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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Steamer Held Up Stevedores Withdraw MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 1

Because it is alleged [?] members the crew had been allowed [?] cargo on the vessel, the [?] were withdraw from the…

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Bristol Fighter Wrecked Pilot and Mechanic Killed LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 1

A Bristol fighter, participating in the Cochester Garrison [?] attack on a Suffolk regiment marching along the road, swooped and was caught in…

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A Lost Ketch. Search Abandoned. ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 1

After an unsuccessful search for the wreckage of the missing ketch "Aerial," the tug "Conqueror" has been ordered to return to Port Adelaide. It…

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Steamer Hung Up. Passengers Aboard. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 1

Efforts to despatch the steamer "Zealandia" to Hobart this morning failed and the steamer is still in port. The vessel has 200 passengers aboard…

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Steamer Aground. Attempt at Refloating. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 1

All efforts to refloat the steamer "Gosford" which went ashore at Ettalong Beach, have failed. Another attempt is to be made to-day…

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Sea Wreckage. May Be From "Aerial. ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 1

A life boy which might belong to the missing ketch "Aerial" has been washed up on Kangaroo reef, outside Boston Island. Other wreckage has…

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Lady Bailey Crashes. Machine Wrecked. CAPETOWN

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 1

Lady Bailey, who is flying a Moth plane from England to South Africa has cabled her husband that she crashed at Tabora. She was unhurt but…

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"Aerial's" Wreckage. Cast Up By Sea. ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 1

The wreckage found near York Peninsula, South Australia, has been definitely identified as part of the missing ketch "Aerial"…

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Patriarchal Age. Sole Survivor of Wreck. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 1

Richard Begk, sole survivor of the Catherine Adamson wreck in 1857, died yesterday at Darlington, aged 111 years…

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Ketch "Ariel." Wreckage Found. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 6

Wreckage found near York Peninsular has been definitely identified as part of the missing ketch "Ariel."…

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Steamer Delayed Nine Firemen Absent SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 1

The A.U.S.N. steamer, Mareeba, which was to have left Sydney for Melbourne yesterday afternoon, was delayed though the failure of nine…

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Police Station Wrecked Gelignite Under Floor Family's Narrow Escape Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 1

Early yesterday morning the police station of Pentland, 148 miles from Townsville, was wrecked by an explosion…

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Wreck of the Catherine Adamson. Oeath of Sole Survivor. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 6

The death occurred at Dallington, at [?]e age of 111 of Richard Book. the hole survivor of the Catherine Adamson wreck in 1857…

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Marine Collision. Ketch and Steamer. HOBART

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 1

A collision has occurred near Barnes Boy (Tas.) between the s[?]camer "Gundiah" and the ketch "Shannon." The latter sank but…

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Steamer Afire Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 1

A [?] out [?] the morning in the [?] bunkers of the steamer [?] which was [?] up some [?] ago on account of the strike…

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A Wreck Episode. Mr. Majerszky's Daring Smim to Get Newspaper Copy

The Uralla Times · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 4

Those who sit at home and read newspaper reports of sensational events in comfort, have no idea of the risks and effort sometimes…

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"Iron Chief" Wreck. Master Loses Certificate. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 4

The Marine Court suspended the certificate of Eric John Barrou, master of the steamer "Iron Chief" which is stranded on Mermaid Reef, for six…

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Steamer Aground. Tugs to the Rescue. BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 1

The Dutch steamer "Houtman" went aground near Green Buoy, in Freeman's Channel, Moreton Bay, at three o'clock this morning. Tug boats…

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Steamer Sinks All Hands Lost VANCOUVER

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 1

The Dutch steamer Call[?] up and sunk with all hand [?] running around in a thick [?] Saturday, on the shores of [?]…

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Wreck Refloated. Valuable Cargo Recovered. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 1

A message has reached here to the effect that the steamer "Carra," which was on fire at Solomon Islands some time ago, has been refloated…

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