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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Schooner Wrecked. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1919 · page 2

The schooner [?] has been wrecked on the Al[?]sken coast. She was carrying a party of gold seekers to Al[?]sks. No lives were lost…

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British Ship Wrecked. 2000 Lives Lost. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 October 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Archangel correspondent says that two thousand lives were lost in the wreck of an unnamed British ship off the Norwegian coast, according…

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Wrecked 65 Years Ago

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 3

The Monumental City, carrying valuable cargo, was wrecked off Gabo Island in 1854, and a syndicate was formed recently with the object of…

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Storm on Lake Michigan Steamer Founders. Ten Drowned. VANCOUVER

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 1

Ten were drowned, when a lake steamer foundered in a storm off Muskegon, on the Michegan Lake…

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Steamer Strikes Pier. Sinks in Four Minutes. Seven Lives Lost. Vancouver, Oct. 29

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 1

Michigan advises that the steamer “ City of Muskegon,” entering the harbour of Muskegon, struck a pier and sank in four minutes…

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British Steamer Mined in the Baltic. London, Nov. 2

The Daily Express · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 1

The British steamer. Volturnus, carrying food for the British Baltic fleet, has been mined and sunk. Her crew was [?]…

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Gales in the Channel Vessels Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 2

The gales in the Channel continue. A steamer has brought in another survivor of the Toogo, which was wrecked in a gale. The man was…

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Steamer Ashore. Murwillumbah

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 2

The North Coast Company's seamer Duranbah is ashore on the North, Beach at Tweed Heads. She is resting on a sandy bottom…

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Steamer Aground Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 1

The steamer Duranbah went aground at the Tweed River entrance to-day…

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Zeppelin Wrecked. First Passenger Disaster. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 2

The "Times" Berlin correspondent reports the first disaster registered in connection with the Zeppelin passenger service, which has been rapidly…

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Atlantic Storms. Steamers Wrecked. Gallant Rescuers. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1919 · page 2

Terrific gales are sweeping tile Atlantic and the North Sea. Some craft have been posted as missing, and other shipping has been delayed…

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Sale of Schooner Government Loses £20,000. MELBOURNE

The Daily Express · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 1

It is reported the Commonwealth Government lost £20,000 on the purchase arid sale of the schooner Speedway. Commercial men are urging an…

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Steamer Lost a Gallant Life-saver. Vancouver, Nov. 15

The Daily Express · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 1

The Toronto steamer “Runnels” has been pounded to pieces in the Great Lakes in a storm. Anderson, of the life saving station rescued 13…

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Storms Release Mines Many Vessels Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 2

"The Times" Rotterdam correspondent says that the storms in the North Sea have liberated hundreds of sunken mines. The vessels sunk include a…

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Lake Steamer Lost Heavy Loss of Life. Vancouver, Nov. 17

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

The Chio Lake Steamer John Oran has been lost —22 were drowned…

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Forty Armed Sinn Feiners. Raid an American Steamer. Search for Arms. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 1

Forty armed Sinn Feiners raided an American steamer at Cork in search for arms. They seized some of the officers, and also some of the crew. The…

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Steamer Founders. Eighteen Lives Lost. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 1

A message from Vancouver states that the steamer Myron foundered in Lake Superior yesterday, and 18 lives were lost…

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On the Rocks. Steamer Strikes a Reef. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 4

The steamer Bombala, while on a voyage form North Queensland ports to Sydney, struck on the Salamander reef, just outside Townsville, last…

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Wreckage Found. Marine Surveyors Puzzled. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 4

A quantity of wreckage, evidently of a motor launch, has been found at the Gap, and is puzzling the Navigation Department's surveyors…

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Wreckage Picked Up. No Missing Vessel. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 1

The Navigation Officers have found a portion of wreckage belonging to a launch. A pilot steamer on Sunday picked up the of a motor launch…

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