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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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A Broken Hawser Crew's Perilous Experience Steamer Beached SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 2

The crew of a small Government ves-sel had a perilous experience at Ricamond River Heads on Saturday afternoon. The steamer Nerquis, belonging to…

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Aberdeen Liner Ashore. London

Daily Observer · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 1

As the result of a collision during a fog, the Marathon was beached off Dungeness. The passengers were rescued…

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Gas on Schooner. Three-Men-Suffocated. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 1

While the American schooner King Syrus was lying at Levuka the captain accompanied by the harbor master, went into the fore peak. Both were…

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Schooner's Rough Trip. Sydney to San Francisco. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 1

With topmasts carried away by storms, and manned by a half-starved crew, the schooner W. F. Jowett. arrived at San Francisco from Sydney in 164…

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Steamer Missing. Probably a Hurricane Victim. New York

Daily Observer · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 2

The Spanish steamer Valbanera[?] 800 passengers from Cadiz, was off the Cuban coast on September 5, and is since missing. It is feared she was lost…

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Troopship Ashore. Relieved to be Vedic. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 1

A White Star troopship went ashore in the Orkneys last night. during a gale. Two thousand troops from Russia are reported aboard. Destroyers…

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Melee on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 2

As the result of a brawl on the steamer Indarra yesterday afternoon two members of the crew had to be taken to the hospital and treated for wounds…

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Late Telegrams. Wreck of the Pareora. Terrible Seas. Crew Swept Overboard and Lost. Story of Survivors. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 2

The survivors of the wrecked steamer Pareora arrived at Adelaide, yesterday. They state that the vessel struck the rocks at 4 o'clock on Thursday…

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Norwegian Steamer Lost. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 September 1919 · page 1

The Norwegian steamer Hortenselea turned turtle in a gale off the Tyne. One woman and eight men were lost. Twelve survivors, when rescued, were sitting…

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Wrecked on the Alaskan Coast. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Thursday 25 September 1919 · page 2

Stevenson's schooner Casco was wrecked on the Alaskan coast while carrying a party of gold seekers. No [?] were lost…

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Latest Cable News Italian Pirates. Take Position of Steamer. D'Annunzio Approves. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

Au extraordinary act of piracy is reported in Rome from Trieste. A band of 20 Arditi. volunteers, officers and men; fired of waiting, decided to capture the…

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Schooner Ashore. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 2

The schooner Valmarle, bound from [?]ow Zealand to Melbourne, timber lain, went ashore in a fog on Ninety[?]lle Beach, Victoria. The crew…

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Stranded Steamer. Tambo in Precarious Position. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 4 October 1919 · page 2

A wireless message recoived from Ocean Island States that the steamer Tambo lies.in.an.exposed position, and is in a more serious state than was at…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 October 1919 · page 2

The auxiliary schooner Epi has been wrecked at the New Hebrides. All hands were saved…

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British Steamer Lost. Serious Loss of Life. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Monday 13 October 1919 · page 1

At Archangel 2000 lives were lost in the wreck of an unnamed British ship, according to the Helsinglors press…

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Federal Steamer Breaks Down

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 October 1919 · page 2

The Federal ship Bonowa broke down off Newcastle, and had to be lowed Into port…

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Launch Washed Ashore. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 5

At daylight this morning a fishing [?] with its owners, Kingsley and Williams, on board, was washed ashore seven miles south of Moruya Heads. The…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 October 1919 · page 2

The steamer Kahu oprang a leak off the New Zealand coast and was beached in a sinking condition. The passengers. crew and mails are safe…

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Wreck on Goodwins. Lifeboat's Heroic Rescue. All-night Battle. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 2

High gales and coastal storms sent three ships aground on the Goodwins, Two were re-floated and tugged off undamaged. The Ramsgate lifeboat…

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Lake Steamer Wrecked. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 2

Ten persons, were drowned when a lake steamer foundered in a storm off Muskcgon, Lake Michigan…

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