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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Heavy Winds Danish Steamer Damaged. Chief Officer Seriously Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3

AUCKLAND, (N.Z.), Monday.--The Danish steamer Sierra Moraria, which arrived here yesterday, reports having been besot by heavy winds during which the…

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Steamer's Rough Passage Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 4

The steamer Gale encountered boisterous weather in Cook Strait. The cargo got adrift and jammed the steam steering gear. A seaman named Murchinson was struck by…

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Steamer on Fire. in Sydney Harbor. Narrow Escape of Passengers and Crew

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire bloke out on the steamer Canberra, be[?]hed at the King-street wharf. The…

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Mass of Flames Steamer Canberra Catches Fire. Passengers and Crow Have Narrow Escape

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Shortly after 3 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out on the steamer Canberra, which was berthed at the King Street wharf. The…

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Sailors Ashore at Darwin Darwin

Northern Star · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 5

A number of sailors belonging to the warship Geranium amused themselves on Monday night by breaking furniture in a fruit shop and firing revolvers in the streets…

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On the High Horse Morts Dock Men Issue Ultimatum. Refusal to Repair Steamer Hunter

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--The trouble regarding the steamer Hunter is likely to result in the closing down of Mort's Dock on Monday…

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Steamer Re-floated

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The steamer Bermagui was floated into the navigable channel of the Moruya River yesterday…

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Ominous Letter Disappearance of Ketch Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

At an inquiry hold by the Marine Court to-day concerning the disappearance of the kotch Lialecta, a letter was read which was written by John Bell, leading hand of the…

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Steamer Goes Ashore

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A message from Newcastle states that the steamer Wallarah went ashore at Catherine Hill Bay late this afternoon. Tugs…

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Steamer Runs Ashore Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 5

A message from Newcastle states the steamer Wallarah went ashore at Catherine Hill Bay late this afternoon. Tugs have been despatched to the vessel…

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Steamer Re-floated

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamer Wallarah, which went ashore at Newcastle yesterday afternoon, has been re-floated…

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Incident on Steamer Fremantle

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 7

The steamer Barrabool which arrived at Fremantle on Saturday brought 904 passengera including 523 assisted immigrants and 150 returned members of the Seamen's Union…

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Overdue Schooner

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday.—The schooner H. K. Hall is now 112 days out from Newcastle, bound for Caliope, and as no word of the vessel…

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Ketch Crescent Safe

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.- The ketch Crescent, for whose safety considerable anxiety was entertained ha[?] been reported safe from Eden…

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Steamer in Cyclone

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The steamer Naldera, which arrived to-day from London, struck a cyclone while of the coast at the week-end The waves…

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Industrial Wreckers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Senator Pearce, replying to a message from the secretary of the Trades Hall in Perth condemning the proposals of the…

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Master Mind Gone Crash of the Stinnes Enterprises Little Saved From the Wreck

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday. The "Daily Chronicle's correspondent in Berlin, says that when Herr Hugo Stinnes, the great industrial magnate, died, he…

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Entombed in Mine Rothbury Disaster Deputy Feared Dead Explosion Wrecks Pit Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

As the result of an explosion at Rothbury Colliery, near Cessnock, a deputy is entombed, and it is feared will not be rescued alive. Men from the…

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"Industrial Wreckers."

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 5

Senator Pearce (Minister for Home and Territories), replying to a message from the secretary of the Trades Hall, Perth, condemning the proposals of the…

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Steamer Abandoned

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The small steamer Awaroa has been abandoned on the rocks near Wilson's Promontory. The crew was taken off safely…

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