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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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An Ocean Mystery Schooner Elinor H. a Strange Story. San Francisco May 21

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 1

Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the schooner Elinor. H., which has not ben sighted or 90 days. She is from Newcastle…

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Wreck Survivors Arrive. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

Four survivors of the barque Amy Turner, which foundered when 43 days out from Newcastle, reached Cairns yesterday. They appeared to have…

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The Missing Steamer Cairns

The Daily Express · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 2

The pilot steamer Relief has returned to reple[?]sh her water tanks. The Relief has been con[?]cting an exha[?]stive search for the [?]Doug[?]s…

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Shipping Dispute Federal Steamer Laid Up Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 1

Owing to the [?] between [?] engineers and a cook on the [?] Kurumbe, it has been decided to lay up that [?]ssel and to [?] off the crew…

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Steamer in Distress. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 3

S.C.S. calls were received here from the steamer Trevessa which left Port Pirie for the United Kingdom on May 15, and put out from Fremantle on…

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Shipwreck Serious Collision Captain’s Resourceful Action London, June 4

The Daily Express · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 1

The s.s. Graphic, from Liverpool, collided with the cargo steamer, Balsak, in Belfast Lough. The Graphic had a big hole at the…

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The Trevassa Wreck Rushing to the Rescue Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 1

Late this afternoon a wireless message received from the s.s. Treganna, which is proceeding to the assistance of the crew of the wrecked…

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Total Wreck Crew Landed Safely Vessel with a Reputation Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 1

Advice was received at Geelong this afternoon that the brigantine Wool[?]mal, bound from Burnle (Tasmania) for Adelaide with timber,…

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Toll of the Sea. No Trace of the Covassa. Upturned Lifeboat Found. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 1

A wireless message was received in sydney this morning stating that the steamers Treguma and Tevean had patrolled the scene of the foundering…

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Wreck of a Brigantine. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 3

Details of the wreck of the brigantine Woolomai in Appollo Bay on the Victorian coast, show the vessel was in danger of being battered to…

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Telegrams Sydney, Thursday. SHIPWRECKED

Ariah Park News · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 5

During the night the Pennant Hills wireless station intercepted messages saying that the Tregenna and Trevean were…

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The Trevassa Wreck Search for Survivors an Up-turned Boat Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 2

Search steamers looking for survivors of the ill-rated steamer Trevases have discovered a ship’s boat bottom up…

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Steamer Sinking. London

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 1

The 5000 ton liner Maiden, from Calcutta, to London, went ashore at St. John's Island, Red Sea, and is sinking…

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The Trevassa Wreck Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 1

No further news has been received of the crew of the [?]ken steamer Trevassa. The wireless stations have not had any messages from the…

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Sunken Millions Wreck of the Egypt London, June 11

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 1

Divers who for many weeks have been speaking the Peninsula and Oriental [?] Egypt, which [?] near Cape Ushant, have located the wreck,…

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WRECKAGE. Inspection Affords Little Clue. BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 1

The Acting Harbor Master at Rockhampton, after inspecting the wreckage found on South Kappel Island, advised that it was portion of…

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The Trevassa Wreck Capetown, June 13

The Daily Express · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 1

Interviewed at Durban, Capt. Symonds, of the liner Runic which was delayed by trying to render assistance the lost steamer Trevassa,…

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WIRES & Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other P Aper Till To-morrow. Steamer's Plight. Heavy Weather Off Coast of W.A. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 1

The steamer Moreton Bay, which arrived this morning from London, via ports, experienced heavy weather off the West Australian coast. One…

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The Mysterious Wreck. Brisbane, [?]day

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 1

The Acting Harbor [?] Rockhampton, after inspecting the wreckage found on the south of Keppel Island advised it was portion of a wooden twi[?]…

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United States Schooner Seized. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1923 · page 1

A message from Vancouver says that a missionary returning from winter in Behring straits reports that three Cnited Stated trading…

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