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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Pilgrimage to Battlefields Reduced Steamer Fares for Australians

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

Details have boon received from London of the proposed [?] of Empire war veterans to tho battlefields of France and Belgium in August…

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Held Up Steamer Manuka (By Wire) Sydney Friday

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 1

The steamer, Manuka, with, 270 passengers aboard for Australia, was held up at Dunedin owing to trouble with the firemen crew who will be…

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Fatality on Steamer Plank Falls 20 Feet (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 1

Joseph Vega, a Portugese sailor was killed, and Joseph Edelson had his skull fractured on the steamer "Tuscancona" lylug at Aberdeen…

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On the Rocks Steamer's Plight Two Seamen Lose Lives in Rescue (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 1

A cable from Boston states that the steamship, Robert B. Lee, with 150 passengers abroad, caught on the tagged rocks off Plymouth during a…

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Happiness Was Wrecked

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 3

There's a certain very disconsolate young man over at the Treasury Department who bends perspiringly over his desk all the day, and thinks long and gloomy thoughts…

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Whaler Wrecked. Strikes An Iceberg. WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thurs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

A wireless message received from the whaler, "Sir James Clark Ross," states that, the "Southern Queen," another Norwegian whaling steamer.,…

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Struck a Reef. Steamer Stranded. Crew Safe. SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 2

The steamer Iron Chief went ashore on Mermaid Reef near Crowdy Head whilst proceeding from Port Stephens to Coffs Harbor. All ships…

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Missing Ketch Wreckage Identified (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 1

Wreckage found near York Peninsula has been definitely identified as part of the missing ketch Ariel…

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Dead at 110 Sole Survivor of Wreck (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 1

The deat hoccurred at Darlington, at the age of 110, of Richard Beck, sole survivor of the Catherine Adamson wreck in 1857…

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Pirates Feared Soldiers Guard Steamer. London

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 4

Owing to the rumor of a probable attack by pirates, 50 British soldiers have been placed on the American steamer Hongkong…

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A Total Wreck Steamer Aground Crew of 340 Saved (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 1

A message from Vancouver states that the ship, "Star of Falkland," which went around on Brinkhead Rocks, in the Behring Sea, is now a…

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Shot by Captain Burglar on Steamer (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

The steamer, Port Curtis, which arrived in New Zealand, was at Brooklyn (New York) when the Captain lived at a man who entered his cabin,…

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Airship Wrecked Nobile and Crew Uninjured Wireless Message SPITZBERGEN

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 2

"The missing Italian airship "Italia" in pieces," wirelessed the "Cella di-Milane," the rescue ship. The wrecked 'plane is in a position north of…

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Sole Survivor Of Lost Steamer (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

Draedse Guiseppi, 36, is apparently the sole survivor of the wrecked steamer White Bay in Stockton Bight, near Newcastle…

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Air Fatality in France Planes Wrecked by Storm (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

A Paris message states that military bombing planes were carrying out night flying between Nancy and Le Bourget aerodrome when suddenly a…

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Magnetised Ship. Weird Experience of a Cardiff Steamer. Meteorite's Plunge

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 3

"We have been struck by a comet or a thunderbolt, and our ship is disabled," was the report of Captain Davies, the master of the…

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Vessel Wrecked Crew Missing. (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 1

The schooner, "Isabella de Fraine," capsized on the Hokianga Bar (New Zealand) The crew, numbering eight, are…

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Steamer Ablaze In Sydney Harbor (By Wire) Sydney, Monday evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 1

The steamer "Birwa," lying in the harbour, was the scene of another fire this morning, but the brigade succeeded in extinguishing the flames…

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Disabled Steamer Towed to Auckland, Sydney Friday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 1

The steamer, "Kaltoke" picked up the disabled steamer "Waitomo" off the New Zealand coast, towing her to Auckland…

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No Damage Steamer Strikes Submerged Object Sydney Friday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 1

An examination of the steamer Dimboola failed to reveal damage as the result of striking a submerged object when crossing the Great…

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