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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Safe! the Missing Airmen Seaplane a Total Wreck London, August ,25

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 1

The following cable has been [?]celved from Mackinnon and M[?] the airmen who are acco[?]pa[?] Mayor Blake on his fight round [?]…

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Battleship Wrecked Paris, August. 25

The Daily Express · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 1

The battleship, France, returning from manoeuvres, struck a rock off Quiberon Bay and sank in 11 fathoms. Three lives are reported to have…

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Face to Face with Death Adrift on a Wrecked Seaplane Macmillan and Malins Tell Their Story Three Days and Nights with No Visible Prospect of Rescue

The Daily Express · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 1

Captan MacMillan and Mr Mallni the companions of Major Blake on the round-the-world flight, who were wrecked in mid-ocean by the…

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Steamer Capsizes. 240 Drowned. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 1

240 were drowned when the Chilian steamer Itata capsized and sank in rough sens off the island of Chores…

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Chilean Steamer Wrecked Heavy Loss of Life Santiago (Chill), Aug. 29

The Daily Express · Thursday 31 August 1922 · page 1

The Chilean passenger steamer Itate has been sunk off the Chorosi Island, and £40 persons on board are reported to have perished…

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The Ill-fated Steamer. The Drowned Total 300. Only Six Survivors. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 31 August 1922 · page 1

There were only half a dozen survivors from the steamer lata. Those drowned number 300. The vessel struck a rock, which…

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The Seaplane Wreck How It Was Found Naval Officer’s Story Chittagong, August 29

The Daily Express · Thursday 31 August 1922 · page 1

Commander C[?]ing, of H.M.S. Dorothea, R.N.R., relates of the rescue of the MacMillan and Maline when their scaplant was wrecked last…

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Another Wreck Victim of the Typhoon Tokio, August 30

The Daily Express · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 1

The Japanese cruiser Nilaka was sunk in a typhoon on August 26th off Kamchats[?] and 800 of the clew were drowned…

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The Wrecked Aviators Still Suffering Lahore, August 31

The Daily Express · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 1

Captain MacMillan an Mall[?]s have arrived at Calcutta in good spirits, but looking poorly. McMillan walked ashore unshod with…

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Schooner Lost. Totally Destroyed by Fire. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 1

The four masted schooner John A. Campbell has been totally destroyed by fire at Gilbert Islands. She was loading copra for San Francisco, and was…

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Fire on Steamer. Coal in the Bunker Alight. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 2

A fire broke out last night amongst 400 tons of coal in a bunker on the steamer Ooma. The bulkhead was burnt and a number of tons of coal was…

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WIRES & Cables This Afternoon Blown Out to Sea. Javanese in a Fishing Smack. Timely Rescue by Passing Steamer. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 1

During the voyage of the steamer Emita from Java a fishing boat was sighted containing two Javanese. They had been blown out to sea by a…

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Collier Founders. Wreck Off Broken Bay. No Lives Lost. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 2

The well-known collier Queen Bee, while bound to Sydney, from Newcastle, suddenly foundered when two miles from Broken Bay. No lives were lost…

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Traffic in Munitions Steamer Seized

The Daily Express · Tuesday 5 September 1922 · page 1

The British destroyer Doon arrested outside Cork Harbor, a steamer partly laden with arms and ammunition. The vessel was steaming…

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Steamer Runs Amok a Harbor Sensation [?]Os Ayres, Sept.3

The Daily Express · Tuesday 5 September 1922 · page 2

The [?] steamer American Legion [?] unmanageable and ramm[?] and [?] the gunhost [?]…

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The Egypt Wreck Finding of the Court the Company Blamed London, September 4

The Daily Express · Tuesday 5 September 1922 · page 2

The Court of Inquiry Into the wreck by collision during a fog in the Bay of Biscay, of the Peninsula and Oriental s.[?] Egypt, gave its…

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Safety at Sea Wreck of the Egypt Details of the Finding London, Sept. 4

The Daily Express · Wednesday 6 September 1922 · page 1

The following are details of the finding (briefly reported yesterday) of the Court of Inquiry into the lo[?] of the P. and O.[?].s . Egypt…

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The Wrecked Aviators a Serious Complaint Lahore Sept. 7

The Daily Express · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 1

The aviators Malins and MacMillan were entertained at dinner by the Rotary Club, at Calcutta. Malins, relating his experiences,…

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A Big Wreck Heavy Passenger List an Atlantic S.O.S. LONDON, September 10

The Daily Express · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 1

Lloyd’s Agent at Oporto reports that an s.o.s. signal has been received from the German s.s. Hammonia bound from Hamburg to Havana,…

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The Hammonia Wreck. Survivors Being Landed. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 2

The Captain of the Kintaun's Castle states in a wireless message that he is bringing 385 of the Hammonia survivors to Southampton, adding the Hammonia…

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