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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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

Peril on a Steamer Earthquake Story. Australians’ Thrilling Experience

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 3

By the matter of a few seconds two Australian ladies, Mrs. T. Waddell and her sister, escaped death in the Japanese earthquake. They are…

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Foundered at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 4

Last Monday Mr. J. D. Low, President of the Forbes Pastures Protection Board, dropped, into our office with the information that he had…

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Water Bores Wrecked. Heartless Act in Queensland

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 8

A message from Cloncurry states that at Devon Court cattle station[?] about 50 miles west of Cloncurry, the machinery of two bores…

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Boiler Explosion Three Men Injured a Complete Wreck

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 2

Three men were injured by an explosion which occurred at the State metal quarries at Martin's Creek, West Maitland on Tuesday…

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"Armagh" Aground a Total Wreck Crew Landed at Liverpool (By Wire). Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 4

A Reuter's message dated December 16th from London states that the steamer 'Armagh,' bound for Brisbane from Liverpool,…

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