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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Steamer Roggevin

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

It transpires that 22 deaths occurred on the steamer Roggevin, now quarantined at Sydney, during the voyage from Java from various…

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Salvaging a Steamer

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

Salvage work has been commenced on the steamer Auginish on the South Coast. It has been found that the water tanks are not stove…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Tuesday. Steamer Ormonde

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

The steamer Ormonde has gone unexpectedly into the Adelaide outer harbour to repair damaged engine, involving a two…

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Steamer Without Coal

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

The tug Champion is still searching for the steamer Havre, which is without coal off the coast…

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Steamer's Crew Strike

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 6

The crew of the Commonwealth overseas steamer, Australind demanded ninepence per hour extra, alleging the…

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Steamer Held Up

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 2

The steamer Aramae, enroute for North Queensland, is held up at Brisbane by the crew who are demanding three extra trimmers and a general servant. The…

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