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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Schooner Afire Evidence at Inquest Seaman's Remarkable Story SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 5

Astonishing evidence was given by a policeman when the City Coroner this morning inquired into the fire which occurred on board the American…

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A Steamer's Adventures. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 8

The adventures of the steamer Boora have been related by an engineer who lately served on her. Originally the German passenger steamer Plaiz, she sought…

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Missing Collier May Have Foundered SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 1

No news has yet been received of the missing collier Undola, which left Bellambi last Friday night for Sydney. A hard southerly was blowing…

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Steamer Undola Missing. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 5

Much anxiety is being felt In Sydney over the non-arrival of the big collier Undola. The vessel left Bellambi on Friday morning with a full cargo of coal…

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Influenza on a Steamer. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 4

The steamer Carawa, which arrived from Calcutta to-day, had influenza on board in a very had form. There were 37 malignant cases and four…

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Undola's Fate Wreckage Found Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 5

Wreckage has come ashore from the missing collier Undola. It has been reported to the Navigation Department that a life boat beating the…

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Steamer Capsizes a Ballina Mystery Lives Lost LISMORE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 5

By the overturning of the river steamer Ballina, at Ballina wharf today, two men known to have been sleeping in the cabins were drowned…

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Undola Wreckage Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 5

More wreckage from the missing collier, Undola, was found to-day on Marley Beach, Port Hacking…

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More Wreckage Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 5

More wreckage, supposed to be from the missing collier Undola, has been picked up. It consisted of some decking and broken oars, and was…

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Irish "Resentment" Monument Wrecked London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 5

Sinn Feiners at Cork dynamited the South African War Monument erected to Cork soldiers. Mr. T. P. O'Connor speaking at…

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Transport Wrecked London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 5

The United States transport Tenudores has been wrecked in the Bay of Biscay…

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