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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Schooner in Sinking Condition. Crew Rescued by Warship. Auckland

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 3

A wireless message was received here to-day from the captain of the American schooner Helen B. Sterling, stating that the vessel was in distress,…

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Mokau a Wreck

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

The coastal steamer Mokau, which, as reported in last issue, was beached at Wreck Bay on January 19th, has been abandoned by the underwriters…

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Wrecked by a Whale. an Amazing Adventure with a Sea Monster

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 7

The Danish schooner Anna, on a voyage between Iceland and New Brunswick, had been twenty days at sea…

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Rioting in Ireland. Newspaper Office Wrecked. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

A band or undisguised men entered the office of the "Freeman's Journal," in Dublin, wrecked the machinery, smashed tho telegraph instruments and…

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Caught in Storm. Destroyer Ashore

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 4

A severe storm swept over southern Japan last Saturday, and caught the battleship Settsu on the Inland Sea, when the Empress was aboard…

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Bars and Wrecks. Records of North Coast

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 1

Stretching from Point Danger to Nobby's is a long series of river harbors, each with its wickedly, shifting bar, over which…

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Bars and Wrecks. Record of North Coast. How a Channel Was Dug

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 3

Stretching from Point Danger to Nobby's is a long series of river harbors, each with its wickedly shifting bar, over which entrance is gained…

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Steamer Sunk. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 3

The neweastle steamer Meeinderry, which for many years has traded between Sydney and Newcastle, sank early this morning inside the…

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P. and O. Steamer Sunk

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 2

The P. and O. steamer Egypt has been sunk in a collision off Ushant, in a fog. It is believed that 96 lives have been lost. The vessel was on a voyage…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 4

Inspector Anderson, of the Kempsey Police, yesterday received a telegram from Port Macquarie, to the effect that wreckage had been washed up at Point…

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Telegrams. Wreckage on North Coast. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 5

Three different finds of wreckage along the North Coast were reported yesterday. None of it has yet been identified…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1922 · page 4

DURING the week a quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore on the beaches from Tacking point to Point. Plomer Pilot Baird, the police, and Mr. Tom Dick have…

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Steamer Sunk in Fog. Disaster Off Brest

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1922 · page 5

THE Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Egypt, bound from London to Bombay, was sunk in a collision off Brest during a thick fog. The vessel…

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Wiltshire Wrecked. Crew in Danger. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 5

A wireless message received at Auckland (N.Z.) yesterday, stated the Federal S.N. Co.'s steamer Wiltshire was ashore on the Great Barrier Island…

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Steamer on Reef

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 4

On Wednesday night last the steamer Wiltshire went ashore on the south end of the Great Barrier Reef. The vessel was bound from…

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Nearly Wrecked. Brisbane Express

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 3

An attempt was made to wreck tho Brisbane express train between Eastwood and Epping about 4 p.m. on Tuesday last, but…

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Peculiar Accident to Steamer

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 4

An unusual accident occurred on the river steamer Emma Pyers, on her journey from Tweed heads to Murwillumbah recently. The boat…

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Steamer Explosion. Disaster Off Paraguay

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 6

The steamer Villa Franca sank off Hobenua (Paraguay) following an explosion on board, according to a message from Buenos Ayres…

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Prohibition Wreckage. (Published by Arrangement). Finland's Experience

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 1

Like other countries that have given the anti-liquor Bolsheviks an opportunity to prove the effi[?] of prohibition as a social and economic…

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Tornado's Fury Sixty Killed in New York. Big Wheel Wrecked. Pleasure Craft Swept From Sight. Vancouver. Monday night

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 1

Sixty persons, at least, are dead, and damage amounting to millions sterling has been done by a terrific tornado and thunderstorm that…

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