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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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New Steamer Launched. Mr. Holman Counted Out. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

The steamer Dumbula was launched at Cockatoo Island this afternoon in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering. The ceremony of naming the…

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Under League of Nations' Flag First Steamer at Sydney. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 2

The steamer Ypiranga, formerly a German liner, entered Sydney Harbor flying the new ensign of the League of Nations this afternoon. This is the…

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Schooner Seriously Overdue. Sydney

Daily Observer · Wednesday 16 July 1919 · page 2

The schooner K. H. Hall is considerably overdue at. Melbourne from Sydney. Considerable anxiety is felt regarding tier safety…

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Telegrams. Trouble on a Steamer. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 July 1919 · page 2

Trouble took place on board the steamer Prinzessin in the harbor last night. Eleven of the crew and fire men and seamen quarrelled with the…

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Queensland Relief Steamer. Sydney

Daily Observer · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 1

The steamer, Llewellyn, belonging to the Queensland Government, has beenmissing since July 17. She left Rockhampton on July 16, with foodstuffs for…

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Episode on a Steamer. Sydney

Daily Observer · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 1

Further light was thrown on, the episode on the steamer Prinzessin, when the ship's doctor, Dr. G. L. Aspinall, and a girl passenger, were charged at…

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New Steamer for North Coast

Daily Observer · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 1

The N.C.S.N. Company's Tambar, a modern twin-screw steamer of 300 tons and draught Sft. 3in., made its first trip to the Tweed on Friday night. She dis-…

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Wreckage Found. Is it from the Liewellyn? SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 1

A quantily of wreckage, believed to be from the missing steamer Liewellyn, has been discovered by the launch Flerant, near Mackay…

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Missing Steamer Llewellyn. Wreckage Discovered. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 1

The Marine Department, Brisbsine, has received advice from the Auxiliary Ketch Florant, which is searching for the missing steamer Llewellyn,…

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Steamer Burnt Wauchope Destroyed at Portsea. All Aboard Saved. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

While the steamer Wauchope was proceeding from Melbourne to Tasmania which passengers and cargo, manned by a loyalist crew, a fire was discovered…

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Foundered Tuggerah. Claims for Compensation. Owners Consent to Verdicts. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

The claims of £500 under the Work­men's Compensation Act were placed before the District Court, to-day, in connection with the foundering of the steamer…

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Looting at Liverpool. Property Pillaged Wholesale Wreckage Strewn Streets. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 2

There was looting at Liverpool and Birkenhead, consequent upon the police strike, on a widespread scale. Some of the streets looked as though they had…

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Steamer Ashore. Sydney

Daily Observer · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 6

The steamer Arapawa is a shore at Waitara Dar, New caland. So far all efforts to float her have been unsucessful…

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Chased by Lions and Tigers. Lively Scenes on Steamer. "A Rest Cure." LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 1

The "Times" New York correspondent wires: Mr. Scott Hayes, son of the late President Hayes, was ordered as a rest cure a voyage to South America…

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Death of Schooner's Mate. Convicted Man's Appeal Dismissed. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

Charles [?] the sailor who was sentenced to-ten years penal servitude for having caused the death of Patrick Clutch, second mate of the schooner…

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Steamer for Queensland. Request to Man Turned Down. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 August 1919 · page 2

A Melbourne message states, that a suggestion that the seamen should man a steamer to carry 10,000 tons of cargo to Queensland, on account of the…

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Foreign Hotels Wrecked. Soldiers' Riot at Boulder. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 2

Soldiers wrecked the foreign hotels at Boulder City, West Australia, last night. A Government proclamation has been Issued closing all the gold fields…

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A Sea Mystery. Message from Missing Schooner. Authenticity Doubled. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 1

Fremantle reports that a mysterious message was picked up on North Fremantle Beach in a cocoa tin. It reads: The schooner Alto is…

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Attempt to Sink Steamer. Outrage at Brisbane. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 1

An attempt was made to sink the steamer Porpoise at the wharf at South Brisbane. The ship was being loaded for Mackay, and when the engineer went…

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Schooner Rammed and Sunk. Seven Lives Lost . VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 2

Halifax reports that. the schooner Francis A. was rammed and sunk by the [?] Lordownshire. Seven lives were lost…

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