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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

42 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3

Human Wreck Salvage Red Triangle Night Patrols. Saved From Suicide

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 7

Strange tallies of human struggles against Hie terrible odds of life are picked up in the streets of London by the night patrols of the Red Triangle…

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Schooner Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 4

Practically all hope has ben abandoned for the safely of the American schooner, Harvester which is now 231 days out on the voyage from Vavau to…

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Shipping Disasters Two Coastal Steamers Lost. Bodies Washed Ashore

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 4

Two smalt coastal steamers—the Fitzroy and Our Jack—have been lost on the north coast. There has been loss of life, bodies…

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Wreckage Sighted

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 4

The captain of the steamer Aramac, on arrival at Brisbane, reported having sighted supposed wreckage near Smoky Cape on Sunday…

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Missing Steamer. All Hope Abandoned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 4

All hopes of finding the missing steamer Canastoia have been abandoned. The worst fears are entertained…

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Opium on Steamer. Fine of £250

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 4

The Cusloms Officers at Wellington (N.Z.) discovered eight tins of opium on hoard the steamer Moeraki. Jens Sorenson, in whose coat…

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Schooner Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

The schooenr Lemael 98 tons), bound from Tasmania to Port Adelaide with a cargo of timber, was blown ashore at Millicent, on the South…

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Mail Steamer Passengers' Rights

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—The Federal Law Department has decided that passengers on incoming mail steamers who desire to extend their passages beyond…

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Steamer Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

The steamer Nagiore, which left Sydney in May, put into Colombo with a fire in her bunkers…

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Mission Ship Wrecked. Perilous Experienge of Party

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 6

Rev. J. C. Jemis [?] and party had a trying experience throught the wreck of the lugger Ame[?] w[?]e sailing from Darwin to Gou[?] island at the…

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Steamer Lost. No Lives Sacrificed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 4

The steamer Canadian Importer, en route from Vancouver to Melbourne, with lumber, was lost off the Oregon Coast…

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FOUNDERED. Cutter in Gale

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 4

The culler Moth foundered between Darnley and Stevens Island, Torres Straits, during a heavy gale. Four of the crew were saved, but…

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China Sea. Steamer Encounters Typhoon

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 4

The steamer Aki-Maru, which readied Thursday island yesterday, encouutered a typhoon in the China Sea…

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MIWBIE Dunbar Wreck. and Disastrous Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 2

Two disastrous events which occurred in N.S. Wales on August 20, 1857, will never he effaced from memory. They are remembered by…

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Steamer Sunk in Fog. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 7

The Ostend mail steamer Jan Breydel collided with the Norwegian steamer Salina in a fog off the Goodwin Sands. The Salina sunk immediately. Ten of…

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Speared by Blacks. Fate of Shipwrecked Men

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

Mr. W. R. Easton, Government surveyor, who left Derby several months ago to explore the North-west Kimberley country, has reported his arrival at Vansittart Bay…

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Vessel Ashore

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 4

The steamer, Perth, with 900,000 feet of timber aboard, has gone ashore at Greymonth, New Zealand. The crew was saved, but the vessel was badly damaged…

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Vessel Ashore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1921 · page 4

Sydney, Monday. — The Melbourne Steamship Coy.'s steamer Perth, with 900,000ft. of timber on board for Melbourne, has gone ashore at Greymouth…

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Terrifying Trip Steamer in Typhoon Five Passengers Lost

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 7

Caught in a typhoon, the worst experienced on the Church coast for many years, the email British steamer Telemachus, badly battered, put into…

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Air Mail Wreck. Crash on First Trip

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 December 1921 · page 6

Disaster overtook Australia's first aerial mail on the first trip. Three machines set out from Geraldton to Carnarvon, and one of them, with Lieut…

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