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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Uralla Ashore Newcastle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

A report from Bob's Farm, ten miles north of Stockton, stated that the N.C.S.N. vessel Uralla has gone ashore near Williams Bay. All hands…

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Cyclone Sweeps Coast Ship Wrecked Near N'castle Other Vessels Blown Ashore Loss of Seven Lives Feared SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

TREMENDOUS DAMAGE was done all along the coast and in Sydney and its suburbs by a terrific storm on Wednesday night. At…

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Terrific Cyclone Sweeps Coast Ship Wrecked Wear Newcastle Other Vessels Blown Ashore Loss of Seven Lives Feared Damage in Sydney and Suburbs

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 2

Tremendous damage was done all along the coast and in Sydney and its suburbs by a terrific storm on Wednesday night. At times the wind blew at a velocity of 80 miles an hour. Vessels in the harbor dragged their anchors…

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Wreck of White Bay Body Found on Shore SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

AFTER a desperate fight in the teeth of Wednesday night's gale, the little coastal steamer White Bay, which left Sydney for Lake…

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Wrecked Ships Survivors' Stories Thrilling Experiences Seven Lives Believed Lost on White Bay SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 8

Official advices received in Sydney to-day state that the Uralla is lying broadside on, able up on the beach. The crew is able to pass to and from…

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Fishing Boat Wrecked Rockhampton (Q).)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 8

A large motor fishing boat, Starlight, has been wrecked on South Keppel Island, where boisterous weather prevails. Two members of the crew,…

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Wrecked Ships No More White Survivers Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1928 · page 2

There in no trace of the remainder of the crew of the ill-fated White Bay. The police cut a hole in the hull of ,the vessel; but no bodies were…

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Steamer Picks Up Message New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1928 · page 2

The Friendship communicated by wireless with the steamship Rexmore at 3.45 o'clock this afternoon and asked for its position. The message said that…

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Liner at Colombo Preliminary Inquiry Passengers Not Allowed Ashore Colombo

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

The Jervis Bay arrived in harbor at 10 o'clock this morning. An inquiry into the trouble was conducted immediately on board in…

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Nobiie Injured Leg Broken by Ice Taken to Steamer Quest Swedish Aeroplane Lands STOCKHOLM

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

The Ministry for Defence says that Tornberg head of the Swedish expedition, sent a wireless message that General Nobile had been saved and…

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Cyclone Moderating Rivers in Flood Disabled Steamer Berths Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 4

The Government Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said to-day that the severe cyclone had moved rapidly to the eastward after midnight, and was…

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General Nobile a Physical Wreck Condition Serious Berlin

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 1

CORRESPONDENTS of German newspapers at King's Bay declare that nobody is permitted to see General Nobile, whose condition…

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General Nobile a Physical Wreck Why He Was Rescued First ROME

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 2

The fact that General Nobile was the, first of the main party of the Italia to be rescued is responsible for both public and official disquieitude,…

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Missing Schooner Safe Crew of 11 Aboard Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 6

Grave anxiety was felt for the safety of the auxiliary schooner Hauturu, which was four days overdue from Manukau to Hokianga. The…

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Cruiser Wrecked Crashes Ashore in Fog Halifax (Nova Scotia)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 2

Steaming slowly into Halifax harbor in a dense fog on Monday the British cruiser Dauntless crashed ashore, well inside the harbor entrance. She has…

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Wreck of Italia General Nobile's Report Valves Blocked by Ice Rome

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 4

General Norste, reporting on the Italia's crash, says: "The sudden descent was due to ice blocking the valves. I ordered the mechanic to…

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Cruiser Ashore Question of Salvage London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 2

All stores, guns, torpedoes, and movable fittings are being removed from the cruiser Dauntless, which grounded near Halifax (Nova Scotia) on…

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Transport Wrecked 291 Lives Lost Captain Commits Suicide On Bridge SANTIAGO

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 2

The Chilian army transport Angamos sank on Saturday in Arauco Bay. Only four of the crew were saved. Altogether 391 lives were lost as a…

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Wreck of Angamos 209 Lives Lost Santiago (Chile)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 2

The number of deaths caused by the wreck of the Government, steamer Angamos, south of Lefu, on the southern coast of Chile, as officially stated…

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Schooner Wrecked Suva

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 3

The schooner Malaya, owned by the Fiji Shipping Coy., was totally wrecked on Horseshoe reef in the Koro sea, Fiji, on Saturday night. She was…

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