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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

After Thirty Years.—new Steamer Service

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 9

A weekly service of cargo carrying from Sydney to Shellharbour was inaugurated this week by Gibbs, Bright and Co., a Sydney firm. The s.s. Patonga…

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Man Missing. Boat Washed Ashore

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 5

When it became known on Sunday that a man named William Roy, who had left Wollongong harbour in a skiff on a fishing excursion, had not…

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New Steamer Service

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 9

A now steamer" service between Sydney and Nowra was inaugurated by Gibs, Bright and Co.'s steamer Patonga arriving on Thursday at the…

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Steamer Ashore. on Breakwater at Port Kembla. But Is Towed Off

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 1

On Sunday morning the steamer Iron Monarch went on to the western breakwater at Port Kembla, but was towed off by the tug Rollicker on Monday…

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The Lifeboat Centenary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 6

A hundred years ago one William Hillary, of the Isle of Man, issued an appeal for funds to enable him to form a "National Institution for the…

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