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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Steamer Lost. Only One Survivor. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 2

The steamer Great Clive has been lost near the Goodwin Sands, south-east coast of England. There was only one survivor from a…

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Case of Smallpox. Steamer in Quarantine Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 3

The quarantine authorities have received advice from Noumea that the coolie patient who was landed there from the steamer Rogeveen was…

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Influenza and Smallpox. Trouble on Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

Six of the ten suspected cases from the Ditch steamer Roggeveen, now in quarantine, have developed influenza, and four others are still under…

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Germany's Loss. Steel Industry Wrecked. Great & Britain's Gain

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 7

The secrecy which had been maintained by Germany regarding the war iron and steel output since October, 1916, was recently broken…

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Lost Steamer. Mysterious Disappearance

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 1

The reported less of the steamer Principessa has mystified Europe, and has caused great distress in the Argentine, where most of the passengers…

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To-day's Wires and Cables the Steamer Ceylon. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 1

The steamer, Ceylon, landed a considerable number of passengers, also her crew…

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Gales in England. Small Boats Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

A wild gale swept through Britain during the week end, and was the severest experienced for several years. The wind reached 68 miles an hour…

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Missing Steamer. Official Denial. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The loss of the steamer Princepessa Mafolda, is officially denied. The steamer left Buenos Ayres for Genoa on December 31, and is due at…

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Girl Palls From a Ferry Steamer. Rescued. None the Worse. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

Miss Juanita Burke, aged 16, while passing the warship Encounter, in the harbour, in a ferry steamer, stood up on the railhead on a pole, and began…

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The Wreck of the Afrique. Noble Actions. London

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 1

A Paris correspondent says in view of the comments on the fact that only the Senegalese soldiers and the crew were saved from the Afrique, an…

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Wreck of the Afrique. Over 500 Deaths. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

The final report with respect to the French steamer Afrique, which was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay, when on her way from Argentine to Genoa…

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Steamer Sinking. Report From Halifax. Halifax

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

The steamer Powhatton, with 500 passengers, en route from New York to France, is sinking off Halifax. Rescue vessels are rushing to her…

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Cheating Davy Jones. Fortunes From Shipwrecks

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

In November 1918 the French cargo steamer Tours went ashore on the rock-bound coast of Hunts Bay, ten miles from Swansea…

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Cargo Steamer Sunk. Afire in Panama Canal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 2

A cable has been received at Sydney stating that the big cargo steamer The Marne while on the voyage to Australian from New York, caught…

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Berrima Ashore. Vain Attempts to Refloat. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

The steamer Berrima was stranded on the Dover Sands yesterday. Attempts to refloat her have failed…

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Robberies at Bombay. Steamer's Captain Drugged. What the Police Think. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

Captain Williams, of the steamer Miltiades, from which vessel's strong room, Treasury notes valued at £850 were stolen at Bombay, states that…

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Drowning Accident. Body Washed Ashore. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

Portion of the body of the young woman named Windley, who was drowned while surfing near Nowra last week, was washed up on the rocks…

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Aeroplane Wrecked. Spectator Killed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 4

A fine aviation display given at Geolong on Saturday ended in a tragedy One man lost his life, and the pilot narrowly escaped a similar fate…

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Leap From Steamer. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 1

A man made a sensational leap into the harbour from the ferry steamer Kai Kai this morning. He was rescued after a desperate struggle…

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Burnt at Sea. French Steamer's Fate. Heavy Loss of Life. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Times" at Paris says that the steamer Ville dul Ger is missing, and it is feared that 91 passengers and 51 of the crew…

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