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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

1,014 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 51

W.a. Politics. Wreck of the Misima. Dissolution Asked For. Vessel a Total Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 6

PERTH, Tuesday.--In view of the Government defeat on Thursday night, when, in the absence of the Country members who had gone home for the week-end, the Labor party, by 17 Further particulars were received yesterday by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., regarding the wreck of the steamer Misima in Papua. The vessel, according to a late wireless message,…

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The Disabled Steamer Buninyong

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 2

The Australian Steamships' steamer Buninyong, which is disabled, and was taken in tow by an oversea steamer off South Solitary on Tuesday evening,…

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American Oil Steamer. Threatened by Submarine. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 7

The Admiralty state:—The captain of the American steamer Westwego, 5275 tons, owned by the Union Petroleum S.S. Co., reports that on January 31 a submarine…

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Belgian Relief. Steamer with Maize Sunk. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 7

The Danish steamer Lars Kruse (1400 tons), carrying 2335 tons of maize from Buenos Ayres for the Belgian Belief Committee, is reported to have been sunk. At…

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Ketch a Total Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 6

ADELAIDE. Thursday.--On Thursday morning, the Marine Department was notified from Edinburgh that the ketch Success was a total V wreck off Trowbridge Hill, Investigator Strait…

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Schooner Wrecked All Hands Safe. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 6

The schooner Success, loaded with 1000 bags of wheat, from Balgowan, and bound [?] Port Adelaide, on Wednesday night, at about [?] o'clock, struck a reef off Troubridge Hill,…

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The Loss of the American Schooner Kona. Full Cargo of Redwood

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

Additional particulars have been received concerning the loss of the of the American four-masted schooner Kona, which occurred at the Scraper's…

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State Steamer in Collision. Perty (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 8

The Colonial Secretary has received a cable message from the Agent-General stating that the State motor steamer Kangaroo was damaged in collision en route to Barry Dock, and…

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American Vessel. Schooner Sunk in Golf of Mexico. 100 Submarines Now Attacking Allied Shipping. London, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 1

Another American vessel was among the [?] of the U boat ruthlessness. She was the four-masted schooner Charles [?] Schull. 884 tons of Camden. New Jersey which was bound from a Golf port to…

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Wreck of the Belmore

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 5

The inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Bal[?] at the entrance to the Maclesy River on [?] 9, was concluded by the Sydney Mar[?] this afternoon…

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Royal Shipwreck Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humano Society of New South Wales was held at the Royal Exchange yesterday, when certificates…

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Wreck of the Belmore Nominal Suspension

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 5

The Marine Court, consisting of Judge Docker, and Captains John Vine Hall and Simpson, assessors, to-day further inquired into the circumstances attending the wreck…

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The Ketch Success a Total Wreck

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

The South Australian-owned ketch Success was totally wrecked off Troubridge Hill, Investigator Strait, at 9 p.m. last Wednesday. The Success…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Docker, President, and Captains John Vine Hall and John Simpson, assessors.) Wreck of the S.S. BELMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 9

Mr. Kidson, of the Crown Solicitors Department, apepared for the Department of Navigation; Mr. E. S. Dunhill for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company; and Mr. P. H…

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The Wrecked Kona. The Captain's Story

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

Captain Hanson, of the American four-masted schooner Kona lias supplied an interview, with an account of the loss of the vessel:—…

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Marine Court. Wreck of the Belmore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

At the Marine Court yesterday before Judge Docker, and Captains John Vine Hall and Simpson, assessors, an inquiry was held into the…

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German Steamer's Cargo Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, has consented to the time for the wholesale sale of a German steamer's cargo being extended to April 3. The steamer left Germany before…

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Coastal Steamer Fares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 2

In the House of Representatives last Thursday Dr. Maloney asked whether in view of the fact that the coastal steamship owners had increased their…

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Without Warning. New B.I. Steamer Sunk New York, Sunday [?]

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 1

The American Consul at [?] that the steamer Ma[?], a [?] longing to the British India Steam [?] Company, was torpedoed on Thursday [?]…

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Wreck at the Islands. Schooner E. B. Jackson. Strikes Reef at Apia Entrance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 4

News of the loss of the American four-masted schooner E. B. Jackson was received yesterday by the Union S.S. Co. by wireless from Samoa. The vessel went ashore while beating…

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