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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Overdue Schooner Anxiety for Amelia J. SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 5

Anxiety is Increasing over the safety of the schooner Amelia, which is overdue at Hobart on her voyage from Newcastle. She left Newcastle on…

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Mindoro in Tow Schooner Springs a Leak ADELAIDE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 5

The schooner Mindoro arrived at the unchorage in tow this morning, leaking badly. She is an American four. masted schooner and left Sydney on…

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AMELIA J. Search Steamer Sent Out HOBART

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 5

Anxiety is still felt for the three-masted schooner Amelia J., which left Newcastle on August 21 with a cargo of coal for Hobart. Messrs. Jones…

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Steamer Tahiti Sails. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 4

The trouble over the accommodation for stewards on the Union Company's steamer Tahiti was settled at a conference between the company and…

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The Missing Schooner Crew of the Amelia J

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 1

The missing schooner Amelia J. left Sidney on August 21 for Hobart, via, Newcastle, and finally cleared from the latter port on August 25…

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Trade Union Tyranny Mail Steamer Involved

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 5

Lord Inchcape chairman of the P. ana O. Company, has the following letter in the London "Times":—"I think the public ought to the made…

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43 Days in Port Jap. Steamer's Long Wait

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 5

The Japanese steamer some[?] Maru, which has been in port [?] August 11, will leave for M[?] with [?] coal cargo this afternoon…

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The Missing Schooner. Wreckage Found. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 5

Mr. Laird Smith, the Minister for the Navy, stated in the house of Representatives to-day that in connection with the missing schooner Amelia J. he had…

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Search for Missing Schooner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 4

It has been announced that the military air force and the navy will join in the search for the schooner Amelia J., long overdue between…

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The Missing Schooner Search for Amelia J Looking for Stutt SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

It in expected that the search of the steamer Melbourne for the schooner Amelia J will begin in earnest tomorrow morning, when she will be…

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All Hope Abandoned Search for Southern Cross Wreckage Found LAUNCESTON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

The Launceston Marine Board's tug, Wybia, which is searching for the missing steamer Southern Cross, arrived at King Island on Monday…

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Washed Ashore Cherbourg Suicides LONDON, September 28

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 1

The correspondent of "The Times" at Cherbourg states that a surprise verdict of suicide has been returned at the inquest regarding the death of a…

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Wreck Off Viti Levu. Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

The schooner Korunnah, 40 tons, which left Newcastle on April 17 for Suva, loaded with coal, is believed to have been wrecked on the south-west…

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Steamer on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 7

It is reported from Galveston, Texas, that a fire on the water front burned two piers. Theo British steamers Hornby Castle and Gloria de la…

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Wreckage Near Narra[?]

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a [?] the d[?]ckhouse of some [?] f[?]ing off L[?] Ro[?] He towed it [?] Long [?]…

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Lighter Wrecked Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 5

When off Narrab[?]n yesterday a large motor lghter, Golln, manned by Messrs. Dorey and Pryor, struck a submerged object and foundered. The…

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Wreckage in Bass Strait Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 October 1920 · page 5

Captain Derry, of the steamer Grace Darling, which arrived at Port Adelaide from Hobart last night, reported that he passed through a lot of wreckage,…

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Wreckage on Stockton Beach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 4

Some wreckage has been found on Stockton Beach by Mr. John Hughes, a Stockton resident. It consists of several pieces of bulwark planking about 11 feet…

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Crashed Into Wharf Harbor Sensation Canadian Steamer's Mishap

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 1

While entering the Newcastle basin this afternoon, the Canadian Government steamer Canadian Importer crashed into the A.A. Company's…

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Shipping Accident. Steamer Damages Wharf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 4

While proceeding from sea to a berth at the bunker wharf in the Basin yesterday afternoon in the charge of a pilot, the steamer Canadian Importer took a…

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