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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Trawler Runs Ashore Auckland

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 1

A fish laden trawler went ashore on the rocky coast, [?] Coromandel Peninsula (N.Z). It is expected to become a total wreck. The crew of…

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Fish Ship Ashore. Crew's Unenviable Experience. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 4

A fish laden trawler went ashore on the rocky coast, near Coramandel, Peninsula (N.Z.), and is expected to become a total loss. The crew of eleven…

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Seaplane Wrecked Parachutes Refuse to Open (Reuter) COPENHAGEN

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 1

[?] was wrecked while [?] densely populated part [?] . The pilot and two cadets [?] with parachutes, which…

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The Italia's Castaways How the Wreck Occurred Nobile Sends Details of Disaster Phenomenal Activity Among Rescuers Rome

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 1

All Italy is waiting feverishly for news of the rescue of the "Italia" Many relief expeditions, by sea and air, are hurrying to the rescue, but it would now seem that die "Italia's" wireless has now finally given out…

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Escapes and Crashes in Night Flying Stunt Fight for Life Steamer Wrecked Sole Survivor's Story. NEWCASTLE

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

Draedse Guiseppi, 36 years of age, is apparently the sole survivor of the wrecked steamer White Bay on Stockton Bight, near Newcastle…

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Stranded Steamer Plight of the Uralla SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

The steamer Uralla, which was loaded with a full cargo of hardwood at Coff's Harbor, called at Newcastle on Wednesday and discharged part of…

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Steamer Refloated. Successful Salvage. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 1

Almost the whole of the £58,000 cargo of the Norwegian steamer Yarra, which sank after catching fire at Gizo, has been recovered by a…

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Steamer Collides with Wharf Stormy Weather at Fremantle FREMA[?]TLE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 June 1928 · page 1

The steamer Moreton Bay collided with Victoria Quay while the pilot Was endeavoring to berth be vessel. The wharf was badly damaged. The…

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Smallpox. Case on Dutch Steamer. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 4

A case of illness aboard the dutch steamer "Nienwzeeland," which arrived at Brisbane, has been definitely diagonised as smallpor. The patient is…

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Cruiser Wrecked. In Halifax Harbor. HALIFAX

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 1

Steaming slowly into Halifax harbour in a dense fog on Monday the British cruiser Dauntless crashed ashore well inside the harbour…

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Cruiser Wrecked. In Halifax Harbor

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 2

Steaming slowly into Halifax harbour in a dense fog on Monday the British cruiser Dauntless crashed ashore well inside the harbour…

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A Steamer Afire Sight on the Thames. Passengers All Safe. LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 1

The steamer "Carmarthenshire" was descending the Thames when her oil bunkers were found to be seriously on fire. The ship had to be beached…

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Steamer on Fire. Passengers Safe

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 1

London. — The steamer Carmarthenshire was descending the Thames when the oil bunkers caught fire. The ship was beached immediately and…

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Hancock's Yacht Ashore on Wrangel Island. KETCHIKAN (Alaska, Fri

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 1

The yacht Oaxsca owned and sailed br Mr. Hancock, the backer of the Southern Cross went ashore on Friday on Wrangel Island. The vessel…

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Ketch Wrecked. All Hands Lost. AUCKLAND

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 1

The ketch Isabel Alla de Fraine capsized at Hekianga, New Zealand, on Saturday. Her crew of eight are believed to have been drowned…

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A Total Wreck. Former British Yacht. SUVA

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 1

The schooner Malaya, owned by the Fiji Shipping Co., a former British yacht, became a total wreck on the Horseshoe Reef at Kero Sea, Fiji, on…

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Schooner Wrecked Suva

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 1

"The schooner Malaya was wrecked on Horseshoe Reef at Fiji on Saturday night. All hands were saved…

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Isabella Wreck No Bodies Washed Ashore Acukland (N.z.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 1

No bodies have yet been washed ashore from the wrecked Isabella De Fraine, which capaized on Pokianga bar. The vessel, which was valued…

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A Bargain. Steamer Uralla Sold. Storm Wrecks

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 4

The coastal setamer [?] paratively new vessel which was [?] about £29,000 before she was [?] in stockton Bight. when her [?]…

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Floating Derelict. Fate of a Schooner. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 1

A cable message from Auckland states that the capsized schooner, Isabella de Fraine, is floating off the coast, a menace to navigation…

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