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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

16 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Newspaper Office Wrecked. London

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

A Berlin message states that the top floor of the "Berliner Tagoblatt" of flee collapsed and crashed right through the building. Twenty bodies have…

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Two Aeroplanes Visit Bourke. One Wrecked in Landing. Pilot and Two Others Injured

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 2

On Friday last at about 12.30 p.m. two aeroplanes arrived over the town, having came from Narromine that morning. One was a large passenger…

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A Wreck

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 6

"Haul down the boats" came through to the bushed expectant group in the salon in the stern voice of the Captain. Immediately a great…

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Wrecked on an Island

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 6

Crash! Bang! The great ship gave a lurch. I had just time to look around, the scattered scene before I was knocked almost unconscious by a severe hit…

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Latest Telegrams. Collision in Harbour. Steamer Sunk. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 4

Th[?] Burringbar, from the Rich[?] River, and the vehicular ferry, Benelong, collided in the harbour last night. The ferry, which was…

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War Widow's Home Wrecked

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 5

Mrs. Hanoi Lister, a war widow, on returning from a holiday, found her house in a state of confusion and devastation. All the bedding had…

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Schooner Missing. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

San Francisco reports the gravest fears for the schooner Elinor H, which is unsighted 90 days out from Newcastle, Australia, to Honolulu…

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Schooner Missing

Western Age · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

San Francisco reports the gravest fears for the schooner Elinor H, which is unsighted 90 days out from newcastle, Australian, to Honolulu…

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War Widow's Home Wrecked

Western Age · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

Mrs. Hazel Lister, a war widow, on returning from a holiday, found her house in a state of confusion and devastation. All the bedding had…

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Possible Wreckage. Patrolling Beaches. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

The Navigation Department despatched urgent telegrams to the pilots along the coast to-day requesting a thorough search to be made for signs of…

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A Shipwreck

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 6

There were seven hundred aboard when the "Ivory" sailed on its second voyage for America. After travelling for about a hundred miles, we…

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Beat the Mail Steamer.—

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 September 1923 · page 1

This little 40-footer Onward IV. recently covered the 65 miles between Holv. head and Dublin in 2 hours 10 minutes, beating the mailboat…

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Schooner and All Hands Lost Perth

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 5

The body of Albert Anderson, one of the crew of the schooner Seaflower, which was wrecked on Wednesday, off Moore River, W. A., was…

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Steamer Without Wireless. Revelations at Inquiry

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 3

Further remarkable evidence was given at the inquiry into the loss of the steamer El Kabira, 2034 tons, which was on a voyage to the…

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Racing Yacht Wrecked

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 29 November 1923 · page 4

The famous racing yacht Sens, after [?] aground on the rocks in the Holford River. JUNE ROBERTS, the tantalising Eloise of "The O'Brian Girl" company, who was fined 10s or "three days…

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