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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Cargo Steamer Ashore

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

A message from Wellington, N.Z., states that the cargo steamer Port Elliott went ashore at Bast Cape. The vessel was holed bodly on grounding…

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Latest Wires "Steamer Moolton"

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 1

The P. O. Company's 21,000 to a liner, 'Mooltan' largest lines ever seen in Australian waters was [?] Circular [?] before [?]…

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Idle German Steamer

North West Champion · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 2

The German steamer, Irauri, which has been, idle in Sydney Harbour for over a month owing to the strike of the crew, sailed last night for…

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Latest Cables. Steamer Sunk London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 2

A Reuter's message states that the Dutch steamer Abbekirk, bound from Antwerp to Australia, collided with a Dutch auxiliary vessel. The latter…

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Story of a Wreck. Terrible Suffering

Manilla Express · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 1

The inquest on a sailor who died on a ketch wrecked recently on the Goodwin Sands, was most pathetic, owing to public…

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Steamer Sunk

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 2

The Japanese steamer Toko Fukuma[?] from Bremen to Japan, was sunk in a collision with the German Steamer Heindle in a fig…

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The Wreckage of Little Towns. And Drift to the City

Manilla Express · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 3

Another point has been scored for the N.S.W. policy of depressing and depopulating the little towns so that their industries may…

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Steamer Ashore. Total Wreck Feared

North West Champion · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 2

Wireless messages received last night stated that the North Coast Company's steamer, Tintinbar, of 668 tons, which is under charter to the…

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Ashore at Newcastle Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

The Union Company's steamer Wathemo, with 8000 tons of coal for N. Zealand, drifted on to the Newcastle breakwater early yesterday owing to…

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New Federal Steamer Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 2

The Australian Commonwealth freighter, Ferndale, will be launched this afternoon by Mrs. Earle Page…

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Saving a Steamer

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 2

Mr. Justice Street, in the Admiralty Court, delivered judgment in the sa[?]vage application by J. and A. Brown and the crew of the tug Champion…

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Steamer's Mail Pillaged

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 7 July 1924 · page 3

During the voyage of the s.s. Watmana from Liverpool to Now Zealand, tho mail bags were pillaged, while others were extensively damaged by…

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Steamer Aground

North West Champion · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 2

A wooden coastal steamer went aground at Macquarie Heads yesterday with a cargo of coal from Newcastle. The vessel is the White Bay,…

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Boycotted Steamer Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 2

The steamer Port Lyttelton, which has been held up in Sydney harbour, since February 15 by the Labor Unions boycott sailed on Saturday…

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Steamer Sails. After Union Boycott

North West Champion · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 2

The Steamer, Pt. Littleton, which has been held up in Sydney Harbour, since February 15 by the Labour Unions' boycott, sailed on Saturday…

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Ketch Foundered The Cook Loses His Life SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

The survivors of the ill-fated Ketch Elsie navies, which foundered in Bass Strait on Thursday night and one of the crew drowned, reached Sydney…

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Blown Ashore The Mulluria Floated Off SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

The steamer Milluna, which was blown as here at Port Kembla, came Off last night. There is only slight damage…

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To-day's Wires. Missing Steamer. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 2

A Wellington (N.Z.) message states that all hope is abandoned of there being any survivors from the missing steamer Ripple. The searching…

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Steamer Lost No One to tell the Tale SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 1

been abandoned of there being any survivors from the missing steamer "Ripple". The searching steamers found wreckage, but no trace of…

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Schooner Ashore Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 1

News was received in Sydney last night that the wooden schooner, War Lord, 980 tons, had gone ashore at Opoutame; New Zealand. The chances…

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