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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Lost Her Rudder. Missing Schooner Safe. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2

The captain of the steamer, Wollongbar, passed the missing schooner, Alma Doetel, off the South Solitary yesterday afternoon. She had lost her rudder, but was making…

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Wreckage Ashore SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 2

A quantity of wreekage, including sixty boxes of benzine, was washed ashore at Byron Bay. Other wreekage is reported to have come…

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Wreckage Ashore SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 2

A quantity of wrecknge, including sixty boxes of benzine, was washed ashore at Byron Bay. Other wreckage is reported to have come…

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Industrial Unrest Firemen Object to Hands Being Reduced. Steamer Held Up. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

The firemen on the steamer Zealandia struck work to day as a protest against the action of the Huddart. Parker Company, reducing the number of hands employed on…

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Industrial Unrest Firemen Object to Hands Being Reduced. Steamer Held Up. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

The firemen on the steamer Zealandia struck work to-day as a protest against the action of the Huddart Parker Company, reducing the number of hands employed on…

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Gas Explosion. a Clergyman's Home Wrecked

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 3

An explosion of gas partly wreeked the homo of the Rev. E. D. Walker, Johnstonstreet. Annandale, early on Wednesday morning. Mr. Walker and his family were…

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Gas Explosion. a Clergyman's Home Wrecked

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 3

An explosion of gas partly wrecked the home of the Rev. F. D. Walker, Johnstonstreet. Annandale, early on Wendnesday morning. Mr. Walker and his family were…

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Accidents at Central Station. Engines Collide and Carriage Wrecked. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

News has just leaked out that a collision between engines at the Central Railway station occurred yesterday morning. Both were thrown from the rails, but…

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Accidents at Central Station. Engines Collide and Carriage Wrecked. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

News has just leaked out that a col[?]n between engines at the Central Railway station occurred yesterday morning. Both were thrown from the rails, but…

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Smallpox on Steamer. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

A further outbreak of smallpox has occurred among the crow of the steamer Baralong, which is quarantined at Sydney. It is reported that four fresh cases were…

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Smallpox on Steamer. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

A further outbreak of smallpox has occurred among the crow of the steamer Baralong, which is quarantined at Sydney. It is reported that four fresh cases were…

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Echo of Tripoli War. Italy Fined for Seizing French Steamer. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 2

The Arbitration Court, sitting at The Hague, fined Italy £5,400 for seizing the French steamer, Carthage, during the Tripoli war…

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Echo of Tripoli War. Italy Fined for Seizing French Steamer. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 2

The Arbitration Court, sitting at The Hague, fined Italy £5,400 for seizing the French steamer, Carthage, during the Tripoli war…

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Steamer Wrecked On New Zealand Coast. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 2

The Tyser steamer Indrabarrah was wreeked during the night on the Mantwatn Coast N.Z. No lives wore lost. The vessel is now a…

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Steamer Wrecked. On New Zealand Coast. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 2

The Tyser steamer Indrabarrah was wreck. ed during the night on the Mantwatu Coast N.Z. No lives were lost. The vessel is now a…

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Wreck off New Zealand Coast. Probably Uninjured Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 2

Later particulars in respect of the grounding of the steamer Indraba[?] on the New Zealand coast show that there is every possibility of the vessel…

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Steamer on the Bar. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

The steamer Coommonderry went aground inside the BAr on a sand spit white attempting to cross out at Naroomw, on the South Coast this morning…

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Steamer on the Bar. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

The steamer Coom[?] west aground inside the Bar on a s[?] spit [?] ing to cross out at Narooma, on the South Coast this morning…

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Cruiser Ashore. LONDON,Monday

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

A Portuguese cruiser is ashore near Hong Kong.A British vessel is standing by. The crew of the cruiser were rescued…

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Cruiser Ashore. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

A Portuguese cruiser is ashore near Hong Kong. A British vessel is standing by. The crew of the cruiser were rescued…

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