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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

43 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 3

Influenza on Dutch Steamer Six Cases Develop in Quarantine. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

Six of the ten suspected cases from the Dutch steamer Roggevee now in quarantine have developed influenza, and the four other are still under observation. The…

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Shipwreck on British Coast

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

Wild weather continues on the coast of Britain. The steamer Treveal, from Calcutta, became stranded at Weymouth. She broke up, and the…

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The Steamer Roggeven

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

It transpires that 22 deaths occurred on the steamer Roggeven, now quarantined in Sydney, during the voyage from Java, from various diseases. Finally…

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Steamer Freights to Go Up to Counterbalance Engineers' Wages. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 3

There is reason to believe that within a week a now scale of charges for fares and freights on the steamers en the Australian coast will be announced. The…

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Two Shipwrecks. 440 Passengers Lost. (United Service Special Cable). LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

The steamer Afrique, bound for the west of Africa from France, wag damaged in a gale. Returning to port she struck a mine and sunk to the loadline in a…

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Giles in Europe. Wreck of the Afrique. London, Jan. 13

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

A large number of the passengers and crew of the Afrique have been landed by the French steamer Ceylan (8223 tons). The French steamer Afrique was wrecked…

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Latest Cables. Steamer Sinks in a Gale. Great Loss of Life Feared. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The steamer Afrique, bound to West Africa from France, was damaged during a gale. She was returning to port, end sank in a raging sea…

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Terrible Shipwrecks. Loss of Afrique. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON, Jan. 13

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

Further details of the loss of the French steamer Afrique, 5404 tons show that she was wrecked midway between Ushant (an island off the west coast of France and…

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Wreck of French Liner 450 Victims of the Afrique. London. Jan. 14

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 5

Latest details in connecticn with the loss of the French steamer Afrique (5404 tons), off La Rochelle, on the French coast, show that there were only 30…

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Steamer Araluen Aground Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

The steamer Araluen, formerly Scharz-fels, which was captured in Port Adelaide early in the war, ran aground at Port Pire yesterday and remained fast all…

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Steamer Gracchus in Distress . MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

Cape Nelson reports that the steamer Gracchus, of the British-India Line, signalled "Furnace leaky' and asking that a tug be sent…

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Launch Wrecked in Surf One-lfgged Soldier Saved. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

A launch belonging to Palmer and Sons was smashed in the surf at Anna Bay i on Sunday, and the occupants had a trying experience. Owing to the engine…

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Big Aeroplane Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 22

A new Bleriot aeroplane constructed in France to carry 25 passengers, and intended for the Paris-London aerial service, has been wrecked in its preliminary trial. The…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Monday Evening Steamer Quarantined for Influenza

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

Five cases of pneumonic influenza were landed at the Quarantine Station from the steamer Bremen, which arrived from Wellington. All the…

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Adrift in a Gale Man and Wife Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

After being tossed about for some hours on Port Phillip Bay in an open boat in Tuesday's sale, Mr and Mrs. J. Davis, of Portarligton, were wrecked on the…

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Children's Story. the Wreck of the "Mulga Queen."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 13

Mingled emotions surged in the breasts of Jim Harris (master) and Mr. Bland (owner) of the "Mulgo Queen" as they stood together on the wharf at Mildurinka…

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Steamer Gilgai Ashore Queenscliff

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 March 1920 · page 2

The liner Gilgai ran ashore this morning between 5 and 6 o'clock during a heavy fog, about four miles west of Point Lonsdale, about three-quarters of…

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Ketch in Peril. Exciting Bay Incident. Crew's Alarming Experiences

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

After tossing about the Bay for two days at the mercy of the heavy seas and strong westerly gales which swept Port Phillip during the…

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Steamer Freights. to Be Increased

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 4

Owing to the increased cost of running steamers, freight rates are to be increased. It is pointed out that although railway freights have been…

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Federal Liner Lost. Carawa a Total Wreck. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 3

Advices received in Melbourne from Panama to-day state that the Federal Go-vernment liner Carawa, which went ashore on the Galapagos Islands, off Eequador,…

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