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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Suspected Smallpox. Dutch Mail Steamer Quarantined. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

The steamer Roggeveen, which arrived in port this morning, was quarantined at Noumea, and a suspected case of smallpox was removed from the…

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Disastrous Wreck. London

Daily Observer · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

The steamer Great Clive was lost on the Goodwins. There is only one survivor from a crew of 32…

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Engineers Hold Up Steamer. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 2

The engineers of the steamer Eastern refused to proceed yesterday, and the ship is help up. The agents claim this to be a distinct breach of their…

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Scapa Sinkings. Wrecks to be Blown Up. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

Admiralty salvage workers have carried out extensive soundings at Scapa Flow. It is reported that the Allied Commission, guided hy results, has…

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Trouble on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 1

Percy Bolton, James Begbie, and Jack Thompson, engineers of the steamer Eastern, were again before the police court on a charge of having refused…

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The Latest Steamer Founders. Crew Rescued with Difficulty. London

Daily Observer · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

Thee [?] bound to West Africa from France, was damaged by a gale, and when returning to port, struck a sunk leadline in a raging sea…

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General Cable News. Storms in Britain. Another Disastrous Wreck on Coast. LONDON, Monday

Daily Observer · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

wild. weather continues on the coast of Britain. The steamer Treveal, from Calcutta, was stranded off Weymouth, and broke…

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Shipping Mystery. Missing Steamer Leaves no Trace. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

The reported loss of the steamer Principessa has mystified Europe, and caused great distress in the Argentine where the bulk of the passengers…

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Lost Steamer Afrique. Survivor's Graphic Story. London

Daily Observer · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The Ceylon landed a considerable number of the Afrique's passengers. Others were beached near Rochefors. A survivor slates that, the liner struck…

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General Cable News. Sunken Afrique. Survivors Still Turning Up. Another Wreck Denied. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

The Afrique, while making for the open sea, was compelled to pass over an elevation on the sea bed known as the Plateau of Derochebonne, a rocky,…

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Steamer Afrique

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

33 survivors have been saved out of the 000 on board the steamer Afrique. No women and children are amongst the rescued…

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Aeroplane Wreck. London

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

A new Blerlot aeroplane constructed to carry 25 passengers in the London service, was wrecked in the preliminary trial in France. The pilot…

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Steamer-seized Rome

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 2

A message from Trieste states that the steamer Taranto, conveying supplies and two million lire, for the Italian troops in Albania, has been seized…

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Steamer Stranded. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 2

The steamer Gumtar is stranded on the north spit, at the Bellinge River…

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Steamer Berrima Stranded. London

Daily Observer · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. The steamer Berrima is stranded on the Dover sands. Attempts to refloat her failed. (United Service.)…

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Ferry Steamer Hits Quay. Sydney

Daily Observer · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

The ferry steamer Kummulla crashed into the stone wall at Circular quay to-day. The impact was severe, a large hole being made in the vellel's bow…

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Steamer Captain Drugged. Robbery on Miltiades. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

Captain Williams of the steamer Mitlades from which vessel's strong room Treasury notes valued at £952 were stolen, states that he was drugged in…

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Influenza Steamer. Released from Quarantine. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 1

After undergoing a week's quarantine the steamer Bremen was released this morning, and the passengers landed…

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Relief Steamer for Rabaul. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

The Institute of Marine Engineers has decided to man the steamer Induna in order to enable the vessel to proceed to Rabaul and ports with food stuffs…

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Wreck of Afrique

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 6

The Correspondent of "The Times" at Paris reports that the wireless open for on the Afrique went down with the ship…

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