding devastated Bulgaria to show that the earthquake was the most terrible In European…

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The Wreck of the Merimbula. Captain Exonerated. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

The Murine Court of Inquiry to-day exonerated Captain William O’Connor master of the steamer Merimbula from any blame in connection with…

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Steamer Aground Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 7

The Sydney office of the Royal Dutch Packet S.S. Company to-day received advice from Brisbane stating that the steamer Houtman, bound…

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AMOK Man With Razor Wild Scene on Steamer Three Slashed MELBOURNE Saturday

National Advocate · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 2

Armed with a razor, a fireman ran [?]mok on the Aberdeen liner Euripedes at Port Melbourne last night. Three men received deep slashes…

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Steamer in Distress MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 2

Conditions in the southern ocean were reported to be very rough and vessels reprted mountainous seas. The Esperance Bay which was…

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Post Office Partially Wrecked Sensational Bolt Mad Dash Down Steep Hill

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 2

Four horses attached to a waggonette and driven by a Russian named Zak Ermakov, a travelling showman, bolted down a steep hill near Judd's…

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Home Wreckers. Jockey Assaulted. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 23

Three men broke into the house of Philip Allotta, 25, jockey, at Kensington, early yesterday morning and brutally attached him. He…

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Wrecked Steamer No Hope For Crew LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

A Nova Scotia message states that the wreckage of the steamer Callis-to was hidden by a dense fog since crashing on Saturday. It was…

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Bolting Horses Wreck Post- Office

Leader · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 7

Four horses attached to a waggonette and driven by a Russian named Zak Ermakov, a travelling showman, bolted down a Bleep hill near Judd’s…

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The Wreck of the Callisto. All Hands Drowned. VANCOUVER

Leader · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

A Nova [?] message states dial the wreckage of the steamer [?] which went ashore several days ago, was located to-day on some [?]…

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Benzine Explosion. Ketch on Fire. AUCKLAND

Leader · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 1

An explosion of benzine which occurred on a fishing ketch in Half Moon Bay, caused extensive damage. The deck was blown off, and the half…

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Perilous Fire on Ketch. Auckland

Leader · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 1

An explosion of [?] which occurred on a [?] in [?] Moon Bay, caused extensive damage The deck was blown off. and the hull…

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