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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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Schooner in Tow Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 1

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

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AVIATION Take-Off from Steamer New York

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 3

Chamberlain, who made the famous non-stop night from New York to Germany successfully took-off from a [?] out to sea thus…

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Nilon at Jugiong. Political Wreckers, Twisters, Squealers and Comebacks

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 2

Mr. O. J. Hawker chaired an interested and well-attended meeting at Jugiong on Saturday when Mr. Dave Nilon, one of the Labor candidates…

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Story of Mishap Machine a Total Wreck

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 5

Lieutenant Carr, who was extremely Cheerful, said: "Our machine began to show signs of engine trouble at 8 o'clock, and it termed as though the…

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Dogged by Ill-luck Rooker's 'Plane Wrecked Aviator Injured Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 2

Dennis Rooke who is engaged in a fight to Australia in a Moth aeroplane, condition to be dogged by ill luck during his flight through India…

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A Sky Rocket Wrecks a Building SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 1

Remarkable circumstances, led to an explosion at the shop of A. D. Newton, locksmith, at Manly, yesterday. A cartridge was placed in a…

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Harbor Collision Destroyer and Schooner Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 2

The destroyer Huon collided with the schooner Alma Doepel while leaving Queen's Pier last night for Melbourne. Portion of the schooner's…

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Stranded Steamer Moved Eden

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 6
Also in Cootamundra Herald

It is stated that the steamer Riverina, which is aground off Gabo bland, was moved six feet seaward during one of the recent high tides. More…

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A Wreck-of the Sixties

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 7

Some months ago an American lady in possession of a copy of the "Netherby Gazette," which contained an account of the wreck of…

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Big Storm Off American Coast Sixteen Schooners Wrecked VANCOUVER

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 29 August 1927 · page 1

A message from St. John's New [?]oundland, states that communications are still unrestored. The toll of Thursday's storm has…

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Suicide on Steamer Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1927 · page 1

Word comes from Port Said that John Stewart, a first-class passenger on the Narcunda, jumped through a porthole while the liner was at sea…

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Old Glory Wreckage Found Vancouver (B.c.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 2

The steamer Kyle. searching for the missing aeroplane Old Glory, in which were Lloyd Bertand. J. D. Hill and Philip Payne, off Newfoundland,…

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Schneider Cup British Monoplane Wrecked

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 2

Great Britain's chances of winning the Schneider Cup on September 25 have been dealt a severe blow by the clashing of the Bristol Crusader, and…

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Steamer Riverina Re-floated

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 2

A report has reached Sydney to the effect that the steamer Riverina has beer, re-floated and should reach Sydney on Friday…

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Italian Deportee Escape From Steamer Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1927 · page 8

Guiseppe Menotti, an Italian prisoner who was being deported from Australia by the Italian steamer [?]ta di Geneva, now in port at Brisbane…

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War Wrecks Work of Red Cross

Ariah Park News · Thursday 6 October 1927 · page 4

Now that the war Is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross stands for to-day and what it is…

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Island Murders Government Steamer Attacked Two Whites and 15 Native Police Killed Five Wounded Survivors Suva (Fiji)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 1

The High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Sir Eyre Hutson, received a wireless message last night that a trader had arrived at Tul[?]…

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Sabotage on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1927 · page 2

A determined attempt was made yesterday to prevent the steamer Corrimal from leaving for Melbourne with a general cargol. The hydraulic pipes…

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Steamer Wrecked Encounter with Riffis Beaten Off with Fruit London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 2

Arriving at Southampton aboard the Commonwealth liner Moreton Bay, members of the American crew of the steamer Nile which was shipwrecked…

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