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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Heavy Rain at Byron Bay. a Motor Boat Wrecked

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

BYRON BAY, Thursday.—Heavy rain continues. There has been no abatement since Monday. The total fall up to 9 o'clock this morning was 560 points. Heavy…

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Wrecked Aeroplane. Pilot Killed. PARIS

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 3

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

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Steamer on Fire. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 3

A cable received in Sydney says that the cargo steamer Marne, while on a Voyage to Australia from New York, caught fire and sunk in the Panama…

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The Year's Wrecks

Northern Star · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

The return of all wrecks and other shipping casualties, resulting in loss of life off the New South Wales coast during 1910, has been issued by the Superintendent of…

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Telegrams. a Steamer Refloated. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

The steamer Taiynah, which ran on the Wekie Reef has been successfully floated and has resumed her voyage. It is reported that she is undamaged…

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Ashore at the Bellinger. S.S. Gunbar in Difficulties. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

The North Coast Company's steamer Gunbar is ashore on the North Spit at the entrance to the Bellinger River. According to a telegram received by…

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d'ANNUNZIO in the Role of Pirate. a Steamer Seized. ROME

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

The "Messaggero's" Trieste correspondent states that the steamer Taranto, conveying supplies and 2,000,000 lire for Italian troops in Albania, was…

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Steamer Sold. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. — Spanish buyerssecured the River Clyde for £11,500 at auction.•…

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Schooner in a Gale

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday—During a gale in the Bass Straits the schooner Abemama lost her sails and muck of lier deck cargo…

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Robbery on Steamer

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The captain of the steamer Miltades reported to the Melbourne detectives that the vessel's strong room had been robbed while at Bombay and £950 in…

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S.S. Berrima Ashore. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 3

The s.s. Berrima is ashore near Dover. Tugs failed to refloat her. All the Berrima's passengers were landed at Margate…

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A Steamer Stranded. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The steamer Berrima has been stranded on the Dover sands and attempts to refloat her have failed…

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Barque Ashore. Adelaide

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Several boats are hurrying to the assistance, of a large French barque; the Boieldieu, which went ashore two miles from Corney lighthouse, with a…

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Ferry Steamer Damaged

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The ferry steamer Kummulla crashed into the stone wall at Circular Quay. The impact was severe, a large hole being made in the vessel's bow…

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Another Mail Steamer Involved. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

The shipping strike extended to an[?]her mail steamer this afternoon, when the engineers of the Orient liner In-darra gave 24 hours' notice of their…

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People Removed From Stranded Steamer New York

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 3

32 passengers and 28 of the crew of the stranded steamer Princess Anne were taken off by police boats. 44 of the crew were left aboard. The…

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Commonwealth Shipbuilding. Steamer Dumosa Completed Mooring Trials. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 3

Mr. Poynton, Minister-in-Charge of Commonwealth Shipbuilding, stated today that the steamer Dumosa had completed satisfactory mooring trials and…

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Steamer Held up at Cairns. Demand for Flour. BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 3

A message from Cairns states that when the steamer Victoria arrived yesterday carrying mails and passengers, and intending to load cargo for China,…

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The Mail Steamer Theft

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

Mystery still surrounds the disappearance of £950, in British Treasury and Bank of England notes from the Miltiades. While the vessel…

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Industry Wreckers. Broken Hill Extremists in Action. Broken Hill

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the A.M.A. was held yesterday. Business arose out of a decision of the Silverton Tramway Employees' Union to move concentrates from…

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