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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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Body Washed Ashore Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 2
Also in Daily Advertiser

The body of a young man believed by the police to be that of Charles Blackeney (30), of Lindfield, who was drowned on Junee 6, when the boat…

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Steamer Refloated Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 6

The steamer Uralla, which went ashore at Bellingen River entrance yesterday, has been refloated, undamaged. The steamer Doepel, belonging to the same company, is ashore on North Spit,…

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Flight to Honolulu American Attempts Fokker Machine Sighted By Steamer San Fransisco (Cal.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 2

A tri-motored army Fokker. monopiane, piloted by Lieutenaut Lester Maitland, with Lieutenaut A. Hegenberger as navigator deft on a son-stop…

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Launch Wreck Holiday Party Safe Cairns

The Daily Express · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 1

Six persons were marooned on a waterless Island near the Great Barrier Reef last week, when the motor Launch Lally was driven on to the…

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Stranded Steamer Riverina's Captain Exonerated by Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 2

The Marine Court to-day gave its decision, which exonerated from blame Captain Parry, master of the steamer Riverina which went ashore near Gabo…

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Steamer in Storm Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 2

On her last voyage to the New Hebrides the steamer Makambo was caught by a cyclone. A considerable quantity of deck cargo wan washed…

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War in China River Steamer Attacked Anti-hankow Troops Advance Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 5
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Three Chinese passengers on a British river steamer on the way to Hanknow form Shanghai were wounded when the vessel was attacked from the…

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Tragedy on Steamer Woman Commits Suicide Husband's Ordeal LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 1

Details of a tragedy which occurred on board the German steamer Crcfeld, which has arrived at Antwerp, involving the death of a woman, show that…

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Thrilling Escape Steamer Strikes Iceberg Slides Along Submerged Ledge LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4
Also in Daily Advertiser

The story of a thrilling escape from destruction by crashing into an iceberg was told by the passengers of the steamer Montealm on arrival at…

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Steamer Founders 26 LIVES tOST CALCUTTA

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 2

The steamer Shahrada, of 2,246 tons, [?] to the Asiatic Steam Navigation Co., sank in a storm in the Ray of Bengal, 50 miles from the mouth of…

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Fire on Steamer Vessel Steaming for Singapore Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 2

A cable message was received in Sydney to-day reporting that a fire has broken out in the hold of the steamer Car[?] bound for Australia. The…

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Vessel Wrecked Survivors Beach Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 4

Twenty-two persons, survivors of the wreck of the steamer St. Francis Xavier on London reefs, in the China Sea, arrived at Sydney to-day. The…

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Arrested on Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 1

About two months ago the police obtained information concerning property which had been left in a house in the city, They secured it, and hearing that…

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Party Wrecked "Red" Rules Close the Door Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 2

Mr. Loughlin, M.L.A., said to-day that the result of the Labor "Unity"' conference would have its reflex over the whole State, and ?people would…

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Waggon Wrecked At Level Crossing MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 1

The trans-Continental express crashed into a double horse waggon at a level crossing at Deer Park yesterday. The driver Wilfred White…

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Lake Steamer Sinks 40 Persons Drowned Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 4

Nearly 40 out of 80 passengers, [?]ostly women and children, who endeavoured to escape the heat wave by a cruise on Lake Michigan in a small…

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Schooner in Tow Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 2

The tug Champion has taken in tow the schooner Chillacothe, which was reported to be short of food, off the New South Wales coast. The vessel is 113…

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