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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Position in Sydney Mail Steamer Held Up Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 1

The Orient [?] Oroma which was to have sailed yesterday is still held up. The company has postponed her…

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(The Awards Will Be Found On Page Three) Steamer Stranded Sydney Maru on the Books. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

The steamer Woo Sung Mam has received a wireless message to proceed immediately to the assistance of the Japanese liner Sydney Maru, which…

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Steamer Aground

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 1

The steamer Monara went aground on a mudbank off Williamstown on Monday morning. She waa not damaged, however, and was towed off by a…

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Steamer Towed From Adelaide to Rotterdam

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 4

A cable was received at Adelaide to-day staling that the City of Singapore, which were severely damaged by fire at Adelaide on April 27 of last year, has…

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Without Wireless Steamer Wrecked Storm on Tasmanian Coast. Hobart

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 1

The Union s.[?]. Company's steamer Karamu, on her way from Strahan to Hobart, has gone down off this treacherous West Coast of Tasmania…

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Steamer Towed Across the World

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 4

Togs have arrived at Rotterdam towing tho steamer City of Singapore which was damaged by fire at Adelaide last year. This constitutes a world's…

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Steamer Wrecked Battered by Rough Seas. Plunged Below the Waves. Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 8

The Hobart Union Company's steamer Karamu sank to-day off the south-west-ern coast of Tasmania. The vessel, which was on its way from Strahan to…

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Airship Wreck Heavy Loss of Life the Shenandoah Destroyed. (Reuter Service) VANCOUVER, September 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 1

It is reported from Belle Valley (Ohio), that 14 officers and men were killed when the U.S. Navy dir[?]g[?]b[?]e Shenandoah, crashed…

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The New P. and O. Royal Mail Steamer Chitral ARRIVEs on Maiden Voyage

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 7

The luxurious new P. & O. Royal Mail steamer "Chitral," 15.243 tons, the third and last of the series of mail steamer recently built for the…

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Empire Wreckers. (Reuter Service.) LONDON, September 11

The Daily Express · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 2

By an [?] the Trade Union Congress has passed a resolution supporting the [?] of [?]. In the [?]…

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420 Strikers Ashore

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 1

There are now 420 strikers ashore. under the watchful eye of the immigration Department, with whom the leaders are conferring regarding their…

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Mail Steamer Sails London, September

The Daily Express · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 2

The Orient R.M..S Or[?] Gravesend for australia [?] with a full union crew. A Bat[?] has little[?]…

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Karamu Wreck Crew's Devotion to Duty. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 2

The Marine Court held an inquiry to-day concerning the loss of the steamer Karamu on the coast of Tasmania. It was stated that the part of the coast…

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Wreck of the Karamu Struggle With Sea and Storm Ex-wagga Man's Vivid Story Heroism Off Tasmanian Coast

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 1

An interesting letter has been received by Mr. M. Byrne, of the Riverina Hostel, Wagga, from Hobart, written by Mr. J. Boyce, a former…

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Karamu Wreck in Seaworthy Condition. Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 5

At the conclusion of the inquiry in to the loss of the steamer Karamu off the coast of Tasmania, the court found that the vessel left Strahan in a…

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Police Mystified Hotel Partially Wrecked a Melbourne Outrage. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

The police are mystified by an ev[?]posion which destroyed portion of the Stockdale Hotel, at the corner of Nicholson and Ray Streets, last night…

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Wrecking Temperance

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 2

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Mr A. Scott Bullitt is reported by the press agencies as saying:—…

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Safed—The Steamer and the Skiff

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 5

"We went on a great Ocean Liner and Keturah, and we wore entering a Port in a strange land. And the Ship steamed up towards the Dock…

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Wrecking Temperance. (Published by Arrangement.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1925 · page 4

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Mr. A. Scott Bullitt is reported by the press agencies as saying:…

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Yawl Wrecked Adventurous Voyage Ends the Merganser's Fate London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 October 1925 · page 2

the Yawl Merganser, in which Mr. Unitt and his 15-year-old daughter set out from Plymouth early in September to sail for New Zealand, has been…

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