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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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The Ketch Ruby

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Cooma sent out a wirless message shortly after midnight this morning. "Standing by the Ketch Ruby in…

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All Hands Lost. Passenger Steamer Sinks. 240 Missing

Young Witness · Thursday 31 August 1922 · page 2

VANCOUVER, August 2[?].—A message from Santiago (Chile), states that the Chilean passenger steamer Ita[?], sunk off the Choro Islands…

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Turko-grecian War. Greeks Lose Heavily British Steamer Seized

Young Witness · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 1

LONDON, August 31.—Turkish advices claim having captured Eskishehr, and that the Greeks sustained heavy losses and abandoned much…

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Strong Room Wrecked. Burglars at Post Office

Young Witness · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Unsuccessful attempts were made last night to rob the post office in George Street West The mechanism of the strong room…

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Steamer Overdue

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday.—A Darwin Dies. sage-states that the Government auxilliary steamer John Alice is some days overdue from Borrolola and Gulf…

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Prohibited Immigrants Master of Steamer Fined £300

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.—The master of the steamer Sagtekerk was fined £300 for allowing three prohibited immgrant Chinese to land in the…

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Violent Windstorm. Buildings Wrecked. [?] Dust and Rain

Young Witness · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY. Wednesday.—Broken Hill on Monday night experienced the worst dust storm in its histroy. Buildings were unroofed, verandahs…

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Irish Steamer Raided LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 4

Armed raiders in the darkness overpowered the guard of the Irish steamer Alexandra at Kingstown, opened the seacocks, and decamped. The…

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German Steamer. Arrives This Morning

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamen Hanau, the first German ship to enter Port Jackson since 1914, will arrlve at daylight to-morrow in…

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Steamer on Fire Abandoned at Sea San Francisco

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 October 1922 · page 4

A fire broke out on the steamer City of Honolulu, 17,000 tons, believed to have had 300 passengers aboard, and the vessel was abandoned by…

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Steamer Ashore

Young Witness · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A Launceston message states that the s.s. Oonah, bound from Melbourne to Launceston, went ashore near Kelso…

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British Schooner Forfeited. U.S. Judge's Decision New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 4

Federal Judge Hazel in' the .matter of the seizure of the British schooner Henry Marshall outside the three miles limit ordered the schooner and…

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Steamer Still Aground

Young Witness · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A Launceston message states that the steamber Oonad is still aground in the Tamar River Horbor. The harbor mastor…

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Treasure From the Sea. Shipload of Aluminium. Torpedoed Steamer's Cargo

Young Witness · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 1

LONDON. October 20.—Salvagers and divers located off Werthern Soa the steamer-Empress which was torpedoed in 1917 when laden with…

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Fishing Boat Wrecked Four Men Missing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 October 1922 · page 4

The police received information this morning that four men left Kogarah Bay yesterday morning on a fishing excursion and later their boat was noticed…

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Fares to London. Steamer Fares Reduced

Young Witness · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—The shipping companies announce substantial reductions in the passenger fares and in overseas trade…

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Stranded Steamer

Young Witness · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 2

A. San Francisco message says that the crew of fifty five aboard the rapidly filling teamer Oxteric which is stranded at Fish Rock, seventy…

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Back to Normal. Steamer Communication with New Zealand

Young Witness · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY Wednesday.—Steamer communication between Sydney and New Zealand is practically back to normal. The Morcakl is to take up…

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River Steamer Sinks

Young Witness · Thursday 21 December 1922 · page 2

LONDON, Dec. 18.—The steamer Smerdis, 1032 tons, fouled the anchor chain of the City of London in the Mersey The chain tore a great hole…

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