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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

43 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 3

Koenigsberg Factory Wrecked. COPENHAGEN, April 11

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Advces from Berln state that a tremendous explosion wrecked an army supplies factory near Koenigsberg (East Prussia). It is believed that there were many…

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Tremendous Explosion in Prussia. Army Supplies Factory Wrecked

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 3

Reuter's Copenhagen message says that a tremendous explosion wrecked the army supplies factory, near Koenigsburg, East Prusia. It is believed…

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Your Own Lifeboat

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 4

"Carry your own lifeboat," is the motto of an Italian inventor, G. Piperno, who has visited England with what is probably the most…

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Kejce Ashore at Manly

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 3

- The ketch Ruby ran ashore at Mnaly, on the.harbor gide, last night. The ketch finite frory her moorings. The wind is t 'ining fresh, uiid a moderate t,ea num.",;. The crevr jot ashore safe!;'…

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A Steamer for Fodder Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 3

Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, has received a telegram from Mr. Storey, stating that he had been able to secure a steamer to carry wheat or fodder to…

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On the Soil the Fodder Traffic Speculating and Thieving. Belated Steamer Traffic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

If it were not such a serious matter the present repetition of the bungling manner in which fodder is now passing into New South Wales would be highly amusing. Whenever an abnormal rush of fodder takes place it demonstrates how utterly…

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Steamer Havre Near Sydney Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 2

A message has been received in sydney dating that the steamer Havre was 100 miles from Sydney this morning ing in southeasterly direction…

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Chinese Pirates Attack Steamer Victorian Politician Aboard. Shanghai

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 2

Armed bandits have attacked a small teamer with a Victorian Cabinet member, Mr. MeWheae and his wife and daughter aboard on the Yangtsze between…

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Cheating Davy Jokes. Fortunes From Shipwrecks

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 4

In November 1918 the French cargo steamer Tours went ashore on the rock-bound coast of Hunts Bay, ten miles from Swansea…

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Lochella Cannot Come Denied Steamer Passage. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

The crew of the steamer Maheno, which cleared for Sydney yesterday, refused to if —Reuter. if Lochella, a candidate for the —Reuter. Grand National Hurdle and…

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Steamer Passengers to Enjoy. London. June 14

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 3

The "Daily Mail" says Melba's world concert, has created immense interest. Melba is tremendously keen on receiving sets of gramophone reproductions of her…

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Wreck of a Ketch Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 3

Further particulars of the wreck of the Ketch Violet in the Tongan Group show that the anchor was left swinging at the how, and smashed a hole in the forefoot…

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A New Motor Lifeboat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 1

The work of the National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain was largely held up during the war but an extensive programme of boat building has since…

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Prince Says Good-bye Federal Steamer Launched Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 2

Twenty thousand people acclaimed the Prince of Wales at Newcastle this morn-ing. Subsequently His Royal Highness launched the Enoggera. one of the vessels…

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Cheating Davy Jones. Fortunes From Shipwrecks

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 4

In November 1918 the French cargo steamer Tours went ashore on the rock-bound coast of Hunts Bay, tea miles from Swansea…

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Soviet Steamer Seized

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

At San Francisco a representative of M. Kerensky, a former Prime Minister of Russia after the revolution, with the assistance, of 12 special police, seized the…

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A Shipwreck That Led to Fortune. the Romance of a Great Business

The Independent · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 4

It is 140 years since Mr William Bass, owner of a small carrying business (since famous as Pickford's) opened a brewery at Burton. There…

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Late Cable News. Ireland. Village of Trim Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 45

Cork city was startled on Monday morning at 2 o'clock by on explosion which shock the whole town. The explosion was followed by rifle and machine-gun fire. A…

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The Problem of Ireland. Explosions in Cork City. Police Barracks Wrecked by Civilians

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 October 1920 · page 2

"The Times" Cork correspondent says that a sharp small-hours explosion in Academy-street, caused the hurried, despatch of patrols. They…

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Wrecked Russia

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 3

Mr. H. G. Wells' impressions of the wrecked Empire of Russia make interesting reading. He gives a fine picture of "deathstilled Petrograd"…

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