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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Small Pox. Found on Italian Steamer

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 2

FREMANTLE, Tuesday.--An Italian steamer with smallpox aboard is now heading for Adelaide and has not been quarantined at all…

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Steamer Echunga Sold

Northern Star · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board has sold the steamer Echunga. The name of the purchaser and the price…

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Norwegian Steamer. Suspicious Behaviour Reported

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—Inquiries are being made by the Federal authorities regarding the strange behaviour of the Norwegian steamer Have,…

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American Steamer Held Up (Reuter.) SHANGHAI

Northern Star · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 5

A message from Ichang states that the American steamen Chichuen has been held up by Kweichow militarists. Captain Hawley has been arrested and American…

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Cyclones and Rain Buildings Damaged in Chinchilla. Church Wrecked and Child Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--After a week of intense heat, average 102, a most disastrous cyclone passed over Chinchilla last evening…

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Steamer Quarantined

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Kileredane which arrived at Sydney to-day from Nauru was placed in quarantine following the discovery on board of a suspicious case…

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Steamer Brings Disease

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The steamer Kilcredane, which arrived in Sydney to-day from Nauru, was placed in quarantine, following the discovery on…

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Sea Mystery Boat Washed Ashore

Northern Star · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A motor boat belonging to a fisherman named Jackson was washed ashore at Cape Paterson last night a complete wreek…

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Steamer's Stores Banned

Northern Star · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 5

FBEMANTLE, Thursday.—Capt. Thomas is unable to obtain stores for the steamer Volumnia. Provedores have been notified that if they…

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The World's Greatest Steamer. Career of the "Great Eastern."

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

There is no doubt that the Great Eastern, launched in 1857, is the most famous of all the steamers built during the career of steam navigation…

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Steamer Afire. Serious Damage to the Opawa. Flames Now Under Control

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--The owners of the steamer opawa have received a telegram from Perim stating that the fire which broke out in No.3 hold…

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A Deluxe Tour Large Steamer, to Make Tour of the World. With Complement of Wealthy Americans

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--A well known company of tourist agents has announced that it has chartered the new 20,000 liner, Carinthia, for a…

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North Coast Shipping Disasters. Long List of Wrecks

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

Mr. G. W. Hollingworth writes to the "Daily Telegraph":—The bar at Tweed Heads is an intriguing place, so calm often, with just a line of swelling…

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Blown to Pieces. Fate of an Italian. Building Completely Wrecked

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—A terrific explosion in the Italian quarter at Mourillyan (Queensland) occurred this morning. One man was killed and another…

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Lifeboat Goes Under Seven Rowers Drowned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 6

Seven of the crew of ten of the in Rochelle lifeboat perished, says a message from Paris, in a gale, while attempting to reach the Christina…

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Sculptor's Spite. Wrecks Huge Work of Art After Dismissal

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

Gutzon Borglum, who was superintending the enormous sculpture works at the famous Stone Mountain as a Confederate army memorial in…

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Shipping Disasters. Long List of North Coast Wrecks

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 6

Mr. G. W. Hollingworth writes to the "Daily Telegraph":--The bar at Tweed Heads is an intriguing place, so calm often, with just a line of…

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Steamer Aground

Northern Star · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thursday,—The coastal steamer, Belbowrie, went aground on the bar when coming out of the Clyde River near Bateman's Bay yesterday…

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Round the World Adventure in Open Lifeboat (Beuter) LONDON

Northern Star · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 5

A coastguardsman named Hitchens, three other Cornisbmen and a wireless operator will leave the Thames the first week in May to circumnavigate the world in an…

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Steamer Refloated

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday--The steamer Belbowrie, which went ashore at Bateman's Bay, was refloated yesterday, and proceeded on her voyage…

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