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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Steamer Freights Advance. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 7

Freights on inter-State cargo[?] will be advanced by ten per cent, on Monday next. It is also stated that a decision has been reached regarding the…

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Ferry Steamer Smash. Third Death Occurs. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 2

The death roil arising out of the collision between the ferry steamer Kareela and the P. and O. wharf, Circular Quay, on Thursday last, was…

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Steamer Ashore. Lifeboat Takes Off Crew. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 2

The White Star cargo boat, Bardic, went ashore in a fog off The Lizard this morning while proceeding to London, after discharging part of her…

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In a Fog. Large Steamer Ashore. London, August. 31

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 1

The White Star cargo steamer Bardic went ashore in a fog off Lizard Point this morning while on her way to London after [?] part…

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Ship Ashore

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 1

The steamer Mesna ran ashore at midnight on a reef near Suva…

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On Reef the Steamer Mesna Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 1

The steamer Mesna, which ran ashore on the Haku Fisi Reef, near Suva last night, was homeward bound with a cargo of over 300 tons of zinc…

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The "Bardic" Wreck. Salvage Work. (Reuter Service). LONDON, Sept. 2

The Daily Express · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 1

The salvage officer at Liverpool reports that the s.s. Bardic is lying on a rocky bottom and is [?] well supported. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 holes…

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Steamer Ashore Wreck in Fiji. Suva, Sept. 3

The Daily Express · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 1

The steamer Meen[?] tons ran [?]shore at midnight on Wednesday on Hakan Fist Reef in the Happal Group…

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Steamer on Reef. Sydney

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 2

A Suva message states that the steamer Mesna, 5245 tons, is on a reef in Happani Group. She is carrying a cargo of zine, copra, and ore…

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Steamer Ashore. Crew Safely Landed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 2

The steamer Wakatiu went ashore in a fog this morning on Waipapa Point, New Zealand. The crew were landed safely though heavy seas were running…

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Gun Running German Steamer Seized. Munitions for China. (Reuter Service) Cape Town, September 16

The Daily Express · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 1

The Durban Customs authorities searched the tramp steamer Nor-mark, from Hamburg, and discovered thousands of rifles, a [?]rge quantity…

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Piracy Rum-running Romance. Steamer Held Up and Robbed New York, September 17

The Daily Express · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 2

A romance of the [?] worthy of Steven[?] is recalled by the [?] of Captain Jerome Plaff a [?] on [?] charge of…

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Stories of the Sea. Wreck Off Irish Coast. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 2

The Leyland liner Asian, from New Orleans, it ahore on Shag Rock, on the south cost of Ireland, between Galleyhead and Fastnet, and is rapidly…

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Wrecked in a Fog. Survivors Have Rough Time. London, September 20

The Daily Express · Monday 22 September 1924 · page 2

Survivors of the wreck of the S.S. Asian, which went ashore on Shag Rock, near the Fastnets, while on a voyage from New Orleans, have…

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S.O.S. Signal Steamer in Distress. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 September 1924 · page 1

[?] Orient liner Orsova, homeward bound from Australia, received an S.O.S. signal from the American steamer Cranford off Cape Finisterre…

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The Ketch Rambler Abandoned Near Sugarloaf Point. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 1

A wireless message received in Sydney to-day from Captain Matthews of the steamer Norfolk, stated that he had found the ketch Rambler near…

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Ketch Found Sinking. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 4

A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day from Captain Mathews, of the steamer Norfolk, stating that he had found the ketch, Rambler, near…

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In Heavy Weather Ketch Lost at Sea. [?] SYDNEY

The Daily Express · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 1

The ketch Rambier ran into heavy weather last night when on [?] way to Renault, 73 miles East of Sydney. The s.s. Saffolk took of the crew…

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Thrilling Rescue. Motor Schooner on the Rocks. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 4

An Australian Press Association message states that Captain Frank Worsley was the hero of a thrilling rescue when the auxiliary motor…

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Chinese Pirates Mail Steamer Held Up. Passengers and Crew Over Powered SHANGHAI

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 1

Reuter: The Chinese mail-passenger vessel, Ningahin, proceeding to Foochow, was pirated by 34 armed passengers, who overpowered the crew,…

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