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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Steamer Held Up. Union Wants Roster System. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 October 1924 · page 2

Another attempt was made on Friday to impose the roster system on the Adelaide Steamship Company's vessel, Aldina. The vessel was held up…

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All the Crew Sick. Drifting Steamer Taken to Port Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 2

The cargo steamer, Balkans, which was found in mid-ocean, drifting and with all the crew sick, has arrived back at Dakar, West Africa in charge…

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ASHORE [?] Gale. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 October 1924 · page 4

The [?] tons, [?]ding between Melbourne and Port[?] went aground [?]midnight close [?] gale…

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The Campbell Case Interference with the Course of Justice Affair That Wrecked British Labor Cabinet Communist Manifesto Rejoices in Withdraw[?] Prosecution As a Victory

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 October 1924 · page 1

In the cabled report of British political matters leading up to the general election which is now in progress, there are daily references to the…

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Large Quantities in Overseas Steamer

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 1

Considerable quantities of opium were discovered on overseas steamers at Wellington and Lyttleton, the value of the drug running into many…

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Ships in Difficulties. Schooner Lacks Provisions Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 2

The Schooner Cathkit, which was 50 days overdue front Hobart to Melbourne, was sighted early to-day near Bateman's Bay. She was seen by the…

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Long Overdue, But Safe Ketch Cathkit Sighted Sydney, Thundery

The Daily Express · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 2

The small wooden ketch Cathkit which is long overdue between Melbourne and Tasmania and was believed td have been lost, was sighted…

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Overdue Steamer Making for Twofold Bay Radio Message From Rescuer Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 1

A Radio message was received from the steamer Monaro, which went to the assistance of the overdue Cathkit, to the effect that the vessel had been…

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Steamer in Trouble. (Reuter Service.) LONDON, October 23

The Daily Express · Saturday 25 October 1924 · page 1

The S.S. port Nicholson, bound for Australia, when three miles from Las Palmas wirelessed for help. A letter message stated that the…

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Steamer Strikes Rock. Port Nicholson's Holds Filling London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1924 · page 4

A Las Palmas message states that he Port Nicholson struck a rook and is leaking badly. The engine rooms and stokehold rapidly filled with water,…

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Sentenced to Death. Murder on a Steamer. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 2

The trial was continued in the Criminal Court to-day of two Indians, Medi Doran and Abdul Hamid, of the steamer Treworlas, on the charge of…

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Wrecked. Ten Drowned London

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 1

Ten were drowned, and [?] as the result of the wreck of the Fleetwood trawler, Anida Islay, Off the coast of Argylshire…

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Trawler Wrecked. Ten Lives Lost. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1924 · page 2

Ten were drowned and three were saved in the wreck of the Fleetwood trawler, Anida Islay, off the coast off Argyllshire…

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Steamer Stopped Declared "Black" Serious Position SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 1

The steamer Ferndale has been declared black by the Waterside Workers, who are supporting the seamen's Union in the matter of…

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Steamer Black. Ban on Ferndale. Serious Situation. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1924 · page 2

The new steamer Ferndale has been declared black by the waterside workers who are supporting the Seamens union in the matter of…

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Steamer Re-floated London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 1

The steamer Port Nicholson, which went ashore off Las Palmas, has been refloated…

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Collision in Canal. Steamer Sinks Dredger. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Port Said correspondent reports that the German steamer Hamburg, from Brisbane and Fremantle to Antwerp, collided with a dredger in…

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Another Steamer Idle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1924 · page 2

The chairman of the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association said to-day that the passenger steamer Kanowns Will be laid up at Sydney, on…

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Changed Color. Steamer Now White. Shipping Trouble Easier. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 3

The Waterside Workers' Federation to-day lifted the ban that had been placed on the Commonwealth liner, Moreton Bay, and declared her white…

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Steamer Ashore. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 5

A cable wag received from Rabaul to-day stating that the steamer Madal, 797 tons, grounded on a [?]eef near Kalilli on Sunday. The prospects of…

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