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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

14 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

S.O.S. CALL Oil Steamer in Trouble CAPETOWN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

The steamer Diogenes, which sailed from Capetown on Christmas Day, picked up an S.O.S. on Tuesday, "We are sinking; report trawler,…

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Telegrams Fire on Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 8

A fire broke out early this morning on board the steamer City of Bristol, lying at the company's wharf, Woolwich. When the fire fighters…

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Yacht Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 4

A message was received from Brisbane on Monday night stating that the yacht Endeavour, which left Sydney recently, was reported to have…

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Howling Gale. Steamer in Distress. Engines Broken Down. Auckland

Taralga Echo · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 2

An S.O.S. message has been received from the Union Company's steamer, Flora, which states that the engines were damaged and she is at…

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Steamer Battered

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 6

The steamer Changsha arrived off Sydney heads to-day under her own steam. She was knocked about during the cyclonic weather off…

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Airship Wrecked Vancouver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 6

A Bells Valley (Ohio) report states that twelve officers and men were killed when the U.S. navy dirigible Sheandoah crashed in a windstorm ten…

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Steamer Lists Curtailed A.P.A. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 6

Shipowners have decided to curtail the number of steamers despatched to Sydney…

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Published by Arrangement Wrecking Temperance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 2

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Mr A. Scott Bullitt is reported by the press agencies as saying:…

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Telegrams Ketch Has Rough Voyage Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 8

Captain Hayward, who arrived in Sydney to-day from the New Hebrides says he took charge of the 30-ton ketch, Meringe, at Port Patterson,…

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Raid on Steamer Three Seamen Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 4

On Saturday night the deck of the steamer port Victor, which arrived at Brisbane on Saturday from New york with a crew signed on…

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Newcastle's Old Wrecks How the "Adolphe" Met Her Doom

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 November 1925 · page 6

Visitors to Newcastle by steamer have doubtless often wondered what story is attached to the wreck of the big French barque Adolphe, which…

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Human Wrecks Brilliant Intellects that Failed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 8

Mention of the unexpected characters domiciled at the Coast Hospital (Little Bay, Sydney). recalls the even more varied collection at another…

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Seaman Put Ashore Bearer of Mischievous Letter FREMANTLE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 8

In an endeavour to prevent trouble an Australian member of the crew of the steamer Ormuz, who was said to be the ringleader in an attempted hold…

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Newcastle Steamer Lost Ten Seamen Drowned LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 8

Ten fatalities resulted from the sinking of the Newcastle staemer Landport, which collided with the Swedish steamer Mathilda, of Flameborough…

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