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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Humpy Island Wreck Identity of Victim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 6

Auckland, Friday.— It is believed that the victim of the Humpy Island yacht wreck is Edward O'Neill of Parnell, Auckland. His family think there…

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Steamer Held Up. Industrial Dispute. Sydney

Daily Witness · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 4

Tho steamier Katoomba is to be tied up Owing to the dispute with the union. Three hundred passengers for West Australia have Seen…

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Steamer Ashore Old North Coaster on Coral Reef

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 3

The Sydney- owned steamer (Tintenbar is a shore on a coral reet off New Ireland, in the Mandated Terriotory. and it is feared that she will become…

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Three Killed in Explosion. Oil Steamer in Flames.—Awful Tragedy at Adelaide. ADELAIDE

Daily Witness · Monday 28 April 1924 · page 2

A fire on the oil ship City of Singapore, lying in Port Adelaide, culminated in a terrific explosion late on Saturday night, killing three firemen and injuring 12 others. The names of the dead are: James…

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Capsize at Narooma Occupants Swim Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

Early to-day a rowing boat capsized on the bar at Narooma and two occupants were observed to swim ashors It is believed there was not any loss…

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Boat Capsizes. Occupants Swim Ashore. Sydney

Daily Witness · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

The Navigation Department report that a boat capsized at Narooma bar on the South Coast. Two of the occupants swam ashore, but it is not…

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Steamer Washed off Reef. SYDNEY

Daily Witness · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

The steamer Tintenbar has been washed off the reef near New Guinea, and now rests on the beach…

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Seafarers Arrive Captain and Crew of Steamer PRUTH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 6

The captain and crew of the steamer Pruth. which ran ashore near Port Moresby, in December last, reached Sydney this morning…

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Man Runs Amok. Home Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Witness · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 1

An elderly man residing at Cessnock ran am[?] yesterday and smash ed nearly all the furniture at his home with an axe, as well as the…

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Union Steamer Wrecked. at Greymouth, N.z

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Union Company's steamer Ngahere, when leaving Greymouth. N.Z. struck on North Tip and became a total wreck…

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Steamer Stranded. Crew Saved. Wellington, N.Z.

Daily Witness · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

The Union Co.'s steamer Ngahere was stranded on a reef on the north trip after leaving Greymouth yesterday with a full cargo of coal for…

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Wreck of Astral Inquiry Opened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 2

The Marine Court commenced an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fonudering of the coastal collier Astral last month Of the…

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Steamer Overdue. Sydney

Daily Witness · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 7

The steamer Kut owned by Yuille and Co., is reported to be overdue from the East. She was just heard of north of Brisbane last Tuesday…

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Steamer Still Aground. Brisbane

Daily Witness · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 7

The liner Orvieto is still aground in Brisbane River. A dredge is engaged loosoning the ground near the steamer. It is expected she will be…

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Steamer Still Aground. Brisbane

Daily Witness · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

The liner Orvieto is still aground in Brisbane River. A dredge is engaged loosening the ground near the steamer. It is expected she will be…

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Two Children in Harbour. Naval Officer Brings Both Ashore

The Young Chronicle · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday-- A woman named Isabel Cohen, aged 35, was noticed this morning waving her arms excitedly in the vicinity of the…

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Steamer Sinks in Sydney Harbour. Sydney

Daily Witness · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

It was discovercd yesterday afternoon that the steamer Irvington, 180 tons, which arrived from Hawkesbury River on Friday and tied up…

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Lighthouse Wrecked Keepers Terribly Injured A.P.A. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

A Copenhagen message states that the Anholt lighthouse on the Cattegat has been partly wrecked . by an air pump explosion. A naval hydroplane…

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Fire on Steamer Loss of Life MANILA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 6

Two women and two children are dead and many are missing as the result of a fire on the inter-island steamer Lalloc on the Mindanao…

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Telegrams Tug and Steamer Collide No Serious Damage SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 6

The State Navigation Department was notified to-day of a collision in Berry's Bay between the tug Emu and the steamer Bulga. No serious damage is…

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