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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

4 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Pilgrims 'Storm Ship. Light Fires on Steamer's Deck

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristol when, at the instance of the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Kith, was charged…

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Pilgrims Storm Ship. Light Fires on Steamer's Deck

The Campbelltown Herald · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristrol when, at the instance of the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Nith, was charged…

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Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 6

Three months ago a tramp steamer named the Jane Rowe piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…

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Suits for Shipwrecks

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 7

Since the tragedy of the Titanic hundreds of ideas and inventions have been brought before shipping companies and the Board of Trade…

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