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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

11 stories in Illawarra's papers

Wreck of the Cambewarra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 2

Kiama is fated never to see the steamer specially purchased by the N.S. Wales Government for her stone trade. The "Cambewarra," 450 tons, struck…

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New Steamer for the South Coast Trade

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 2

The S. S. "Bodalla" which is being built for the Illawarra and South Coast S. N. Co. Ltd. by Messrs. Morrison and Sinclair of Balmain, is expected…

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New Steamer for the South Coast Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 8

The s.s. "Bodalla," which is being built for the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Co., Ltd., by Messrs Morrison and Sinclair, of Balmain, is…

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German Embassy Wrecked

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

Angered by reports of indignities which the Czar's mother had to suffer at the hands of the Germans, a crowd wrecked and tried to fire German…

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German Steamer Captured. Kronjrez Wilheim. LONDON

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 3

The British Cruiser Essex captured the German steamer. Kronjriz Wilheim, and is taking her to Bermada. The Kronjriz is a vessel of 14,900…

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German Warship Movements. Norwegian Steamer Destroyed. Belgian Gunnery. Paris Food Supplies. LONDON

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 2

Fourteen German warships in Kiel Bay have departed Northwards. The Norwegian merchant steamer, Tysla, trading to Australia, struck a…

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Wreckage Found Near San Francisco. London

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

A great quantity of flotsam has been found near the San Francisco coast, which is thought to be from a war vessel…

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Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 6

Three mouths ago a tramp steamer named the June Rowe piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…

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Norwegian Steamer Strikes Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Gottfrid struck a mine in the North Sea, which blow the vessel up. Eight of the crow were killed…

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Not Wreckage

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 2

Considerable excitement was caused on the South bench yesterday by what appeared to be the wreckage of a boat floating about a mile out at sea…

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Launch Wrecked

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 9

On Sunday, Sydney Clift, engineer of the Railway Quarry, Kiama, accompanied by Wm. Swift, also of Kiama, left Sydney in the motor launch…

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