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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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U Boats' American Toll. Another Steamer Sunk. Melbourne

Daily Observer · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 2

The American Consul at Melbourne forwards the following wireless message from Honolulu. Washington advises that a neutral…

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Mail Steamer Collides. Fatal Explosion. South African Minister's Escape. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 2

The South African mail steamer Kenilworth Castle, homeward bound, with over 300 passengers, including Mr. H. Burton, South African Minister for…

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Schooner in Trouble. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 June 1918 · page 2

The American schooner, Betsy Rose, bound from Melbourne to San Francisco, with a cargo of wheat, put into Port Jackson yesterday, in distress…

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American Blockade. Norwegian Steamer Submarined. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 10 June 1918 · page 2

A Vancouver message says: The Norwegian steamer Vinland was submarined off the Virginia coast…

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Steamer Torpedoed. Crew's Intrepid Action. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 2

A Belfast message says: A steamer from England readied tins port in a sinking condition. A submarine fired three torpedoes and missed the steamer…

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Ison's Pictures. "Out of the Wreck."

Daily Observer · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 6

"Out of the Wreck" was written especially for Miss Williams by Maud E. [?]orsan, and was told to the author by a prominent attorney as the inside history…

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Island Steamer Ashore. Tug Sent to Rescue. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 2

The Island steamer MaKambo, is reported ahsore at Lord Howe Island. Her position is such as to necessitate the despatch from Sydney of the tug…

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Burned at Sea. Schooner From Sydney Destroyed. San Francisco

Daily Observer · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 2

Alter 14 days in an open boat on the Pacific, 14 people from the five-masted schooner Crescent, landed late on Sunday. The Crescent was burned 1500…

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Concrete Steamer. Sydney, Friday, 9 a.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 5

The Sydney consulting engineer, Mr. W. F. Marshall, has completed arrangements regarding the building of a concrete steamer…

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Steamer Wimmera Mined. in Australian Waters. Becomes Total Wreck. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 29 June 1918 · page 2

The enemy mines have accounted for another Australian steamer in home waters. The Wimmera, of the Huddart Parker line while on…

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Commonwealth Ship Wrecked. Captain and Two Men Missing. MELBOURNE

Daily Observer · Wednesday 3 July 1918 · page 5

The ship, John (Murray, has been wrecked on Malcon Island, in the Pacific. All the crew, excepting the master and two men are safe…

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Missing Boy on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 8 July 1918 · page 2

A commotion was caused in police circles in Melbourne yesterday when, acting on a message received, a constable went out in a fishing boat and…

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Steamer Overdue. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 11 July 1918 · page 2

The steamer Kenkon Maru, which left Sydney on Saturday, has not yet reached Melbourne. She is believed to be sheltering along the coast from the…

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Steamer Malachite. Ashore Near Port Kembia. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

The steamer Malachite went ashore on the rocks off Red Point, Port Kelbla, last night, while on a voyage from Queensland to Port Kembla, with over 2000 tons…

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Steamer Induna Sunk. Buenos Ayres

Daily Observer · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 2

The 4000 ton British steamer Induna has been sunk in a collision. The crew were saved…

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Shipwrecked Crews Returned. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 2

A ship left a Canadian port last Saturday to bring from Maiden Island to Australia the crews of the wrecked ships John Murray and Annie…

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Steamer Sinks Fishing Boat. Two Occupants Drowned. MELBOURNE

Daily Observer · Monday 22 July 1918 · page 2

The steamer Leura ran into and sank the fishing boat Ivy Florence, three miles from the north-west channel Pile light in Hobson's Bay, last night…

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Another Steamer Torpedoed. Only Eight Survivors. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 July 1918 · page 2

The Acting Minister for the Navy announce this afternoon that news had been received that the steamer Southborough had been torpedoed in European…

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Patriotic Scenes on a Ferry Steamer

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 1

"Fellow Australians and Britishers!" The passengers in the smoking cabin of the 7.45 ferry steamer from Manly to Sydney this morning (says…

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New Zealand Steamer Sunk. All Hands Saved. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 2

The New Zealand Naval Adviser reports that the Union Company's steamer Waitemata has been Blink in European waters. All hands were safely landed…

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