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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 6 of 9

Southern Cross Backer. His Yacht Goes Ashore. VANCOUVER

Leader · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 2

A Kietchikan (Alaska) message states that the yacht Oaxaca, owned and solled by Mr. Hancock, the backer of the Southern Cross Pacific flight…

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Suicide Suspected. Steamer Passenger’s Death. FREMANTLE

Leader · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 2

A sensation was caused aboard [?] just before she sailed for South Africa yesterday afternoon, when Trevor Robert Carr, a…

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Wrecked Schooner One Body Recovered AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 3

A wreath will be cast into the sea at the spot where the Isabella de Fraine capsized, as a tribute from the Merchant Service Guild. The…

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Steamer on Fire Boys Blamed SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

A fire broke out this afternoon on the steamer Birriwa, which is at anchor off Spectacle Island. The vessel is one of the Commonwealth…

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Steamer Fires Boys Blamed Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 2

The Police have been investigating the second fire on the steamer Birriwa which occurred early this morning. It is thought likely that…

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Floating a Wreck Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 3

The steamer Uralla recently abandoned after a wreck, is now partly afloat and has been moved 12 feet rewards the sea. Mr. Budrodeon,…

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Steamer Missing Colombo

National Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 3

No news is not accepted as good news with regard to the Yokohama, which on Its last voyage from Australia to London broke down in mid…

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Underworld Vendetta Bomb Outrage in Melbourne Attempt to Wreck Shop Serious Trouble Threatened

National Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 2

Shortly after half past two this morning, an attempt was made to wreck the confectionery shop of Percy Jenkins, at…

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Wrecked Aeroplane Did it Belong to Coli and Nungessor? COPENHAGEN

National Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 3

A wrecked aeroplane was found in the North Sea in the vicinity of the west coast of Denmark. It is believed to be the ill-fated machine in which…

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Wrecked Aeroplane Discovered. ls it Nungessor’s. COPENHAGEN

Leader · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 4

A wrecked aeroplane has been found to the North Sea, In the vicinity of the West Coast of Denmark. It is believed to be the ill-fated machine…

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Ferry Steamer Ashore SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 7

As the Sydney ferry steamer Bronze wing was on her way to Circular Quay to-day a sudden gust of wind blow the vessel on to the mud close to the…

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Stolen Goods on Steamer Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

When the steamer, Chillagoe arrived in Sydney to-day detectives boarded the vessel and recovered goods alleged to be the proceeds of a…

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Fireman's Joy Ride Steamer Held Up Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 2

Because a fireman, a member of the crew of the steamer Maheno, went to a party last night and then for a motor drive, afterwards…

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Blown Up. Steamer White Bay. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 4

The hull of the steamer White Bay, which went ashore at Stockton on June 1 last, was blown up yesterday…

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After Nine Years British Steamer Salvaged 42 Perished London

National Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1928 · page 2

A Moscow message states that Russian salvage workers raised the British Submarine 1.55 from 10 fathoms of water in Capor Bay,…

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Steamer Strikes Wharf ROCKHAMPTON

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 2

The steamer Eumaneus crushed into the wharf at Port Alma causing considerable damage. Over 250 feet of the wharf was smashed, portion of…

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Robbery on Steamer Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 3

Shortly after the steamer St. vincent de Paul left Noumeu for Sydney it was discovered that 15.000 francs (approximately £620), was…

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14 Men Lost Steamer Limps into Port VANCOUVER

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 2

A Panama message states that the steamer W. S. McKcnney which was thought lost in a storm off the coast at at Calcutta, arrived here badly…

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City Explosion a Building Wrecked AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 2

Early this morning an explosion in Carroll's grocery store in the city threw one side of the building bodily into the roadway and showered…

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Washed Ashore Victims of Plane Disaster Port Angeles (Wash), Wed

National Advocate · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 2

The bodies of Mrs. McCallum Scott, of London, Dr. Floyd of Stoverack, New Jersey—two of the seven persons lost when a 'plane…

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