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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

26 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 2

A Missing Schooner. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

No news has been received of the schooner Handa Isle, which left Sydney four weeks ago for Melbourne. It is suggested a steamer be sent in…

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Spanish Influenza. Constable Jumps From Steamer

Forbes Times · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 4

Telegrams from Broome report that when the steamer Charon arrived from Singapore with the yellow flag flying, a constable and a…

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The Fate of the Handa Isle. Wreckage Found. SYDNEY

Forbes Times · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 2

Some wreckage, including portion of a vessel's deckhouse of Kauri, was found floating 14 miles off Sydney Heads by the Gamecock. It is…

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Wreckage Pound Near Heads

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 2

Some wreckage, including portion of a vessel's deck house, was found floating 14 miles off the Sydney Heads by the "Game Cock."…

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Schooner on Fire. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 5 December 1918 · page 22

A fire broke out on the schooner Edward West at Dawes Point. it is believed that it was started by a [?]ted match thrown near some oils…

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Schooner Afire. Four Seamen Charged. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

Four seamen belonging to the schooner Edward West which was afire in Sydney Harbour on Wednesday night, have been arrested and…

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