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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926

23 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Harbour Collision Steamer Rams Ferry Terrified Passengers SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 6

A collision occurred in Sydney Harbour this morning between the steamer Wear, inward bound from Geelong, and the ferry boat Kuramia bound…

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Schooner Wrecked Snop Stops Rescuers VANCOUVER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

At Gloucestor, Massachusetts, a fishing schooner, went ashore in a blizzaard early on Wednesday. Deep snow rendered the roads…

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Steamer Aground Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

A message received in Sydney to-day states that the steamer Ooma which is ashore on Ocean Island is in a bad position and exposed to a monsoon…

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Steamer Still Stranded Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 8

A message from Occan Island states that the position of the stranded steamer Ooma remains unaltered. Prospects of floating the vessel are…

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Steamer Looted Pirates' Big Haul SHANGHAI

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 8

Pirates held up the captain, crew and passengers of a French steamer at revolver point & forced the captain to steer the steamer to Bias Bay,…

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Latest Mail Steamer Otranto to take Cricketers to London Description of New Liner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 3

The new 20,000 tons liner; Otranto, which is due at Sydney on February 18, will take the Australian Cricket team to England when she sails for…

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Steamer Refloated Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 4

The steamer Coolebar, which went aground on a sand spit in the Manning River last Thursday, was refloated at full tide this morning. It…

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Sabotage? Alleged Attempt to Wreck Powerhouse Obstruction Pieced in Pump

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 April 1926 · page 4

Startling developments have occurred in regard to the engine trouble in the Young power house. It is now definitely asserted by…

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Mail Bags Rifled Discovery on Steamer FREMANTLE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1926 · page 6

Shortly after the arrival of the steamer Chitral from the United Kingdom last night, it was discovered that eight bags of mail…

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Steamer Ashore Manaia Runs on Island Auckland (N.z.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 4

The steamer Manaia run ashore on Slipper island during the trip from Tanranga to Auckland, and is hard and fast, but not in a dangerous…

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Suits for Shipwrecks

The Yass Courier · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 3

Since the tragedy of the Titanic hundreds of ideas and inventions have been brought before shipping companies and the Board of Trade…

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Steamer Strikes Punt Mishap at Grafton GRAFTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 2

All River traffic is held up here owing, to the river steamer Gladys Phelps coming into collision with the Grafton ferry punt this morning. The…

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Harbour Collision Ferry Steamer Damaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 4

A collision occurred on Sydney Harbour early last night between the ferry steamers Binngarra and Kanimbla. The Kanimbla, which had 250…

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Steamer Aground a Shortage of Food SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 2

The steamer Marin Sleigh is aground in Alligator River, Northern Territory. There is a shortage of food on board…

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Wrecked Trawler Crew Arrive in Sydney SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 2

The crew of the wrecked trawler Brolga arrived in Sydney to-day. When the vessel struck, some of the crew wer flung from their bunks…

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Wreckage From Cooma? Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 2

A Rockhampton telephone message was received from Yeppoon last night to the effect that a fishing party at Cono Creek had found on the…

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Wrecked Express Two Men Confess BERLIN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 2

The two men arrested, Schlesinger a music teacher and Weber, have both confessed to having wrecked the express train near Lehrte on…

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Steamer Wrecked Forty People Drowned Struck Floating Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 4

Riga. Thursday.—The coastal steamer Neigrade was wrecked in the Baltic to-day, 30 passengers and 10 of the crew being drowned…

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North-West Mail Wrecked Night of Hideous Terror 27 Killed, 42 Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

The most appalling railway disaster in the history of New South Wales, and the second worst in the history of Australia, occurred just before midnight on Monday at Blandford, near Murrurundi, when 27 passengers were killed and…

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Persistent Deserters Swim Ashore From Steamer ADELAIDE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

When the Norwegian steamer Bessa was leaving Port Pirie two seamer jumped overboard, swam ashore, and disappeared in the town. They are…

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