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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

2,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 127

The Wreckers Again

The International Socialist · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

THE Federal Labor Government's action in endeavoring to wreck the Renmark strike (with its certainty of success) by means of the Arbitration Court is both impudent and traitorous; and every…

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Ten Drowned in Foundered Trawler

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 March 1911 · page 14

The steam trawler Senator struck an obstacle in the North Sea, and foundered, ten lives being lost…

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Pop's Rescue From Wreck

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 March 1911 · page 5

A trawler sank off the Galloper Lightship at the mouth of the Thames last month as the result of colliding with submerged wreckage. The crew refused…

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Steamer Quarantined

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 3

On the arrival of the steamer Charon from Singapore at Broome (W.A.), on Thursday, it was discovered by the Health Officer that one of the crew, affected by small-pox, had…

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Ketch Lost. Owner's Trying Experience. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 8

A Mackay wire states that throughout Thursday and Friday the wind blew with huricane force. The ketch Dart, owned and sailed by William M'Cracken, was destroyed…

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Another New Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 4

Cable advices have come to hand intimating that the new Swedish-South African liner Terrier has sailed from Scandinavia for the…

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Steamer Quarantined. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 10

The steamer Charon was placed in quarantine at Broome on Thursday, a case of smallpox being discovered among the crew at Singapore on February 20. The patient…

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For the Coronation. the Steamer Papanui. All "One-class" Passengers

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 8

The New Zealand Co.'s well-known steamer Papanul, which had a varied experience at Melbourne with the port officials not long since, is to steam from Japan to Sydney…

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A Spanish Steamer. Brings 75 Miles of Rails. Rough Weather in the Atlantic

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 7

One of the few Spanish Steamers which occasionally visit Australia is the cargo carrier Apolo, which arrived from Cardiff this morning…

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The Suffragettes. Something More Than Window-wreckers. London

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 7

The suffragettes claim that their activities are not confined to street, assaults and window-wrecking. Their educational efforts, however, as they declare, are ignored by the…

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The Wrecked Steamer Time. Salvage Operations Started

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 20

Mr. Sever, the purchaser of the wrecked steamer Time, has commenced salvage operations, which he anticipates will take some three months to…

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Another Large Isherwood Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 4

Recently there was launched on the Tyne another large steamer of the Isherwood type. She is one of the largest yet built on the system of…

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New Steamer for North Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 10

Captain Hunter, of the steamer Orara, will leave for London by the R.M.S. India to-morrow to bring out the steamer Wollombar, which as been built to the order of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company for the…

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Gales Off Queensland. Steamer's Rough Passage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday. The Adelaide Company's steamer Yongala arrived to-day from Cairns, via ports. left Captain Knight reports that the vessel left…

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Steel Rails for the Government. Spanish Steamer Arrives

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 5

Among the arrivals at Port Jackson yesterday was the Spanish steamer Apolo. The vessel is from Cardiff and has on 4500 tons of steel rails for the New South Wales Government. With the exception of a stop…

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Mission Steamer Returns. Measles on the John Williams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 8

The steamer John Williams, which left Sydney on Saturday week for Pa[?]an ports, has or orders from the London Mission Society authorities returned to Sydney…

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Native Rising Over. Steamer Germania From the Carolines

The Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 8

The arrivals at Sydney this morning included the steamer Germania, from the Caroline and Marshall Islands. She made a call at Ponape, where the natives had recently…

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Mission Steamer Re-called. Measles on the John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 9

The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams, which left Sydney last week bound for New Guinea, has been recalled from Brisbane, owing to a case of measles on board. The…

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Wrecked Barque Bali Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 20

News has reached Sydney of the sale of the barque Bali. The vessel, which was a wreck at Whale Island when disposed of for £62 10s, was…

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The Fiji Steamer. Bananas From the Group

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 6

The A.S.U.N. Company's steamer Suva from Fiji arrived at Sydney this morning with a large of bananas the lot comprising 24,962 bunches and 1072 casts…

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