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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

13 stories in South Coast's papers

Washed Ashore

The Nowra Leader · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

[?]was a glorious spring morning[?] a Brian Hare arrived to take Poston of the large house and property [?]he South Coast of New South Wales,…

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Excitement on the Harbor Ferry Steamer Gets a Bump

The Bega District News · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

The ferry steamer Koree struck a pontoon at Circular Quay yesterday afternoon, Her bows were so badly damaged that the vessel had to be…

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Washed Ashore

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 8

"Just call the Carmen" interupted the girl, "that is my name." "Thanks, well, if I may dispense with all conventionality under these unusual…

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Washed Ashore

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

When dawn was breaking over the sea, Brian had a visitor, his old gardener Andy, who, fearing something had happened to his young master, had come along the shore…

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Another Steamer Black

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 2

The Seamen’s Union has declared the steamer Eromanga black, as the result of cargo being transhipped to her from the Voluninia. Members…

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Steamer [?]Volumnia Leaves Secretly

The Bega District News · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 2

The steamer Volumnia let Sydney secretly on Saturday, it is believed, for Fremantle to load wheat for overseas ports…

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Ship Blown Ashore

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 2

The ship Huon Pine was blown ashore on a reef at Hope Beach, 15 miles from Hobart. The crew escaped. without injury…

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Cutter Blown Ashore

The Bega District News · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 2

A message from Suva slates that the cutter Fuga Tamsta was blown away a from her anchorage by a storm and grounded on a reel. The…

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Steamer Has Rough Time

The Bega District News · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 2

The steamer Tasmam encountered heavy gales while- on the voyage from Sydney to Thursday island. Heavy seas swept the decks, and a…

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Shark and Fisherman. Boat Towed to Sea From Sussex Inlet. Rescue by Steamer Narani

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 3

Pulled to sea by a 12-foot shark, and then abandoned well off shore in a light skiff, which bobbed about like a cork on 15-foot waves, was the…

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Charge of Setting Fire to Steamer

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 2

James Edward Cokeman, described as a wharf laborer, was charg d at the Central Police Court With having set fire to the steamer…

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Wrecking Temperance. (Published by Arrangement)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 3

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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Wrecking Temperance

The Bega District News · Monday 5 October 1925 · page 4

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Mr. A. Scott Pullitt is reported by the Press agencies as saving: “ The prohibition law…

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