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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

139 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 7

Wreck of Princess Sophia 179 Bodies Recovered (Reuter.) JUNEA (Alaska)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1918 · page 3

The number of bodies recovered from the wrecked steamer Princess Sophia is now 179. It is not believed that there will be any more bodies recovered, as it…

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American Steamer Mined

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 November 1918 · page 2

Renters Vancouver correspondent states that the American steamer Saettia struck a mine 25 miles off the shore and sunk in 20 minutes. Thirty-seven of the crew…

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Fracas on a Steamer Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 November 1918 · page 2

A report was received from Geelong late last night that a fatal fracas had taken place on a steamer at Sorrento. Detectives to-day made an inquiry by telephone…

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Another Anzac Steamer Second Vessel Next Week. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 3

The Navy Department this morning made the following statement with regard to the Anzacs:— The vessel conveying to Australia the…

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The Schooner Scout Sinks. Crew Escapes in Lifeboat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 1

The schooner Scout, which was being towed by the steamer Warooka from Marble Islands, near Mackay to Maryborough (Q)., spring a leak on…

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Cargo Steamer Sinks Submarine Lucky Shot by the Kangaroo. Fremantle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 2

Some 18 months ago news reached Fremantle that the State steamer Kangaroo, during a voyage in the Mediterranean, succeeded in sinking an enemy submarine…

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Children's Story. Wrecked in a Whirlpool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 13

About three in the afternoon of January 14 we loosed our mooring ropes at Chung King and set out on our six-hundred-mile trip through gorges and…

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Not the Handa Isle Strange Wreckage Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 6

Benzine cases being washed up along the South Coast are branded differently to those shipped on the Handa Isle. It is feared an…

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Children's Story. Wrecked in a Whirlpool. (Concluded from last issue.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 13

In the meantime our kwardza was sinking slowly, and the after portion was now under water, while the bow, where we were holding on for grim life, was almost…

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South Coast Wreckage Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 6

More wreckage is coming up on the South Coast, but none of it corrosponds with the Handa Isle…

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Mines Washed Ashore Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 3

In a statement made to-day, Captain Drwson, master of the Perth, said that the floating mine sighted by his steamer off the New Zealand coast, was passed 30…

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Ninety Cases on Steamer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 23

It is officially stated that there are [?] cases of Spanish influenza on a vessel whish [?] expected at Fremantle next week. It transpires she called at South Africa…

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Fire on a Schooner a Cold-blooded Crime. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquiry to-day into the fire on board the American schooner Edward West. Four seamen, Willie Woodson, Carl…

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A Liner Ashore

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 2

The Allan liner Corinthian is ashore near Carmouth, Nova Scotia. She left London on the 22nd November…

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Another Steamer Arrives. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 3

The steamer Karori was Quarantined this morning on arrival from San Francisco. There were no cases of sickness aboard…

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River Steamer Overturns Two Men Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 2

By the overturning of the river steamer Ballina at the Ballina wharf this morning two men known to have been, sleeping in the cabins were drowned, and it is feared…

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Return of Anzacs Train Preferred to Steamer. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 2

A large crowd congregated at Central Railway Station to-day, to welcome l70 returned Anzacs from List H. These men had refused yesterday to embark on a…

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Village Wrecked by Storm Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 3

A servers storm occurred yesterday at Rockhampton. The village of Racemere, which received the worst effects of the storm, is reported to have been wrecked…

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Wreck of a Barque in New Zealand Waters. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 December 1918 · page 2

The American barque Aryan, bound from Wellington to San Francisco with a full cargo of hemp and tallow, has been…

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Battle in Royal Apartments. on Christmas Day. Palace Partly Wrecked. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 2

Fighting in Berlin is more stubborn and widespread than was at first reported, and is expected to continue. Correspondents well of general confusion. An…

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