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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

19 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Two Men in Harbor Rescued by Pilot Steamer (By Wire). Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

Two men had a narrow escape from drowning yesterday at Watson's Bay. Both were on a ferry steamer…

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Eleven Men in a Lifeboat Fifteen Days at Sea

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 3

“The great traditions of the sea,” says a report from Seattle, were preserved by eleven sailors who set [?] in an open boat to get help for a…

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Eleven Men in a Lifeboat Fifteen Days at Sea

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 7

"The great traditions of the sea," says a report from Seattle, were preserved by eleven sailors who set out in an open boat to get help for a…

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British Schooner Seized By American Aeroplanes MIAMI (Florida), February 21

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

Eleven aeroplanes, which were acting as a prohibition enforcement squadron, seized the British schooner Annabella, at the points…

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Airship Disaster Serious Loss of Life. Explosion Follows Crash Dirigible Roma Wrecked. Explosion Follows Crash Norfolk (Virginia), Feb.21

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

The dirigible Roma, belonging to the United States Governmnet was wrecked here to-day, as the result of an explosion…

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Violent Storm New Building Wrecked at Ungarie

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

On Saturday night, a violent wind-storm sprang up, bringing with clouds of dust of exceptional density. It was one of the…

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Paper Office Wrecked At Dublin. (By Were). Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 6

LONDON.—A band of undisguised men fintered the office of the "Freeman's Journal" at Dublin wrecked the machinery smash…

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Steamer Wrecked Off New Zealand Coast Crew's Parlous Position (By Wire). Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 6

The latest news from Auckland states that the "Wiltshire" is completely wrecked. One half of the big vessel is…

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(Published by Arrangement.) Prohibition Wreckage. Finland's Experience

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 3

Like other countries that have given the anti-liquor Bolsheviks an opportunity to prove the efficiency of Prohibition as a social and economic…

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Struck a Rock Steamer with 7000 Tons of Sugar (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 4

A message from New Zealand states that the steamer Rona with a cargo of raw sugar of 7000 tons, struck a flat rock off Kawau…

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Overdue a Tasmanian Steamer (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

The Tasmanian Government, steamer 'Tambar' 456 tons is 36 hours overdue on the voyage from Stanley to Adelaide…

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Disabled Ketch Towed into Port (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 4

The ketch "Ruby" which was blown off the coast during westerly gales, was towed into Newscastle yesterday…

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Items of Interest an Old Wreck

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 1

The sea has uncovered part of an old wreck on the Stradbroke head of the Nerang River (Q.), opposite the Southport railway station. About a…

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Liner on Fire 400 Passengers on Board Steamer to the Rescue (By Wire) Sydney Friday

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 4

A series of urgent messages from Vancouver this morning state that the liner the "City of Honolulu," formerly the North…

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Wrecked Ship Sold For £2000 (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 October 1922 · page 4

The sailing ship France which was wrecked off New Caledonia, has been sold for two thousand pounds Prior to running ashore the vessel…

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A Full Cargo For German Steamer (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 November 1922 · page 4

The German steamer "Hanau", is expected to leave Sydney with a full caigo…

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The Wrecked Galleons Australian Legends

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 1

Out of the mists of the dim past Australia, has inherited a legacy of legend—legend that as yet has taken no defined shape, and is carried from…

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On Rocks Wreck of Large Steamer Rescue of Crew of Fifty Accident During Fog San Francisco, Dec. 12

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 14

The Orteric is stranded on Fish Rock, 70 miles north of San Francisco. The vessel ran on the locks…

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Balloons to Rescue. Making Wrecks Safer Australian Invention

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 December 1922 · page 5

An invention has just been patented in Australia which the originator, a mariner of experience claims will revolutionise rescue…

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