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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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Fearful Five Seconds How Airship R38 Was Wrecked Lieut. Wann’s Relation of the Story. Disaster Attributed to Structural Defects. London, Aug. 26

The Daily Express · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 1

The disaster which befell the airship R 38 continues to be the all-absorbing topic of conversation. When interviewed in hospital…

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The Missing Vessel Feared She Foundered 23 Aboard VANCOUVER

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 1

The shipping community are exhibiting the keenest anxiety regarding the fate of the Canadian ship, "Importer," and it is feared that she has foundered…

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Bank Wrecking. Business Men Swindled. Worthington Gang's Methods. Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 2

Spurious stock transactions and promotion schemes, totalling 20,000,000 dollars (nominally £4,000,000) have been traced to the Worthington gang…

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Canadian Importer. Believed to Have Foundered Vessel Started in Search. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 2

From wreckage found it is feared the "Canadian Importer" foundered with twenty-three aboard and the Vancouver shipping community…

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Germany Must Pay. for American Lives Lost. on Steamer Lusitania. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 2

The custodian of alien and enemy property has announced that Germany must pay for the American lives lost on the Lusitania, and satisfy all other claims…

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Laird's Lifeboat. Picked Up by Tugboat. Men in Good Spirits. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 September 1921 · page 2

The Canadian vessels Observer and Winner found it impossible to effectively How the disabled Canadian Importer and wirelessed for an ocean…

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Terrific Typhoon. Steamer Aki Maru's Rough Passage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 2

Passengers by the steamer Aki. Maru, which arrived in Sydney to-day from the East, stated that when between Nagasaki and Hong Kong the vessed met…

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Shipwrecked Steamer Blacks Rescue Whites. Wollongong

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 1

The steamer Bulga arrived at Port Kembla to-day with part of the [?] of the Burna Philp auxiliary sch[?] Murua, which was wrecked on a [?]…

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Towed to Port Abandoned Steamer. Victoria (B.c.), Sept. 14

The Daily Express · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 1

The [?] Canadian importer which was recently abandoned off the coast, has arrived here In tow of two [?] She is listing badly…

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Suspicious Illness. Steamer Victoria Quarantined. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

The steamer Victoria from Hong Kong was sent into quarantine on arrival in Sydney to-night owing to auspicious case of illness being found…

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In DANGER [?] a Wreck Allegations Against Sailors Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 3

The Marine Court inquiry into the loss of the s.s. Our Jack on June 26 was continued today. Afford James Anderson a fireman…

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British Steamer. Wrecked Off French Coast. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 2

The British steamer Southquay was wrecked off Cherbourg during Saturday's storm. A raft and two bodies have been washed ashore at Nacqueville,…

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Shipwrecked Story of the Alpha. Hobart

The Daily Express · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 3

Captain Rowlands and the crew of the schooner Alpha, 97 tons, which was wrecked near Waterhouse on September 10 arrived at Scotsdale…

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Maritime Disaster Steamer Sunk in Fog. London. Sept. 24

The Daily Express · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 1

During a cog the steamer Jan Breydel collided with the Norwegian steamer Salina, off the Goodwins. The Sclina bank la five minutes,…

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Steamer Sophocles. Launched at Belfast. for Australian Service. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 2

The 13,000 ton turbine steamer Sophocles has been launched at Belfast for the Aberdeen line passenger service to Australia, via South Africa…

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Avoid a Wreck

The Daily Express · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 3

In a big ship can easily ne slipped a taken in time. But if disregarded It will overcome the mightiest vessel and drag her be[?]…

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The Fiji Wreck Spdney

The Daily Express · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 1

A Suva message says the Government steamer Ranada has returned from the scene of the wreck of the Cardinal…

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Shipwrecks Tale of the Pacific Long Boat Journey. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 1

Another marltime disaster, involving the loss of an Australian trader has been reported. The schooner Columbia River was…

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Steamer Cardinia. Commencing to Break Up. Suva

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 2

The ship Cardinia, which is stranded on Mumbullua Beef, Fiji, is breaking up. On Saturday night she was on her beam ends whilst the copra cargo…

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Adventurous Trip. in an Open Boat. Story of a Wreck. Suva

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 2

The schooner Columbia River was wrecked on Sunday Island in the Kermadees on September 8, while bound from Auckland to Portland. The…

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