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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Wreck of Wiltshire. Desperate Plight of Crew. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 1

The latest news from Auckland states that the Wiltshire has been completely wrecked. One half of the big vessel is swinging loosely from the…

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Wiltshire Wreck—men Saved

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 2

Friday brought better news from the wrecked steamer Wiltshire, and relieved the anxiety as to the fate of the men. Bluojackets reached the scene of…

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Wreck of the Wiltshire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 4

There is no further news from the wrecked steamer Wiltshire. The crew is huddled in the forecastle. Rescue operations were resumed this morning…

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Explosion on Steamer. 76 Dead. United Service. Buenos Aires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 2

The steamer Villafranca sank of Hohenua, Paraguay, following an explosion and eighty perished. There were tourists aboard…

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Fighting in Ireland. The Battle of Pettigo. New York Steamer Searched. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 2

A British sloop in Tralee Bay held up and searched a steamor from New York ostensibly conveying maize and general cargo to Traleo and discovered in…

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River Steamer Sunk Buenos Ayres, June 5

Young Witness · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 4

Eighty persons are believed to have perished in the sinking of the steamship Villa Franca on the Parana R., near Posadas…

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Robbery on Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 4

A party of Wiltshire officers who visited the wreck to recover their personal effects discovered that their quarters had been raided by a…

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Prohibition Wreckage. Finland's Experience. (Published by Arrangement)

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 6

Like other countries that have given the anti liquor Bolskeviks an opportunity to prove the efficacy of Prohibition as a social and…

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Vessel Wrecked LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 2

The drifter "Blue Sky" left Portsmouth on June 12 and was driven ashore in Cromarty Firth. An official message states that, she is presumed to have been…

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Smallpox. Case on Steamer

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 1

DARWIN, Monday.—A member of the crew of the steamer Montoro, who is suffering from smallpox, will be landed at Thursday Island…

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Roma Wreck. Remarkable Evidence. AUCKLAND

Young Witness · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 1

An Inquiry opened into the stranding on Flat Rock of the steamer Roma, bound from Fiji to Sydney via Auckland. Captain Wendlis stated…

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Stranded Steamer. Court's Judgment. Auckland. N.Z.

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 1

Judgment was given to-day by the marine court after inquiry into the stranding of the streamer Rona. The certificate of chief officer Grantley…

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S.O.S. Steamer in Distress. Calls for Help. Wellington, N.Z.

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 1

Bound from Sydney to South American, the big carge ateamer, Southgate, is in distress in mid-ocean. She is sending out distress calls S.O.S.,…

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Wheat Silo Collapses. Shocking Accident on Steamer. Sudden Onrush of Grain

Young Witness · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A terrible accident, resulting in the death of three men, and injuries to many others, occurred on Monday night during the…

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Steamer Overdue

Young Witness · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Tasmanian Government steamer. Tambar, 456 tons, is 36 hours overdue on the voyage from Stanley to Adelaide…

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Cyclone Strikes Steamer

Young Witness · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Yanyahilla received the full force of the cyclone when north of Gabe Island…

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Steam Boiler Explodes. Chaffcutting Plant Wrecked. Two Men in Hospital. Some Miraculous Escapes

Young Witness · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 2

On Thursday morning, about 8 o'clock, a steam boller exploded at Eurabba, blowing up two men employed thereon, and seriously…

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Cruiser Wrecked LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 2

The cruiser Raleigh, with Admiral Pakenham aboard, has been wrecked in the Straits of Belle Isle, Labrador. The vessel will probably become a…

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Wreck of the Raleigh. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 1

There were eleven casualties through the wreck of the cruiser Raleigh. The steamer Empress of France picked up the crew on route to Southampton. Theo…

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Wrecked Cruiser

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 August 1922 · page 1

LONDON, [?] 11.—The Admiralty [?] that 10 of the crew of the Raleigh are missing. American and British naval vessels…

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