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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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ADRIFT ! Crew in Life-boat Derelict Schooner SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 4

So much anxiety was felt to-day as to the fate of the captain of the derelict schoonor, Incs, together with his wife and members of the crew, that…

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Schooner Inca Disabled. Crew and Captain's Wife Picked Up. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 5

The Union S.S. Company's' steamer Cosmos, which left Sydney on Tuesday for Dunedin, is returning to port with the five-masted schooner Inca, disabled,…

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Wrecks of the Past

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 2

Sir,—According to some experts, the recent gale has been a record. It may be in the minds of the present generation, out we are told that there is nothing new…

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The Schooner Inca. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 December 1920 · page 4

The schooner Inca, with Captain Winther and Louis Rasp, the donkeyman, aboard, was brought safely into Sydney Harbour on Saturday morning by the…

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Fitting a v Steamer LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 1

The Themistocles sailed for Hamburg in order to at up third-class accommodation for emigrants to Australia. This is owing to the…

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Ex-german Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1920 · page 4

Gibbs, Bright and Co., of Brisbane, have been, advised that the Eastern and Australian S.S. Co., Ltd., has acquired the ex-German steamer Swakopmund, to run…

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Steamer on Fire Blaze in Bunkers Westralian Boat Doomed PERTH

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 December 1920 · page 5

The State steamer Kwinana, Tring alongside Carnarvon jetty, is afire with the flames beyond control. THe fire broke cut in the coal…

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"Leg Theory" Parkin Switches Mailey, the Wrecker LONDON, Thursday NIght

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 December 1920 · page 1

Fender cables that Parkin will drop the leg the[?] continuing the policy he adopted after tea on the fourth day of the first test and bowling at the off…

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