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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Government Decision. Freeman to Be Detained Ashore. Another Conflict with Police. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 3

Speakers at the Trades Hall endeavored to hold the crowd in check, but a few of the extremists in the crowd drowned their utterances and…

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Theft on Steamer. Two Stewards Sent to Gaol. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 4

The police describe the Niagara as the victim to an epidemic of stealing. Two stewards, who admitted the theft of the ship's silverware and…

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Case of Freeman Strong Resentment in Sydney. Threat to Hold Up Sonoma. Processions and Meetings of Protest. Order Issued for Detention Ashore. Just Clinging to Life. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 3

A report from the Sonoma this morning stated that Freeman was just clinging to life. He was absolutely helpless, lying in his bunk and showing…

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Steamer Chartered. Food for the Far North. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 2

The Queensland Government has chartered the steamer Musgrave to convey foodstuffs to the far northern and Gulf ports…

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The Freeman Case. Brought Ashore. Held Up on Wharf. Exciting Scenes. Sinister Suggestion by Mr. Tudor. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 2

Paul Freeman was removed from the Sonoma at noon to-day, being carried ashore on a stretcher. His eyes were sauken, his cheeks hollow and his…

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Steamer Held Up. Failure to Get Crew. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 3

The steamer Mocraki is still held up at Auckland owing to being unable to secure a sufficient number of men to man the vessel…

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Missing Steamer. Pears for the Koonyal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 3

Fears are entertained for the steamer Koonyal, which is missing off the Tasmanian coast. The vessel left Strahan for Burnie at 1 o'clock on…

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Total Wreck. Found at Sandy Cape. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 2

[?]son, manager of the Union [?] received a telegram from Devonport stating that a man on horse [?] visited Sandy Caps and found the…

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Koonya Wrecked. Crew Reported Safe. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 2

A message has been received in Sydney, that the steamer Koonya has been wrecked on Sandy Cape, West Coast of Tasmania. It is believed that the crew…

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Foundered Steamers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 2

The Labor Conference carried a resolution demanding the appointment of a commission of three thoroughly competent representatives of…

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Ship Runs Ashore. Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer Kowhia went ashore near Farewell Spit, New Zealand, early this morning, while bound from Onehunga…

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Overdue Schooner. Believed to Have Foundered. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 3

The five-masted American schooner, H. K. Hall, which left Sydney on May 30 with 3000 tons of general cargo consigned to Melbourne, is considerably…

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Steamer's Mail Robbed. Seamen Arrested. Alleged Confession. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 4

In connection with the recent robbery of mails from the steamer Kyogle, Richard Ryan, a seaman, was charged at the Central Police Court with…

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Overdue Schooner. H. K. Hall Returns Safely. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 2

The overdue American schooner, H. K. Halt, was lowed into Sydney this morning…

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Overdue Steamer Turns Up. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 1

The overdue American schooner, H. K. Hall, was towed into Sydney this morning…

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Tragedy on Schooner SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 1

Charles Mattson was charged at the police court to-day with the alleged murder of P. Clutch, second mate of the American schooner,…

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Steamer Overdue

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 2

The seamer Kyogle is five days overdone at Hobart, from Sydney…

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Murder Charge. Schooner Affray. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 2

The inquiry into the shooting of K. Clutch, of the schooner James Taft, was held to-day. Matson was committed for trial on a charge of…

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"Not Guilty" Verdict. Steamer's Killing Affray. Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 2

After a trial lasting till midnight. Joseph Assard, an Assyrian, who was charged at Launceston with the murder of Sidney Dennis, a passenger on…

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Steamer Ashore. Bound for Tasmania. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government's wooden steamer, Coolcha, is ashore at Antechamber Bay. South Australia. The vessel was bound for Tasmania from…

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