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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

2,023 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 102

Wrecked Vessel Alight

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 7

Flames were Been springing up this morning from the. wrecked steamer Euroka, which has been lying on the rocks at Long Reef for the last couple of months. The…

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Crushed to Death. Accident on a Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 1

A fireman, James Carns, who lived in Kent-street city, was crushed to death on the Adelaide Company's steamer Cedounn, which was lying at the company's wharf at Balmain, this…

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New Steamer Star of Victoria Leaves London

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 4

iMossrs. Tyser and Co. have been advisel that the new steamer Star of Victoria left London last Sunday for Melbourne; Sydney and New Zealand…

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Steamer Dunstan From Bahia Blanca. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 20

The steamer St. Dunstan arrived off the port to-night from Ballia Blanca. She intends waiting there till daylight, when she will eater…

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Ablaze From Stem to Stern. Fate of a New Zealand Steamer. a Thrilling Spectacle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 9

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Tuesday.--All explosion on board the little steamer Moa killed the fireman instantly and set the steamer ablaze from stem to stern…

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Wrecked Schooner. Crew's Fortunate Rescue. Fremantle

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

Bootless, coatless, and hatless, five men were brought to Fremantle by the fishingboat Wanderer to-day. They were the surviving crew of the well-known trading…

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Wedding Feast Raided. Chinese Pirates Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 9

NAKING, Tuesday Evening.-- A party of Chinse pirates raided a wedding feast. They killed 22 of the guests, and captured 20 others…

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Steamer and Tug Bump

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

The Union Company's steamer Karitane, which was to have left for Tasmanian ports via Kembla yesterday, will not get away until to-night Kembla yesterday, will not get away until…

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Steamer Aground. in Newcastle Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The steamer Argentine Transport. when outward bound for Albany this afternoon, took the ground in the mud on tho north side of the north channel…

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Wrecked. New Government Steamer. Strikes a Reef and Sinks Immediately. Mate and Five Men Missing. Fremantle

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 9

A portion of the crew of the steamer Camberwara, the new vessel that has been built recently for the New South Wales Government, arrived in a racing best this morning…

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Steamer Aground. Carried by the Tide. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 9

The steamer Argentine Transport was making her way down the north channel as she was leaving the port at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when she took a sheer with the tide,…

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Struck a Reef. Loss of a Steamer. Six Men Missing. Fremantle

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

The steamer Cambewarra, 450 tons, bound for Sydney from Rotterdam, struck a reef 114 miles from Fremantle on Tuesday morning, and went down. The chief mate, who…

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Life-boat Crew. Later

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 10

A police telegram reports that three of the lifeboat crew reached Dongarra very footsore, and that the other three are safe on the beach 20 miles southward…

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Steamer Sydney Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 10

The Melbourne Steamship Company's excursion steamer Sydney, which should have left here at 5 p.m. yesterduy, has been delayed through being unable to secure bunker coal At Newcastle, owing to the…

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New South Wales Government Steamer. Cambewarra Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

News was received from Fremantle yesterday that the new steamer Cambewarra, which was built last year at Rotterdam for the New South Wales…

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Launch of the Aberdeenaustralian Steamer Euripides

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 13

The Euripides a large [?]riplescre[?] steamer under construction by Harland and Wolff. Ltd., for the passenger and cargo service of Geo. Thomptson and Co., Ltd., between…

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Wrecked. State Steamer Goes Down on Her Maiden Trip. Sailors Rescued by Fishermen- All Hands Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 9

FREMANTLE, Thursday.--The steamer Cambewarra, 450 tons, which was purchased by the New South Wales Government, and was to have been used for the carrying of metal from…

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An Oil Steamer Ablaze. The Crew's Exciting Escape

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

The Mourner Moa, bound from Wellington (N.Z.), to Wanganui, has been burned to the water's edge while lying in the rondstead, five, miles from…

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Particulars of the Steamer. Vessel Insured in Home Offices

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 10

The Cambewarra was valued at about £20,000, and she is reported to' be insured for £17,000. All the insurances were effected in Home offices…

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Wrecked in Sight of Port. Nineteen Lives Lost

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

Another fine ship of nearly 2000 tons burthen was wrecked on the grim racks of Nare Point, that shields Falmouth Harbor from the…

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