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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Schooner Abandoned. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The schooner Jane Cox, from Halifax, has been abandoned at sea. The crew were rescued and lauded, at Qneenstown, in Ireland…

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Missing in Pacific. Island Supply Steamer. Honolulu

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 3

The steamer Kostrel, which carries supplies to Fanning Island and other cable stations, is missing since she left Funning Island on December 19, with…

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Another Infectious Visitation. Small-pox on Steamer. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The steamer War Armour has arrived at Albany with three cases of small-pox ontboard…

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Steamer on Fire Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

A wireless message received in Adelaide states that the steamer Fraser River is steaming to Port Adelaide on five. The vessel is in [?]ast from Port…

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A Steamer Mined

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 3

A Rome correspondent says that the French steamer Chaproi, carrying 650 Greek, Serbian and Russian passengers,…

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French Steamer Mined. Heavy Death-roll. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

The French steamer Chaproi, carrying 650 Greek, Serbian and Russian passengers from Marseilles, was mined off Messina and sank in 4 minutes. It is…

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Old World Doings. Latest Cables News. London, Sunday. Steamer Mined

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Rome correspondent says the French steamer Chaperoi, carrying 650 Greek, Serbian and Russian passengers from Marseilles was…

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Last Night's Latest News The Influenza. Examination of Travellers by Steamer. 10 Patients in Randwick Military Hospital. V.As. Patrol, Masked. Inoculations. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 1

A system of medical examination of travellers from Melbourne by steamer was begun to-day by the State Health Department…

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Drugs of Death. Hypnotic "Dopes" that Wreck Souls

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

Owing largely to war-worry, drug-taking has become unusually prevalent in this country (England). Quite a large number of hypnotic…

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Transport Ashore. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 2

The American transport Narragansett, bound from Havre to Southampton, is ashore at Bembridge Point, Isle of Wight…

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Steamer from Melbourne. Suspicious Cases Aboard. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 1

The Interstate steamer Dimboola from Melbourne, arrived this morning with several suspicions cases on board, and immediately went into…

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Wrecks in Channel. Narragansett Abandoned. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 2

The American steamer Narragansett, carrying 2000 British troops from Havee to Southampton, which stranded off Bembridge during a…

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Steamer's Passenger Missing. Sydney, [?]

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

On arrival of the steamer [?] from [?] reported [?] was missing. He was last [?]…

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Barque St. James Wrecked. All the Crew Saved. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 3

The shipwrecked crew of the barque St. James, which was lost near Hawaii, arrived in Sydney to-day. The crew got safely ashore with difficulty but…

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Freedom of the Seas Britain's Power Hinges on Decision. Conference of Nations Nearly Wrecked. Hughes Wants Mandate Question Re-opened. Mercantile Supremacy. American Committee Sitting. Suggested Discussion By Nations' League. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

The American, delegates are showing their intention of pressing to a decision the freedom of the seas. They have an expert committee sitting which…

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Takada's Troops. Leave to Go Ashore at Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

While the military authorities state that the New South Wales men on board the Takada will not be landed, they will be given leave passes until…

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Unsinkable Lifeboat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 4

A lifeboat which he says cannot be sunk by rolling down from the side of a torpedoed vessel of under stress of storm waves has been invented and offered to the American…

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Another Steamer Infected Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 2

An Adelaide message states that two more contacts from, the Australgen have developed influenza…

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Death on Isolated Steamer. Not Influenza

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 4

A man, whoso name is not yet reporter, died last night on board the steamer Malta at North Head. There were no symptoms of pneumonic…

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