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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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Airship Wrecked. 44 Lives Lost. Disastrous Trial Trip

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 4

London, Aug. 25.—The R38, a huge British airship built for America, met with disaster on a trial trip yesterday, breaking in two and falling in flames…

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Irish Situation. Belfast Riots. Charge Against Orangemen. Attempt to Wreck Peace Movement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 4

There was further fighting between the factions in Belfast on Wednesday, and finally the troops intervened. The Lord Mayor previously protested…

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Struck by Typhoon. Steamer's Adventurous Voyage SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 2

The Japanese mai lsteamer Aki Maru arrived to-day. The steamer had an adventurous voyage. When between Magaski and Hongkong a…

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Bubonic Plague. Infected Rats Ashore in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 2

A second fatal case of bubonic plague has occurred in Brisbane. The victim wan a single woman. The case was reported on Tuesday, and the death…

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Struck a Reef Steamer Wrecked Copra Cargo Worth £40,000. SUVA

Young Witness · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 1

The ship, Cardinia, bound from Levuka to Aphia missed the stays and drifted on to (Mumbulua reef last night. She bumped heavily till…

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Marine Disaster a Schooner Wrecked SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 1

Another marine disaster, involving the loss of an Australian trader, has been reported. The schooner Columbia River was…

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Steamer Sunk. 16 Persons Missing. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 4

The British steamer Rowan was sunk in a collision in a fog off the west coast of Scotland. Thirteen of the crew and three passengers are…

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High-Handed Action. Russian Gunboat Stops British Steamer. Japanese Gunboats Intervene (United Service Message.) TOKIO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

The Russian gunboat Batavia, flying the Vladivostock flag, on Friday stopped the British steamer Gladys Doeller, off Muroran, Japan, whence…

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Detonator Explodes Men Hurled in Air Paint Shop Wrecked. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 4

As the result of the explosion of a detonator in Abercrombic street, Redfern, this morning, the premises wire w[?]. Frederick Miles of…

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Strong Gale Steamer Goes Ashore Adelaide

Young Witness · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 1

The steamer Cit yof Millan, 4222, tons, from Beira to Sydney, went ashore. during a strong blow to-day, between the,outer harbour and the…

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A Perfect Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 December 1921 · page 2

Arthur Henry Binstead (44) was charged at the Central Court to-day with having falsely pretended to Angus McKenzie that he was a duly qualified…

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Fifty Drowned. Steamer Founders Women and Children Perish

Young Witness · Tuesday 20 December 1921 · page 4

Over fifty people were drowned, mostly women and children, as the result of the foundering of the interisland steamer Maria Luica in the…

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