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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Set Schooner Afire. Accused Sentenced to Two Years. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 2

William Woodson, who pleaded guilty recently to setting on fire the American schooner Edward West, in order that he might get paid off, was sentenced to two…

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Steamer Ventura. Pratique Granted

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 December 1918 · page 2

The steamer Ventura arrived this morning and alter medical inspection was allowed to proceed to her berth. The vessel had a record mail and a…

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Missing Collier. Considerable Wreckage Found. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 December 1918 · page 2

Wreckage has come ashore from the missing collier Undola. A lifeboat bearing the Undola's name has been picked up infact, a little to the…

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New Zealand Steamer Quarantined. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 4

The steamer Ngakuta from New Zealand went into quarantine this morning…

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Steamer Capsizes. Two Men Lose Their Lives. Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 4

Through the overturning of a river steamer at the wharf this morning, two men. who were known to be sleeping in cabins, were drowned. although it…

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