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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Missing Schooner. SYDNEY

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 2

Anxiety is felt for the safety of the schooner Handa Isle, thirty days out on her voyage from Sydney to Melbourne…

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Steamer Riverina Released. Soldiers Landed at Woolloomooloo. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 5

An Italian reservist died at Quarantine last night. The steamer Riverina was released this morning. She landed, her soldiers ah Woolloomooloo…

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Fire on Schooner. a Dawes Point Blaze. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 5 December 1918 · page 5

A fire broke out on the schooner, Edward West, at Dawes Point. It is believed to have been started by a lighted match, near some oils. The fire…

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Shooting on Schooner. Alleged Malicious Wounding. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 5

At Balmain Police Court to-day Joseph James Bloomfield, first mate of the American schooner Bangor, lying at Port Jackson, was charged with…

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