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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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American Schooner Missing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 6

Anxiety is felt for the American wooden schooner Georgette, 757 tons, which left San Francisco on October l8 for Wellington. She was sighted off Wellington Heads on…

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Missing Schooner. Georgette Overdue From Frisco

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--The second boat of the barque Aryan, destreyed by fire, is still missing. The now American, schooner Georgette is…

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Ballina. Steamer Sinks

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 14

Ballina is packed with visitors to such an extent that the accommodation is over-taxed. A number of people took refuge on the river passenger steamer…

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South Coast Collier Disappears. Supposed to Have Foundered. Wreckage Cast Ashore

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 4

The collier Undola, owned by Coalcliff Collieries Ltd., which left Bellambi for Sydney on December 20, has not since been seen…

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Mishap to Steamer. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 6

Whilst attempting to turn in the Inner Basin yesterday afternoon, the Scott Fell steamer Iron Monarch collided with the A.A. Company's shute, and carried several of the…

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1700 in Peril U.S. Transport Ashore Storm Holds Off Rescuers Vancouver

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 1

The transport Northern Pacific (8256 tons) went ashore yesterday off New York. A storm rose in the afternoon, and…

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Stranded Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The London correspondent of the United Press says the passengers and crew of the Tenaderes, which was stranded in the Bay of Biscay, have landed safely…

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New Motor Schooner Ady. Making a Long Trip to Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

The new motor-schooner Ady, which left Bellingham on October 17, 78 days ago, for Sydney, laden with timber, and was expected to arrive here about a…

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Shooting on Schooner. Bangor's Mate Charged. Fired in Self Defence

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

Trouble on board the United States [?]Bengor now lying in Sydney Hartor, on the morning of December 21 resulted in Joseph James [?]…

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Steamer Kameruka. Salved with Aid of Coffer Dam

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The steamer Kameruka, belonging to the Sydney Ferriea, Limited, which was partially destroyed by are recently and which sunk in the Parramatta River…

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A Steamer's Ashes How They Are Disposed Of

The Mirror · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 11

People have often wondered how ocean-going steamships dispose of the huge amounts of ashes which their engine fires leave…

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Arsenic on Floor Discovery on Steamer Dead Rats in Hold Rockhampton

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The discovery of a number of dead rats at the bottom of a consignment of flour and fodder was made yesterday by a health inspector in No. 3…

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Schooner "Casco."

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 4

The little schooner "Casco" arrived at San Francisco from Suva on Nov. 22, in command of Captain Troup, bringing a cargo of 60 tons of copra,…

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 15

Nigara. R.M.S., from Vancouver, via ports…

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Mail Steamer Niagara Arrives a Clean Ship

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 4

The Canadian Australian mall steamer [?] arrived at Sydney this morning from [?] ports and [?]…

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Disastrous Wreck. Bluejackets' Fate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 13

Details of the disaster off the Scottish coast state that the naval yacht Iolnlre was convoying 260 bluejackets from Lewis (Outer Hebrides) home on leave, when she was wrecked…

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New Year Tragedy 200 Sailors Lost Twenty Yards From Shore Wreck of Leave Ship London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 1

A message from Stornoway (Outer Hebrides) gives further particulars of the loss of the naval vessel [?]olaire (formerly the steam yacht Amalthea)…

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Sammies Safe Wrecked Men Rescued VANCOUVER

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1919 · page 1

A New York message says that spurred on by the menace of an approaching blizzard, rescue squads took the wounded off the stranded transport…

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