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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Mutineers Punished. Outbreak on Steamer. Ordeal of Captain's Wife

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 1

A story of the sea that might have been taken from one of Marryat's tales was related before Mr. Justice Darling at Dorsel Assizes…

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Coalless Steamer. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 3

The tug Champion is still searching for the steamer Havre, which is without coal off the coast…

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"Nothing Like Leather.'' £2500 Worth Stolen From Steamer. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 3

Leather valued at £2500 was stolen from aboard the steamer Kumara, which arrived at Dunedin. The cases were filled with bricks and stones…

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Steamer Adrift

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 2

The steamer Havre is still adrift in the Tasman Sea…

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Whale Ashore

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 4

Yesterday Mr. W. Harvey brought to our office some pieces of whalebone from a 10 ft whale, which went ashore on the south side of Crescent Head…

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Local and General. Steamer Havre Picked Up

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 4

The tug Champion has found the drifting steamer Havre, and is now towing her to port…

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The Steamer Macquarie

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 4

THE Macquarie ran into the full strength of the north-east gale on Saturday night last, and it says much for the vessel's build and the way she is engined that she came…

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Ketch Wrecked

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 2

News has been received in Sydney that the wrecked ketch Violet is in the Tongan group. All hands were saved…

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New Steamer Service Australia-rolland Line

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 8

Another new steamer service to Australia from Europe has been decided upon, according to advices received at Sydney…

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Novel School Proposed Bradford Suggests Classrooms on Steamer

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 8

A travelling school on board ship is conceived by the Education Department of Bradford, England, as the best solution of an enormously…

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Trouble on a Steamer. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 3

Three members of the crew of the Orient steamer Indarra were admitted, to the Melbourne Hospital, two with bullet wounds, and the other with cuts…

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2000 Prisoners Drowned. Bolshevik Steamer Sunk. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 3

A Holdingfors message says it is reported that a Bolshevik steamer with 2000 British, Austrian and Finnish prisoners of war was sunk in the Neva,…

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General News Grim Relic of a Wreck

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 1

Washed from the wrecked liner Bohemian, a coffin containing the body of a woman was recovered from the sea off the American coast, and was landed from the…

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Chained Together. "Black Hole" on Steamer. Prisoners Unable to Stand

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 3

On board the steamer Bambra, which arrived from Wyndham, there were 20 blacks, convicted of various offences at Wyndham, and being conveyed to a West…

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New Coastal Steamer. Trial Run of the Paterson

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 2

The Newcastle and Hunter River Company's new wooden steamer Paterson, 445 tons, left Sydney recently for Newcastle. The vessel, the largest wooden…

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Telegrams. Commonwealth Steamer Held Up. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 5

The crow of the Commonwealth-owned steamer Australind, demanded 9d an hour extra, alleging that the stanchions and beams of the lower holds were…

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Federal Stevedores' Resolution. Refuse to Work Any P. & O. Boat. Unless Father Jerger Is Put Ashore. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 5

The Federal Stevedores' Conference at Melbourne passed a resolution:-- "That this Committee of Management, representing the Waterside Workers'…

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Wreckage Found

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 2

A quantity of wreckage, believed to belong to a small ketch was passed by the steamer Khyber off Albany. There was no sign of life…

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Steamer Stranded. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 5

The steamer Matra has stranded at Curlew Reach, three miles from Port Augusta…

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Fire on Steamer. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 5

A fire was discovered among a thousand tons of bunker coal aboard the steamer Dimboola, in Darling Harbor, to-day. The firemen have it well in…

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