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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Australian Shipbuilding. Launching the First Big Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1919 · page 4

In connection with the launching of the launching the first big steamer built at Walsh Island, Newcastle, on Alareh 25; the Governor and Lady Davidson will be…

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Emigration to Australia. Effect of High Steamer Fares. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 5

The Agents-General, the High Commissioner (Mr. Fisher) and Sir John Monash discussed the high steamer fares as affecting emigration, and are asking…

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Wreck of a Barque. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 5

The barque Albert, from Timaru (N.Z.), was wrecked off the Californian coast. The captain and drew were rescued…

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Queensland. the Steamer Cases. None Yet in the State. Brisbane, Friday Night

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1919 · page 5

The Acting-Premier said he was hopeful to be able to keep the influenza out of the State. The fact that two cases had occurred on ships and that the patients…

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Queensland. the Steamer Cases. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 3

A suspicious case of illness landed from the steamer Victoria, and has been diagnosed as pneumonic-influenza. The patient who landed from the…

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QUEENSLAND. 21 Steamer Cases. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 5

Four patients suffering from pneumonic influenza are at present being treated at Lytton isolation hospital. In addition to these cases there are seven cases of mile…

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Fire on Oil Steamer. a Schooner Totally Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 3

A wireless message was received in Melbourne from the oil steamer Cardium to the effect that while 300 miles from-Albany, on a voyage from…

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Wrecked. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

The schooner Elsmore was totally wrecked at Western Port Bay in Victoria. The crew was saved…

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Steamer Cases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

Another South Sea Islander from the crew of the steamer St. George died at the quarantine station during the night. Still four more of the crew of the…

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Burnt Steamer Adrift. Towline Breaks. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

The steamer Cardium, which was taken in tow by the War Soldier, after being afire, broke adrift again, a hundred miles east of Albany (W.A.)…

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Late Wires a Missing Steamer. Broke Away While Towing. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 3

The schooner Cavan. broke adrift while being towed to Newcastle and is now being searched for…

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A Steamer Mined. 100 Bolshevists Lost. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Madrid correspondent reports that there were 100 casualties on a steamer deporting 400 Russia Bolshevists to Odessa. The vessel struck a…

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Late Wires the Drifting Schooner. Sighted Off the Manning. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 2

The schooner Cavan, which broke adrift while being towed, has been sighted off the Manning Heads. The steamer Pelaw Main has gone to her…

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Queensland. Patients Progressing. a Case on a Steamer. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 5

The Federal Quarantine Officer stated to-day that all the patients at the Lytton quarantine station were progressing, and no new eases had been admited into the…

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Steamer Calls for Help. in a Sinking Condition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 5

During the voyage of the steamer Dongarra from New York to Sydney, when 250 miles from Bermuda, a wireless call for assistance was picked up…

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Steamer Collides with Bridgs Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 3

The steamer Ready was damage through running into Pyrmont bridge Several plates in the bow were buckled. The vessel was outward bound at the…

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25 Cases on a Steamer. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 5

Twenty-five cases have broken out among the passengers and crew of the steamer Mourilyan at Brisbane. The vessel has been quarantined…

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Queensland. Passengers Land From a Steamer. and Are Isolated. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 3

Four passengers who arrived in Moreton Bay on the steamer Leitrim, from Sydney, came up the river in a launch on Friday night, but were quickly located by…

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Steamer on Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 5

The steamer Marsina, which was reported to be on fire at sea. reached Sydney last night. The outbreak is now completely under control…

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Mail Steamer Arrives To-day. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 5

The American mail steamer Ventura, which is expected to reach Sydney tomorrow, reported by wireless this morning that all were well on board…

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