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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Another American Transport Ashore. Salvage Expected. Vancouver

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The transport Tjisonudara, with 90 sick aboard, is aground at the Delaware River. It is expected that she will be salved…

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A Transport Ashore. with 2500 American Troops. No Immediate Danger Apprehended. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The transport Northern Pacific is ashore off New York. Rescuers are unable to approach the vessel, and 1700 wounded soldiers are in peril…

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Hurricane Wrecks Honolulu

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 8

The steamer Opini arrived from the New Zealand ports brought news of a disastrous hurricane, which struck Honolulu. The greatest part of the…

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More Shipwrecks. a Yacht Lost Off Stornaway. Serious Fatalities

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Two hundred and seventy British sailors were drowned in the wreck of the yacht Iolaire, off Stornaway, Scotland…

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Wreck of the Iolaire 200 Persons Missing. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 2

A message from Stornoway, the chief port of the Island of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, states that the naval base ship Iolaire, formerly the steam yacht Amathea…

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Fatal Explosion in America. Film Exchange Building Wrecked. Twenty Lives Lost

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

From Pittsburg it is reported that 20 persons were killed, mostly women and girls, and scores injured, by an explosion which wrecked the film…

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Steamer Mined. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 6

The steamer Northumbria was mined on the East Coast. Eight bodies were washed ashore. Four boats are missing…

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French Steamer Mined. Heavy Loss of Life

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 1

The French steamer Chatori has been mined and sunk off Messina. Five hundred lives were lost. Such of the Cable News on this…

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American Transport Ashore London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 3

The American transport Narragansett, bound from Harve to Southampton, is ashore at Bombridge Point. A train lorry steamer is standing by to receive the…

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The Endurance Wrecked. The Crew Lose their Lives. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 1

Sir E. Shackleton's vessel, the Endurance, has been wrecked at Yarmouth, and ten of the crew lost…

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Stranded Visitors May Go by Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. Lawson, Promtor of Victoria, has now undertaken definitely to arrange for stomer passages for Sydney visitors stranded in Melbourne…

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African Republicans Baulked No Passage for Steamer. Gallant Crew of the Durham Castle. Capetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 3

The crew of the Durham Castle, having firmly maintained its determination to come ashore in the event of the nationalist delegation to England going aboard, a…

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High Steamer Fares London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 3

The Queensland Premier, Mr. Ryan, finds that his objections to the high steamer fares are widely shared in London. He is protesting of the shipping…

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A Steamer Ashore

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

The steamer Myee is ashore on the beach at Trial Bay. She lost both anchors. The crew are safe, but dill on board. The owners have…

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Federal Steamer Launchings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 44

Three cargo steamers now being constructed for the Commonwealth wealth Government will probably be launched during March. These include two steel ships of…

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The Wreck of the Will O' the Wisp

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 11

When first I fell into chance talk with him an Castle Hill, I made eager use of my opportunity, for his seemed indeed to be an acquaintance worth the cultivating…

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Wreckage Washed Out to Sea Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

Steamers coming from the south report the presence of all kinds of land wreckage in the vicinity of Twofold Bay The torrential rains in the Eden…

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The Wreck of the Will O' the Wisp. (Concluded from last issue.) III

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 11

I began to fear that Nicholas Top would take a sudden departure from this life without disclosing the secret which so deeply. concerned the fortunes of his foster…

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Nearing End of Peace Parleying. Australia's Interests in Pacific Japan Secures Islands. Canadians Wreck Their Camp. Loss of Life and Great Damage. Peace Terms for Germany. London, March 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 20

The Peace Conference is considering the reduction of the German army to 250,000, with a small navy for police and defence purposes. Probably France and Italy will…

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The Appenine a Total Wreck Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 2

The furness liner, Appenine, which was driven ashore at St. Johns, Newfoundland, last week, has been abandoned. The whole of the cargo has been carried ashore…

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