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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

31 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 2

Stranded Steamer

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 2

Advices from Mallacoota to-day (wires our Sydney correspondent) state that the bow of the stranded steamer Riverina is COMING around…

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Steamer Springs a Leak Has £103,000 of Australian Wheat Aboard Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1927 · page 3

A cargo of wheat shipped at Sy[?]ney and valued approximately at £103,000, is on board the steamer Nurvana, which is steaming for aden…

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Steamer Leaking London

The Independent · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 2

A message from Aden states that the steamer Nirdanawhich sent out an S.O.S. some days ago, stating that she was leaking badly. She arrived here…

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Latest Oil Steamer. Rome. August 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 41

The Prime Minister of Italy (Signor Mussolini) inspected at Trieste a vessel named Saturnia, which is nearing completion, and which is claimed to…

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War Wrecks. Work of Red Cross

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 4

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross stands for to-day, and what it is doing. Little doubt is…

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German Migrants 200 by Steamer Koln. "Australia the Best Country."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 4

More than 200 German and German Swiss migrants were brough to Australia by the steamer Koln, which arrived at Melbourne from Bremen…

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Steamer Wrecked 34 Persons Drowned Struck a Submerged Hulk (Reuter.) LONDON

The Independent · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 2

The steamer Principe[?] Mafalda, with 1258 persons aboard mostly women and children, outward bound for [?] Aires from Genoa, Italy…

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Appalling Collision in Sydney Harbour S.S. Tahiti Rams and Sinks Ferry Steamer Greycliffe Off Bradley's Head 11 DEAD: 26 Missing: Many Injured

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 2

The greatest disaster that has ever happened in Sydney Harhor occurred about half past 1 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when the Union Steamship…

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Houses Wrecked Storm at Thyra -Bunai [?] Tennis Association Function [?] Thyea, [?]

The Independent · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 2

A th[?]panied by a [?]passed through Thyra-[?]…

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The Harbor Tragedy Wreck Not Yet Raised

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 16 November 1927 · page 2

Efforte made on Monday to raise the sunken ferry steamer Greycliffe, were not successful. A larger plant was taken to the scene and the…

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Wreck of Grey Cliffe Vessel Dirfted S[?]ways

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 3

Walter Halliwell, petty officer on the destroyer Success, said that when 190 yards beyond [?] Island ferry [?] began what he…

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