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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Missing Schooner. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 2

There is still no news of the missing schooner Amelia J…

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Missing Schooner

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 2

The Tasmanian Government steamer Melbourne, with a seaplane aboard, has been prepared for a long cruise, and will search for the missing…

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Missing Schooner. Aerial Searchers also Missing. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 2

The Tasmanian Government steamer Melbourne, with a seaplane aboard, has been prepared for a long cruise, and will search for the missing schooner…

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Late Telegrams. Missing Schooner. Further Signals Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 4 October 1920 · page 2

A wireless message from the steamship Melbourne reports-that no news has been received of the schooner Amelia J. Further signals have been seen in…

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Mine Sweeper Ashore. But Floated Off. SYDNEY, Monda

Daily Observer · Tuesday 5 October 1920 · page 1

The Navy Department has received word that the mine-sweeper Geranium struck a rock, and grounded on the north-west coast of Australia. It…

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Wrecked Schooner Found. Sydney

Daily Observer · Wednesday 6 October 1920 · page 2

Word has reached Auckland from Suva that the wreck of the schooner has been found bottom up on the reef. There is no sign of life in the vicinity…

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Missing Schooner. Search Abandoned. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 2

The steamer Melbourne has practically abandoned the search for the schooner Amelia J. The vessel wirelessed today that she was making for Sydney…

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Wreckage Found. Sydney

Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 2

A quantity of wreckage was found by fishermen near Port Wakefield[?] South Australia. It included two hatch covers, a galley door and timber. The…

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Bolshevik Plots. Attempt to Seize Steamer. Leaders Arrested. TOKIO

Daily Observer · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 2

The steamer Symbirsk, lying at Nagasaki, was the scene of a Bolshevik uprising when 50 members of the crew attempted to scize the vessel The…

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Murder at Tullamore. Police Wreck Sinn Fein Shops. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 2

One of six police victims in Ireland yesterday was murdered in particularly atrocious circumstances. He was coming out of his house at Tullamore when…

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Fight on a Steamer SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 November 1920 · page 2

Caste hatred was the cause of a fight between two sections of the Asiatic crew aboard the P. and O. steamer Palma at Woolloomooloo Bay…

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Late Telegrams. Fight on Steamer. Afghans and Punjabis Disagree. General Riot. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 8 November 1920 · page 2

Caste hatred was the cause of a fight between two sections of the 'Asiatic crew aboard the P. and O. steamer Palma at Woolloomooloo Bay late…

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Pankhurst Example. Prohibitionist Wrecks Hotel Bar. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1920 · page 2

Declaring that Mrs. Pankhurst got votes for women by breaking the windows of Parliament House, a London Prohibitionist set out to smash up all…

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Irish War. Cork Steamer Held Up. Rich Booty Captured. Mannix's Triumphal Progress. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 13 November 1920 · page 1

The latest developments in Ireland are river pirates, who in three rowing boats held up a Cork steamer at Queenstown. They took [?]500 and goods worth…

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Big Steamer Burned. Loss of £50,000. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Monday 15 November 1920 · page 2

The Niagara's passengers, arriving early yesterday morning witnessed a spectacular pier fire, when the steamer Ballena was burned. The loss is…

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Reported Wreck. London

Daily Observer · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 1

It is reported that the Messageries Maratimes steamer Sphinx, bound for Marseilles with several hundred passengers, struck a mine. The report is not…

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Steamer Wrecked Heavy Loss of Life. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Thursday 2 December 1920 · page 2

A Seattle message says: The steamer Pirrie, with a crow of 27. was lost in a great storm off Cape Flattery. Two living sailors were washed ashore on a…

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Steamer Held Up. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 2

The steamer Katoomba was held up at Fremantle owing to the fact that 12 firemen were missing, duo to their having had a disagreement with the engineer…

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The Storm. More Rain and Floods. Cottages Destroyed. Steamer's Thrilling Time. Two Days Off Heads. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 2

The cyclonic features of the storm have disappeared, but the seas along the coast are still high. Rain is falling copiously. The Manly ferries were…

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Schooner Picked Up

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 2

The five-masted American schooner Inca, which was bound for Sydney from Eureeka laden with timber, was picked up by the steamer Cosmos in…

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