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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Houses Wrecked by Storm

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 5

WINGHAM, Thursday.—A cyclonic storm, accompanied by hail, passed over part of the Upper Manning district yesterday evening…

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Reform Delayed Labour's Aspirations Wrecked Effect of Communism

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. E. J. Holloway, secretary of the Trades Hall Council, who recently represented the Commonwealth Government at the Labour Conference at…

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Wrecked Wollongbar

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 2
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At the meeting of the Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce, a letter from the three members for Byron was read in respect to the proposal made by the…

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Steamer Kyogle Sold

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Negotiations have been practically finalised for the purchase of the North Coast Coy's steamer Kyogle for the Federal lighthouse service,…

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Steamer Claimed As Prize

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

HONGKONG, Monday—The Kailan Mining Company's chartered steamer Hwahwu, with a cargo of between 5000 and 6000 tons of coal, grounded on the Ninepins, near…

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Wreckage Mystery Solved

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 7

The mystery of the wreckage washed up near Port Stephens, has been solved by the Deputy Superintendent of Navigation (Capt. Sangster), who has…

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Steamer Runs Ashore

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A private cable message received in Sydney to-day states that almost the whole of the cargo of the steamer Armagh has been lost as…

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Steamer Passenger Missing

Northern Star · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Wm. Alnutt, a, picture theatre manager, sailed, for Tasmania on Monday by the Noirama, but when the vessel reached Launeeston he was missing…

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Nervous Wreck Batson's Extradition Secured Confronted with Richard King

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 5

JINGELLIC, Monday.—Claude Batson of Jingellic notoriety, reached Jingellic during a heavy downpour of rain. Had he been in the hills in his exhausted condition in…

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German Steamer Sails

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—After a delay lasting over a month the German steamer Hannover left Sydney last night for Europe…

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Harbor Collision French Steamer Suffers

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A sensational collision occurred at Sydney Heads this morning between the pilot steamer Captain Cook and the French steamer St…

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The Home Wrecker

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

BUDA PEST, Wednesday.—Ludwig Kraus, a professional blackmailer, has been sentenced to two years' gaol. The evidence showed that he made married…

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Steamer Wrecked

Northern Star · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamer Kiltobranks, fully laden, went aground while leaving Shellharbout yesterday, and subsequently became a total wreck. The crew…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--The steamer Kiltobranks, fully laden, went aground while leaving Shellharbor yesterday, and subsequently became a total wreck…

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Apprentices Build Steamer

Northern Star · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Jameson, a 6500 ton steamer built entirely by apprentices owing to the boilermakers' strike in 1923, has been launched from the Tyne for…

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Crashed Into Wharf. Sydney Ferry Steamer

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Crowded with passengers, the ferry steamer Kuramia crashed, bow first, into Milson's Point Wharf. The anchor box and part of…

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Wollongbar Wreck

Northern Star · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 4

Despite the fact that public bodies [?]n Bay have made efforts to have the hulk of the Wollonghar, which was wreked in August, 1921, removed from the beach, it is still…

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Saved 60,000 Lives National Lifeboat Institution

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The National Lifeboat Institution, which has saved 60,000 lives since its establishment, is now celebrating its centenary and hopes…

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Wollongbar Wreck Responsibility for Removal. Nobody Liable

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 2

Ratepayers in Byron Bay have lately been agitating for the removal of the hulk of the wrecked Wollongbar from the foreshore…

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