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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Seventy Years at Sea Runs Steamer at 83 Only Once in Danger Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 4

After having followed the sea for the greater .part, of . 70 years, Captain Marshall Smith Is in the unique position, for an old sailor, of only once having been in danger…

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Is the Peregrine Lost? Wreck on English Coast London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 5

The steamer Peregorne, while on the way from Rotterdam to London, was wrecked at Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex). Fifty-six passengers and 32 of the crew…

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Torpedoed. Sloop and Boarding Steamer. London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

The Admiralty announces that the minesweeping sloop Arbutus was torpedoed and foundered in severe weather. The commander, another officer; and seven men are missing…

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Commandeered Steamer. Western Australian Protest Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 8

The Premier (Mr. Lefroy) han made an emphatic protest to the Prime Minister against the commandeering by the Federal Government of the State motor ship…

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A Popular Service. the Clyde Saw Milling & Shipping Co., Ltd. The Steamer Wee Clyde and Her Work

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 7

The s.s. Wee Clyde is a household name on the South Coast, and few travel as far as Tilba Tilba or Tathra without hearing of the doings of the…

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The German Way. Priceless Treasures Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 9

An Italian semi-official message states:—In the air raids on Padua the enemy are deliberately seeking to wreck the most precious treasures of religious art. Last evening the…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Fall Down Steamer's Hold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

While working on a Steamer lying at the Central Wharf, Miller's Point. yesterday, J. H. Reece (45), a wharf laborer living in Commonwealth Street, city, fell down the vessel's…

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Air Raids on Padua. Priceless Treasures Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 7

An Italian semi-official message states:—In the air raids on Padua the enemy are deliberately seeking to wreck the most precious treasires of religious art. Last evening…

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The New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

The good work being done by the New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society is not, apparently, fully appreciated in this country (says a…

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Wrecking Art Treasures. German Raids on Padua. London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

An Italian semi-official announcement states that in the air raids on padua the enemy is deliberately seeking to wreck the most proclous treasures of religious art. Last night, it…

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Steamer Garo Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 7

The steamer Gabo, belonging to the Australian Steamships, Ltd., has been sold to a Chinese syndicate. The purchase price has not been disclosed…

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The Steamer Gabo Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

It was reported yesterday that the well-known interstate steamer Gabo had been sold, and will shortly be transferred to her new owners. The…

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A Steamer's Hatch Found

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Last Sunday an insulated hatch was picked up off Thirroul, and handed over to one of the officers of the Navigation Department for identification…

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The Foe on our Coasts Enemy Mine Washed Ashore at Eden. a Terrific Explosion

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Alec, Cameron,of Eden (N.S.W.) states that what he believes to be a mine was washed ashore and exploded on the rocks near Black [?]end, about…

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Kurnell Tragedy Wreckage Washed in Bodies Still Missing

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

Owing to the heavy sea running on the coast the search for the bodies of Gordon Wilson, aged 34, a taxi driver, of Baptist street, Redfern, and Henry Haberfield, aged…

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Steamer's Hatch Found

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 15

Last Sunday an insulated hatch was picked up off Thirroul, and handed over to the Navigation Depart ment for identification. The hatch, which has been in the water for about six months, was thickly…

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The Steamer Gabo. Not to Leave Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 10

Information was received yesterday stating that although the steamer Gabo, lately belonging to Howard Smith, Ltd., has been sold to Chinese buyers, the Commonwealth…

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Sale of the Steamer Gabo. Vessel Not to Leave Coast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

A message from Melbourne states that the Federal shipping authorities have stopped the steamer Gabo from leaving the Australian coast. Last…

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Mersey Salvage Case. a Wheat Steamer from Australia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Justice Hill, I nthe English Admiralty Court, on Nov. 16, heard an action for salvage remuneration brought by the owners of the steam…

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The New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4

The good work being done by the New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society is not, apparently, fully appreciated in this country (says a…

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