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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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Dunbar Wreck And Disastrous Floods OF 64 Years Ago

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 7

Two disastrous events which occurred in New South Wales on August 20, 1857. will never be effaced from memory. They are remembered by those…

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Dirigible Exlpodes Fatal End to Test Trip Six Out of 50 Saved Wreckage in the Humber Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 1

A dirigible which was making a test trip from England to American, exploded and broke in half. The week fell into the Humber. Only two people were saved out of 50 on board…

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Bank Wreckers £4,000,000 Involved

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Wednesday Night. The spurious stock transactions and promotions schemes at Chicago, totalling 20,000,000 dollars—about…

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Canadian Importer Wreck Off Oregon "Can Hold Out for a Week" VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 1

The steamer Canadian Importer, en route from Vancouver to Melbourne, with a cargo of lumber was wrecked off the Oregon coast. There are…

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Complete Loss Feared Canadian Importer's Fate Captain Turns Away Help Search Reveals Only Wreckage Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 1

Wreckage has been found, and it is frared that the Canadian Importer has foundered, with 23 on board. The Vancouver shipping community shows the keenest anxiety regarding…

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Wrecking the Peace Effort

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 5

There is no doubt as to the meaning of the barbarous programme of the Catholics in Belfast. It is intended by the promoters and the more violent Orange…

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British Lifeboat Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 8

Excellent results have been obtained by the British lifeboat service in the use of tractors in place of horses to launch the boats, but this is only one of several…

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Our Jack Wreck Panic Among Crew Marine Court Inquiry SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 5

The loss of the steamer Our Jack was the subject of inquiry to-day, at the Marine Court. The vessel was abandoned at sea on Juno 26…

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Schooner Cecilia Sudden Burned at Sea. the Crew Rescued. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 4

The five-masted schooner Cecilia Sudden, en route from Newcastle to Callao, with 500 tons of coal, a 50-gallon tank of benzine, and several hundred cases of…

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Dandenong Gale September Wrecks Recalled Memories of 45 YEARS

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 7

Our of the strongest gales ever experienced along the coast of New South Wales occurred 45 years ago—on September 11, 1876. It has ever…

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Large Steamer Leaves Ulysses Dimensions Borehole Bunkering Trade

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 6

The Blue Funnel liner Ulysses left Newcastle this morning after taking in 3100 tons of bunker coal. The big vessel, berthed at Nos. 12…

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Ragged Millionaires Fight to Cross Volga Harrowing Scenes on Steamer Peasants Plot Revenge on Army London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 1

"The Times" special correspondent in a message from the Volga, says that though ragged, half-starved, and terrified with the dangers of hunger…

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Industrial Miners' Council Broken Hill "Wrecks"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 3

The council of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation asked the Government recently what it proposed to do in the cases of members at…

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Queensland Steamer Newcastle Arrival Examined By Doctor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 5

Laden with a cargo of sugar for Melbournt, the Adelaide S.S. Company's interstate trader Tarcoola arrived at Newcastle this morning from…

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Our Jack Wreck Firemen's Evidence Vessel Leaking Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 5

The inquiry into the loss of the steamer Our Jack at Cape Hawke on June 26, when five men were lost, was continued this afternoon at the Court…

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Steamer Wrecked Channel Tragedy London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 6

The British steamer, Southquay, was wrecked off Cherbourg during. Saturday's storm. A raft with two bodies on it was washed ashore at…

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Wreck of a Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5

During a fog the Ostend mail steamer Jan Breydel collided with the Norwegian steamer Selina off the Goodwin Sands. The Selina sank in five minutes, ten of the…

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Wreck of the Cardinia. Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5

The ship Cardinia, which stranded on a coral reef midway between Suva an Levuka, is regarded as a complete wreck. The Government steamer Ranadi…

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Church Triumphant Oppau Wreckage Unrecognisable Dead LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent at Ludwigshafan states that amid the conflicting reports it is gradually becoming possible to reach the actual facts…

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The Columbia River. Wrecked on Sunday Island. Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 4

Captain Neil Murchison, master of the five-masted schooner Columbia River, arrived here yesterday in an open boat, in which he had travelled 750 miles, and…

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