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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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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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Missing Schooner's Crew. Anxiety as to Fate. Men Picked Up. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 1

So much anxiety was felt this morning by Mr. Gibson, signal-master at South Head, as to the fate of the captain of the derelict schooner Inea, together with his…

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Stewards' Strike. Shipping Hold-up. Other Unions' Support. Request to Commandeer Steamer. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 2

There will be an immediate dislocation of traffic between Australian ports and New Zealand if the stewards' strike, is not settled to-day. The mail…

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Stealing From Steamer. Watchman Sentenced. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 2

Alfred Dickson, a watchman, was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment with hard labor without the option of a One. on the charge of stealing five pairs…

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Fitting English Steamer. Obliged to Go to Germany. London

Daily Observer · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 2

The Themistecles called for Hamburgrin order to fit up third class accommodation for emigrants to Australia. This is owing to the impossibility of…

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