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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Fire at Sea. Men's Epic Fight with Flames. Fifteen Survivors of Schooner. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 4

The steamer "Niagara," which Atrived at Auckland, brought further particulars of the fire which broke out on the schooner "Doris Crane,"…

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[Thorugh Reuter.] LONDON, Wednesday 250 DROWNED When Steamer Founders

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

A Berlin message states there is an uncondrmed report that the Russian Stamer "Ogaoza" foundered in the Black Sea during the height of a…

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Power Plant Wrecked

The Uralla Times · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 4

St. Paul (Minnesota), Tuesday.— Two electricians were killed and 15 injured when a turbine generator valued at £100,000 exploded here…

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A Total Loss The Steamer Yaren SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 1

News reached Sydney yesterday from the Solomon Group to the effect that the steamer Yaren was regarded as a total loss. The crew…

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Crew Scared Steamer Held Up HOBART

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

The steamer Allara was held up here due to the absence of six stokers . It appears one of the stokers an expert with the gleves; exercised…

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Yacht Blown Ashore No Trace of Occupants SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 1

An 18-foot motor yacht, which was being sailed by E. Collett and a boy, was blown ashore at South Beef yesterday, ' badly damaged. The vessel…

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On the Rocks British Transport Wrecked SYDNEY, Wenesday

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

According to a private message eeived from Melbourne, a British ocean transport was wrecked on the coast of occan Island. So far as is…

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Steamer Laid Up. Effects of Job Control. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 1

The Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. has paid off the crew of the steamer "Iron Knob," and the vessel will be land up indefinitely. The company had…

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Steamer Laid Up. Effects of Job Control

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

The Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. has paid off the crew, of the steamer "Iron Knob," and the vessel will be laid up indefinitely. The company had…

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President Coolidge Advises Lesser Naval Expenditure "A Wrecker" Mr. Lang Criticsed. Stimulating Industry SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 1

Mr. Buttenshaw, the acting Premier, referring to Mr. Lang's speech at the Labor conference last Sunday, described it as a combination of bluff…

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Steamer Abani[?]d Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 1

A radio message from the [?] Themistecles states that the French vessel [?] is agr[?] at Kergue[?] Island, and has been abandoned…

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Abandoned. French Steamer 'Lozore' Aground

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 1

The "Thermistocles" brought news to Fremantle that a French vessel, "Lozore," had gone aground at Korguelen Island and had been abandoned…

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Sixteen Passengers Dead. Outbreak on Steamer. MONTREAL

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 1

A message received from the steamer "President Cleveland" states that sixteen passengers and crew of that vessel are now dead as a…

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Aeroplane Wrecked Adelaide

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 1

An aeroplane, piloted by Flight-Lieut, Miller, was wrecked while making a forced landing near Port Pirle. The pilot and two passengers were…

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Suspension Bridge a Wreck

The Uralla Times · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 2

One of the greatest disasters of the flood in that quarter was the collapse of the privately-owned suspension bridge. In the state of the…

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Whaler Goes Ashore. With Valuable Cargo. WELLINGTON, N.Z.

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 1

The "C. A. Larsen," the mother ship of the Ross Sea whaling fleet, went ashore while proceeding up Peterson's inlet, New Zealand, last night…

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New "Howlers" From the Intermediate "Foundered an Empire"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 12

"Mr. Robert Pool was a fine man. He was a minister is near is every part He repealed the corn lawn, made the Penal laws…

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Only One Saved Survivor's Graphic Story. Steamer Sinks in Three Minutes. LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 1

Viovinni Pavan, 28, engineer of the steamer "Alevantara," the sole survivor was found standing at a quaysde at Southhampton gazing at the…

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Big Steamer Wrecked. After Seven Hours Fight

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 2

A thrilling story of a seven hours fight against the inrushing water, through a gaping hole in the side of the steamer Ocean Transport, and a…

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Peace Conference. "Wrecked," Says Labor Leader. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 6

The president of the Council Trade Unions says that the refusal of Mr. Bruce to accede to conditions desired in connection with the proposed…

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