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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

52 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Steamer Wrecked. Search for Survivors. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 1

Reuter's Madrid correspondent reports that the Spanish steamer Santa Isabel is a total lose on the coast of Villagaria, near the Island of Salvora…

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£700 a Day. a Steamer's Loss. HOBART

Young Witness · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

When the adjourned case in which 31 members of the Electrolytic and Zinc Company's steamer Leura were charged with refusing to put to sea…

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Family Washed Off Rocks. Man Drowned; Wife and Children Swept Ashore

Young Witness · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY.—When fishing from the rocks at Red Head beach, Newcastle, on Monday, Leslie Tolfree was surprised by a large breaker, which…

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Schooner Inca

Young Witness · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 2

A message from Sydney yesterday stated that a writ for salvage to £12,000 was nailed on the mast of the schooner [?]nca, which was towed to…

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Steamer Aground

Young Witness · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — The Japanese steamer Melgin Maru grounded on a reef of the Queensland coast while voyaging from Newcastle to…

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All Hands Lost. Chaff Schooner's Fate

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 1

A Wellington (N.z.) message states the auxiliary schooner Omaka, which was laden with chaff, was wrecked off Wellington Heads. All…

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Prohibited Immigrants. Steamer Captain Fined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 4

The captain of the steamer Naldera was fined £300 at the Central Summnos Court for.permitting three prohibited immigrants to land in the Commonwealth."…

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Mine Drifts Ashore. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 2

A live German mine drifted ashore 90 miles north of Brisbane. It had a small chain attached, and had evidently broken away from its ancher…

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British Steamer Wrecked 800 Chinese Reported Drowned Captain Evans' Gallantry. Hong Kong., March 9

Young Witness · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 1

The United-Press Correspondent in Hong Kong states that Captain Evans of the British steamer, Carlisle, who was a member of Captain Scott's…

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Steamer Launched. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 2

The steamer "Eromanga", last of six steel vessels built for the Commonwealth Government, was launched at Walsh Island on Saturday…

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Violent Tornado. Homes and Crops Wrecked. Much Loss of Life. Bombay

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 2

A violent tornado struck Barisal, in India. Houses were destroyed, trees uprooted, and many people killed and injured. The crops are…

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Rescued by Lifeboat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 4

After being in peril for nearly 24 hours the crew of the schooner Woolomai were rescued late last night by a lifeboat at Queenscliffe,…

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Big Explosion Ten Killed; Fifty Injured. Many Homes Wrecked. Vancouver, March 29th

Young Witness · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 1

A Chicago message states that 10 persons were killed and fifty injured as well as many homes destroyed by an explosion which wrecked the W[?]…

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Steamer on Fire. WELLINGTON

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 1

The fire on the steamer Tahito was extinguished this morning. The vessel was not damaged, but the cargo suffered severely…

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Reported Location of Wreck BRISBANE

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

James Hampsen has received a letter from his daughter, Mrs. Wood, who resides in Cairns which says that she has heard that the…

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Mild Influenza. Steamer Quarantined

Young Witness · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday—Dr. Cumston states that the steamer Glenlu[?] is quarantined at Thursday Island with eight cases of influenza among…

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Earth Tremors. a Cottage Wrecked. DITHGOW

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 2

Earth treemers which are believed to be due to mining underneath, caused a cottage at Lithgow to become a wreck The occupier was away from home…

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Steamer Sinks. After Catching Fire. Disaster to Japanese Vessel. Vancouver, May 3

Young Witness · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 1

A Seattle message states that the Japanese steamer Tokuyo Maru, which caught fire, capsized and sank off Columbia River. The casualties…

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Collision in a Fog. Steamer Benalla Ashore. No Lives Lost. London

Young Witness · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 1

The steamer Bendalia, on route from Sydney, is ashore in Pevensey Bay as the result of a collision with an unknown vessed in a fog No loss…

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Steamer Wrecked. Passengers Trying Time. AUCKLAND

Young Witness · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 6

The crew and passengers of the wrecked steamer Tasman landed after a four hours row in lifeboats. A bitterly cold wind was blowing, and…

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