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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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The Mindini Wreck Brisbane

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 4

The steamer M[?]rinda will arrive al Cairns with the wrecked M[?]dinl passengers to-morrow. They will be transhipped to the Ma[?]lla and reach…

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Powerful Lifeboat

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 8

Nearly twenty yen us ago the Royal National Lifehoal lastitue of Great Britain began to install oil driven motors on its life-boats. The design…

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Another Outrage a Cinema Wrecked London, March 24

The Daily Express · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 1

A land mine wrecked a cinema in O-Connell Street, Dublin, the explotion rousing the city. Two men laid the mine soon after the premises…

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Dispute on Steamer. The Trouble May Spread SYDNEY, Tuesdays

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 1

The dispute on board the steamer Jervis Bay is still unsettled. There is possibility, of the Trouble to spreading to other ships of the…

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The Mindini Wreck. Question of Mischarting. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 2

When the inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Mindini was resumed this morning, Mr. Evans, who appeared for the second officer, asked…

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The Mindini Wreck Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 1

Judge ,Scholes to-day delivered his [?]nding reganding the wreck of the Island steamer Mini[?] on Mellish Reef on March 8…

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A Missing Steamer Brisbane

The Daily Express · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 2

The Premier, Mr. Theodore, has telegraphed to the Prima Minister urging that the Naval Department should send a cruiser in search of…

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A Schooner Ashore. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 3

A schooner, thought to be the Bronzewing, has gone ashore near Wilson's Promontory. The crew landed safely. The vessel so far is…

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Fire on a Steamer. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 3

While the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura was bound from Wellington to Opna to complete loading, a fire broke out in…

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Missing Steamer Brisbane

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 2

There still is no news of the missing steamer Douglas Mawson…

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The American Way. Catching a Steamer by Seaplane. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 4

A member of the Chautauqua Concert Party, bound for Sydney by the Manuka, arrived at Auckland wharf nearly an hour after the steamer's departure…

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The Missing Steamer Question of Seaworthiness Brisbane

The Daily Express · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 1

There are grave rumours along the coast regarding the seaworthiness of the s.s. Dongles Mawson, which is still missing…

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Catching a Steamer Modern Travel Methods Au[?]. April 14

The Daily Express · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 2

Dr. Bolin, a Chautauqua featurer who is proceeding to Sydney, missed the Manuka by forty minutes. Dr. Bohn immediately [?]…

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Steamer Afire. In Mid Ocean. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 1

While the steamer Mesopotamia, which arrived in Sydney to-day, was between Capetown and South America, a fire broke out among the…

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Sad Memories the Titanic Wreck Impressive Memorial New York, April 16

The Daily Express · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 1

Pursuant to a plan devised by the Coastguard Cutter Modoc, all churches as well as all seagoing ships held special services, and all radios…

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Cargo Steamer Ashore Making Water Fast. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 1

A message was received in Sydney to-day stating that the cargo steamer Iron Prince has gone ashore south of Cape Howe, and there were…

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The Missing Steamer Brisbane

The Daily Express · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 4

The search parties patrolling the Gulf of Carpentaria ffor traces of the missing steamer Douglas Mawson have so far not had any success…

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Fire on a Steamer. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 4

While the steamer Mesopotamia, which arrived at Sydney to-day, was between Capetown and South America, a fire broke out among the…

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A Total Wreck

Ariah Park News · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 4

Messages received in Sydney to-day state that the steamer Iron Prince, which left Sydney on the 13th April for Newcastle,…

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Steamer Ashore Wreck at Cape Howe Salvage Unlikely Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

Shortly after[?]clock morning the s.s Ire[?] ran aground off Cape Howe [?] still aground. The Captain holds out little hope of…

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