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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Wreck of the Pareora. at Althorpe Islands. Incautious Navigation Alleged. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 3

Further particulars furnished to-day by Mr. A. Searcy, chairman of the Adelaide Harbor Board, indicate that the steamer Pareroa was wrecked on the Althorpo…

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American News. Longshoremen's Strike at 'Frisco. A Spanish Steamer Missing. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 September 1919 · page 1

At San Francisco a strike of longshoremen is crippling the steamer service, and a number of sailings have been cancelled…

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Small Steamer Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 39

Information was received in Adelaide of terrible wreck, accompanied by loss of life, in the vicinity of Althorpes. The chairman of the Harbour Board received…

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President Wilson's Conditional Agreement. D'Annunzio's Terms. An Italian Food Steamer Captured. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Paris corespondent says it is understood that President Wilson has approved of the settlement of the Fiume question, namely, that Flume…

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Coastal Steamer Trouble Decision As to Further Strike Postponed Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 October 1919 · page 2

Mr. Garrett, president of the Sydney Seamen's Union, said the seamen after three hours of discussion, came to no decision in regard to a strike, but had…

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Delungra's First Trip. Commonwealth Steamer to Visit Ocean Island. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 October 1919 · page 3

At Walsh Island the first Commonwealth ship, Detunra, is now being loaded with banker coal She will proceed to Sydney early in the week for docking…

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Hotel, Bar Wrecked by Explosion. Miscreant Commits Suicide Invereld

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

While the occupants of the Ashford Hotel were at dinner yesterday a suddoll explosion was heard, and the hotelkeeper, Mr. F. Riddott, saw a man named…

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Fire on Steamer Wauchope. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 October 1919 · page 4

The city coroner to-day committed for trial Ronald Wilkins, aged 17, in connection with the outbreak of fire on the steamer Wanchope…

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Tennis. Davis Cup Team. Steamer Passages Secured. London, October 10

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 October 1919 · page 4

After considerable difficulty the British Lawn Tennis Council has secured berths for the British Isles Davis Cup team by the steamer Wahohe, which sails on…

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Mutiny on Board Steamer

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

In connection with the mutiny on board the steamer Mareeka, three firemen were sentenced at the Dorset Assizes—one to five years' penal…

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Wreck of National Industrial Conference. Appeal by President Wilson. a Coal Strike Looming. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 2

No new [?] have appeared in President Wilson's condition, which is uncharged Out of the [?] of the National…

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Through Many Wrecks

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 November 1919 · page 4

Charlie Gunn, a well-known Liverpool seaman, has been through more big wrecks than any other man alive. He was on board the "Titanic" when…

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Coastal Steamer Wrecked. Crew Saved by Rocket Apparatus.erisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 November 1919 · page 5

On a passage from Sydney to the Tweed River, the steamer Duranbar, belonging to the North Coast S.S. Company…

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Commonwealth's Business Methods. Big Loss Over Schooner Melbourne

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

As the Commonwealth Government is reported to have lost about [?]20,000 on the purchase running and sale of the schooner Speedway, commercial men in…

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Unknown Man's Death Slipped Off Manly Steamer, Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 3

While att[?] to jump aboard in my s[?] a young man, whole name unknown, slipped on one of the…

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The Peace Treaty. Wrecked in the Senate. The Agreement Laid Aside. Possible Further Action. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 2

The United States Senate has agreed to 15 reservations in the Peace Treaty. President Wilson has appealed to…

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Lake Steamer Founders Eighteen Persong Lose Their Lives. Vancouver

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

The lake steamer Myron foundered on Lake superior on Sunday. Eighteen persons lost their lives…

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Alleged Extraordinary Incident. British Steamer in Kiel Canal. Taking Prisoners to Poland. A German Account

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says it is semi-officially reported that while the British steamer St. Helena was anchored at Holtenan Locks, in the…

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Toll of the Sea. American Steamer Adrift. Vancouver, Dec. 15

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 6

New York advises the American, steamer Davidson County is adrift in the Azores. The fate of the crew is unknown…

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Storms in the Atlantic Three Big Shipwrecks. London, Dec. 18

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 December 1919 · page 2

Torrific weather provalis in the Atlantic, it being the soverest for years. The Mogantic, from new York, reports a thrilling incident. When the…

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