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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 17

A Ketch Disappears

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--On April 9, the 82 ton ketch Laileeta left Spencer's Gulf, South Australia, laden with barley, and bound for Melbourne. N[?]…

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Schooner in Trouble Adelaide

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 5

The auxiliary schooner Kermandie put into Port Adelaide yesterday with her propeller shaft broken. It appears that the vessel was caught in a heavy gale, during which…

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Seaman Killed Auxiliary Schooner Has Rough Time in Gale. Propeller Shaft Broken

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The auxiliary schooner, Kermandie, put into Port Adelaide yesterday with her propellor shaft broken. It appears the…

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Schooner Goes Under

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The- loss is reported off Suva that the schooner Moonah. The crew was saved…

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An Overdue Ketch Fears Felt for the Safety of the Lialeeta. Thirty Days' Overdue

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The schooner Lialeeta is now 30 days out from Balgowan, Spencer Gulf, South Australia. The vessel left on April 11 for…

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A Missing Ketch

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday. Shipping circles are not optimistic concerning the missing ketch Laleeta. The authorities are of opinion that it would…

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Fate of Missing Ketch Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

Shipping circles are not optimistic concerining the missing ketch Laileeta. They are of the opinion that it would be useless to send a vessel in search, as it is 40 days…

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SEARCH FOr Ketch Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

The destroyer Taamnnimi and a seaplane were despatched from Melbourne yesterday morning to search for the missing kotch Lialeeta, now 42 days overdue from…

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All Holds Leaking. Steamer Byrena Aground

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—With all her holds leaking, the Anglo-Saxon Petrol-[?] Company's steamer Byrena is aground 600 yards from the beach at…

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Lifeboats Wrecked Crews Perish in Storm (Reuter) LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

A message from Quimper (Finisterre, France) states that two lifeboats when went to the assistance of two small vessels in a violent storm were smashed by the great…

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Damage by Storms. Houses Wrecked and Unroofed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—General rain has fallen throughout New South Wales, and a recurrence of stormy conditions around Sydney took place early…

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Serious Floods. Disaster in Southern Districts. Several Persons Drowned. Towns Isolated and Houses Wrecked

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

SYDNEY. Friday.—Reports of loss of life and enormous damage to properly are still pouring in from the southern districts…

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Southern Floods. Steamer Washed Into Swimming Pool

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 7

The river at Burreninek is four feet six inches above summer level. At Gundagai the police resumed a Chinese gardener from the roof of his house…

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Stranded Steamer Refloated

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The steamer Iron Baron, which went ashore last week at Newcastle, has been refloated…

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Steamer Sold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

The coastal steamer Ballengarra, which had been running on the coast under the Cai[?] flag, has been sold for the [?] has been…

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Short Lived Liberty Escapees Recaptured. Steamer Journey from Brisbane to Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:—Detectives boarded the steamer Kanowna on her arrival from Brisbane to-day and after a search, discovered a man in a…

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By Wide and Cable a Missing Schooner

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 3

WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Saturday.-- The schooner, Maroro,, now 43 days out from Newcastle en route to Gisbourne, was last sighted off East Cane when…

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Schooner's Rough Passage

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.--An Auckland message states that the overdue schooner, Maroro, arrived at Gisborne last night from Newcastle after a…

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Four Days in a Lifeboat

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.--Captain Harry Mack, an Australian, has related a thrilling wreck story at Londonderry. He said that the Reliant, of 1000 tons,…

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Schooner's Battle with Sea Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 4

An Auckland message states that the overdue schooner Maroro arrived at Gisborne last night from Newcastle after a voyage of 45 days. She encountered heavy weather, her…

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