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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

2,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 115

Panama Canal. First Steamer This Year. New York, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 9

Colonel G. W. Goethals, engineer-in-chief of the Panama Canal, replying to the toast of his health at a banquet last evening, announced that the first ocean-going steamer…

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Labour Conference. Wrecking the Ministry

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 21

The P.L.L. Conference opened its proceedings this week by censuring, by a majority of 4, the Ministry For appointing members to the Legislative Council without, requiring…

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Steamer Moresby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 10

The steamer Moresby arrived at Brisbane at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, from the Solomon Islands, with the following passengers:—Mesdames Foskett, Deck, Ri[?]by, Misses Austin, Kear[?], Campbell,…

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Marine Disasters. Vessel Posted Overdue. Beloved to Have Foundered London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

A[?]ther tr[?]gis consequence of the recent heavy storms is reported. It is [?]ved that the grain steamer Whittingham, bound from Baltimore to Rotterdam…

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The Largest Inter-state Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 11

THE A.U.S.N. COMPANY'S INDARRA, A FULL DESCRIPTION OF WHICH APPEARED IN "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH" YESTERDAY…

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Oiling the Waves. Steamer's Rough Passage

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

The steamer Margaretha arrived at Plymouth to-day after experiencing a [?]eary gale, during which tremendous seas swept everything that was [?] overboard…

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Queensland Cyclone Innamincka Reported Ashore. Other Steamers Sheltering Cyclone Abating. Brisbane

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 7

A [?] had developed on the north coast of Queensland, and shipping has been hampered from one end of the coast to the other, Steamers going north meet the full…

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Innamincka Ashore. Fast on Wentworth Reef. Blown Out of Her Course. Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 7

The Adelaide Company's steamer Innamin[?]ka, which was due to leave Cairns on Wednesday last for Melbourne, is now ashore…

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Royal Shipwreck Society. Honours for the Brave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 10

The monthly meeting of the committee, of the Royal Shipwreck Rolief and Humane Society of N.S.W. was held in the Royal Exchange yesterday…

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More Window-wrecking. Lambeth Palace Attacked. Archbishop and Pretty Suffragette. London, Thursday, 9.10 p.m

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 8

One of the suffragettes, a very pretty young woman, yesterday wrecked some of the windows of Lambeth Palace, the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, by banging them…

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Renewed Vandalism. Women and the Post. More Window-wrecking

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday.--The suffragettes campaign of vandalism was continued yesterday, when the post-office outrages were revived. Two hundred packets were damaged at…

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Bravery Recognised. Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 11

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Royal Shipwreck Relief land Humane Society of New South Wales was held in the Royal Exchange yesterday afternoon…

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Ashore. Steamer Innamincka. Help Despatched. Coabiunioation Interrupted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 23

The Adelalde Steamship Company's steamer Innamincka is ashore on a roof east of Port Douglas. Only the most meagre particulars of the mishap are available, owing to the fact…

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Washed Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 14

AUCKLAND, Friday.--A buoy branded both Laira and Ulimaroa and a hatch branded Ulilmaroa was washed ashore near Dargaville. It is believed they were lost from the Ulimaroa…

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The Innamincka Reported Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

A message received states that the Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Innamincka is ashore on a reef east of Port Douglas. Owing to the telegraph…

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Steamer Kulambangra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 24

The repairs which the steamer Kulambangra has been undergoing at Mort's Dock during the past few weeks are now nearing completion. After leaving the dock the vessel will coal, and after wards berth at…

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A New Ketch for New South Wales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

Arrangements have been completed whereby the ketch Doris will be withdrawn from the Tasmanian coastal trade and come to Sydney with a…

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Tried to Burn the Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 18

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Some incendiarist is evidently determined to burn the steamer Arahura. Three small fires occurred recently, when the Arahura was alongside the…

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Steamer Palmer Missing. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 27

In the absence of news from Cairns no information can be given concerning the small steamer Palmer. She was last reported on Thursday, when she anchored under Cape…

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The Steamer Montoro. Thuesday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 24

The steamer Montaro, on route, from Singapore to Sydney, Arrived here to-day with the following, passengers:- For Brisbane: Messrs. W. H. Lally, W. M…

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