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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Missing Steamer. No Trace Found. Was Carrying Passengers Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 2

The missing steamer, Clan MacMillan, was bound from Calcutta for Fiji, and was carrying passengers. The chief port officer has received no…

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Fire on Steamer. Wool and Dried Fruit Damaged. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 2

The owners of the steamers Hobson's Bay have received a telegram, via the Aden radio station, from the commander stating that fire had broken…

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Lost Steamer. 65 of Crew Picked Up. 12 Still Missing. Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Madras correspondent states that it is reported that 65 of the Clan Macmillan's crew have been picked up. The searching ships have been…

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Steamer in Distress. Wellington (N-z.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 1

A radio message interecpted this morning reported that the steamer Nunobitsi Maru was in distress, having run on the rocks in latitude 32,…

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Steamer Stranded

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 2

A report has been received by the State Navigation Department yesterday to the ecacl that the coastal steamer Allenwood, while leaving Forster…

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Missing Steamer. HOBART

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 2

Considerable anxiety is felt regarding the Union Steamship Company's cargo steamer, Karanu, of 924 tons, which left Hobart on Friday of last…

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Perils of the Sea. Cargo Steamer Missing. Hobart, Friday

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 1

Anxiety is felt for the satiety of the Union Coy's cargo Karanu, 934 tons, which left Hobart on Friday in ballast and bas not…

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Express in Danger. Dastardly Attempt at Wreckage. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 3

Information has just leaked out that a determined effort was made one evening this week to derail the Melbourne to Adelaide express. It was…

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Wreckage Off the Heads. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 1

The [?] [?]ved a [?] the steamer W[?] had [?]…

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Alarming Story Aboriginals Hear of Wrecked Steamer Men Killed White Women Held by Blacks Prime Minister Promises Relief EXPEDITlON lF Tale Is Corroborated. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 1

A Darwin correspondent forwards a startling story concerning the fate of the passengers and ere of the Douglas Mawson, which…

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Gulf Sensation. Blacks Seize Women. Wrecked People Murdered. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 4

Mr. H. G. Nelson, member for Northern Territory, drew attention in the House of Representatives to-day to a telegram he had received staling that…

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H.M.A.S. Brisbane. Ashore Near Port Moresby. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 1

The Commonwealth Navigation authorities have received a raido stating that the H.M.A.S. Brisbane went asbore near Port Moresby this morning…

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Wires and Cables This Afternoon Exclusively New Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow the Wrecked Japanese Steamer a Heavy List of Lost London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 1

Reuter: A Tokio message states that the Japanese steamer, Talrelmaru, which was reported lost off the Cope Notoro on the evening of July 27,…

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Disastrous Wreck Nearly All Handslost. Cause Uncertain. Tokio, July 28

The Daily Express · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 1

The North Japaa Steamship Co.'s| Talr Maru ls reported to have been lost olt cape Notoro on Sunday evening when 138 passengers and 54 of…

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Dirty Weather. Mail Steamer's Drying Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 1

R.M.S. , Orsova [?][?][?] bourne under furied [?][?] extraordinary rough [?][?][?][?] [?][?][?][?]…

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On the South Coast. Steamer Driven Ashore Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 4

The s.s. Mil[?]na, 5-6-81 tons gross, belonging to the Adelaide Steamship Coy. went aground on the Southern Breakwater at Port Kembla,…

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Foundered at Sea. One Seaman Drowned. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 1

The ketch, Eliza Davies, engaged in the trade between Tasmania and Melbourne, foundered in Bass Strait. She had a crew of four, three of…

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Ketch Lost. Return of the Survivors. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 2

The castaways from the ketch Eliza Davies arrived in Sydney to-day by the steamer Chronos. Captain O'Neill of the lost vessel…

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Foundered Maclaren's Flight Ended Machine Smashed Up. Vancouvier, August 4

The Daily Express · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 2

A wireless message from Captain Maclaren, dated at Nikoiski, states that the wings, floats and tall of his seaplane are smashed and spare…

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Aeroplane Crashes Machine a Total Wreck Marulan

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 1

An aeroplane crashed three quarters of a mile from Marulan yesterday afternoon. Both, tie Pilot, D. Wiloon, and observer, A. C. I…

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