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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Partially Dismasted. Unlucky Yankee Schooner. Towed Back to Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The schooner W. H. Smith, which left Sydney on Saturday for Tarawa, was sighted this morning by the South Head signal station. The foretop…

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New Cargo Steamer

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 4

The sailing is reported by cable of new cargo steamer Ulmarra from Glasgow for Sydney on Friday. The new vessel will make the voyage out…

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Fire in Steamer's Hold

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A fire occurred in the hold of the steamer Koiri in Sydney harbor last night, among Tasmanian produce cargo. The fire was…

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Cooks Displeased. Steamer May Be Hung Up

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There were persist out rumours in industrial circles to-day that delay may occur in the despatch of the steamer Niagara for Vancouver on…

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Mutiny on Steamer. Stowaways Control Ship. Wireless Aids Arrests

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Monday.—Responding to wireless requests the police boarded the steamer Taibutuaru on her arrival and arrested nine mutineers. Twenty-nine…

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Angry Gales Sweep England and the Sea. Vessels Wrecked and Rivers Run Like Torrents

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. --Gales blowing at 70 miles an hour are raging in many districts in Britain, and even the Cunard liner Berengaris is storm bound off the…

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Gales on English Coast. Several Ships Wrecked. Cunard Liner Stormbound

Northern Star · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Galea, 70 miles an hour, are raging in many districts of Britain. Even the Cunard liner Berengaria is stormbound off the Isle of Wight. A…

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Adrift in Open Boat. Tragedy of the North Sea. Steamer Sunk in Collision

Northern Star · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A trawler landed at Lowestoft six members of the crew of the steamer Echo after they had been 14 hours adrift in an open boat in the North Sea…

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Heavy Seas. Wrecks and Casualties

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Banffshire encountered n terrific hurricane in the British Channel). At the height of the storm a fire broke out in the…

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The Mighty Sea Gale of 120 Miles an Hour. Storm Tears up the Beach and Reveals Old Time Wreck

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. --The Banffshire encountered a terrific hurricane in the British Channel to-day. At the height of the storm a fire broke out in…

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Steamer's Rough Passage. Caught in a Cyclone

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—It, is reported that the steamer Rana had a narrow escape from destruction on the voyage from Suva to Sydney. For two days the vessel was hove…

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Starving at Sea. Schooner's Long Voyage

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 1

Grim talcs of the sou were related when the American schooner, W. H. Smith, anchored in Double Day (Sydney) from San Francisco, by way of…

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Chinese Stowaways. in a Steamer's Bunker Tunnel

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Twenty Chinese stowaways, were found in the bunker tunnels on the steamer Houtman, which arrived yesterday from the East. One…

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Schooner Gutted. Cargo of Copra Lost

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The American school er Defiance was recently gutted by fire in the Solomons Group while laden wtih copra for San Francisco…

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The Wrecked 'Plane

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Clark, late of Tweed Heads, who is now in business with Captain Percival in the "Percival Commercial Air Lines," in a letter to a friend…

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Schooner Burned. Rescuing Steamer Wrecked

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—Some remarkable reports are in circulation in shipping circles concerning the loss of the American wooden four-masted schooner…

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American Schooner Destroyed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

The story of the destruction, by fire, of "the small American schooner Defiance, at Faisi, in the Solomon Islands, was brought to Sydney by the…

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Steamer Ashore. S.o.s. Call for Help. Answered by Jap. Vessel

Northern Star · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday,—"Word was received in Sydney to-day stating the steamer Mindini wes ashore on Mellish reef in the Solomon Islands in a perilous position. All the…

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Smallpox. Steamer Under Quarantine

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—A case of small-pox occurred on the steamer Eastern on the voyage from Japan, to Australia The steamer is proceeding under…

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Run Amok on a Steamer

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

A brawl on the steamer Bardio culminated in two members of the crow appearing at the Central Police Court on the charge of disorderly conduct…

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