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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

1,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 70

A Big Schooner

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 4

Now in port at Melbourne is the schooner J. W. Wells, from San Francisco. This vessel is described as the largest wooden sailing ship ever built…

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The Schooner Henriette

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 5

The American schooner Henvictte, which arrived at Wellington on January 29 from San Francisco, has a full cargo to discharge, Including…

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Steamer Delayed. a Fireman's Absence. Vessel to Come to Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The absence of a fireman has been the cause of delaying the departure of the steamer Mabia for the day. She is bound for Auckland, and in order to…

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Wreck of the Espada. Death of the Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 4

Further particulars were received in Sydney on Saturday regarding the wreck of the American schooner Espada at the Fiji Group. The vessel during a gale of hurricane fury…

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The Schooner Henrietta

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 16

The American schooner Henrlette, which arrived at Wellington on January 29 from San Francisco, has a full cargo to discharge, including…

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Suspicious Fire On the Steamer Victoria

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 1

An outbreak of fire is reported to have [?] on board the steamer Victor a. [?] lying in Neutral Bay The [?] of a passing ferryboat noticed smoke…

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Wharfies' Dispute Still Unsettled Steamer Hobart Delayed

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 8

Another hitch has occurred in connection with the arrangements for the working of interstate ves[?]cle The wharf laborers yesterday decided that they…

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Suspicious Circumstances. Fire on the Steamer Victoria. Police Investigating

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 4

Timely warning from the master of a ferry boat belonging to the Sydney Ferries was the means of preventing a serious outbreak of fire on the steamer Victoria in Neutral Bay…

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Ebert Interview 'Catastrophic Situation' Germans' Financial Wreck London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 1

Mr. Charles Towers ("The Times" correspondent at Weimar) has Interviewed President Ebert, who said that the conversion of war industries was…

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Steamer Service Wanted

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 9

Owing to the dislocation of interstate shipping, on account of the influenza epidemic, large quantities of produce are accumulating at Geelong, and local…

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Steamer for Adelaide Wyandra to Sail

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 5

The steamer Wyandra, the movements of which have been uncereain for two weeks, has been definitely fixed to leave Sydney at 4 p.m. on Friday for…

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Left to the Winds Schooner Abandoned Shells Fail to Sink Her

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 5

"Sail-oh!" called the man on the look-out of the B.L steamer Australia. "What does she look like?" asked the chief officer, Mr. St. John Clay, who…

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Wore Soldiers Lanced by Ferry Steamer Arrivals by the Bakara

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 3

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Was It From a Wreck Trawler Nets Large Anchor I

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

Skipper Finale, of the trawler [?] rteports that whife [?] three [?] to the [?]ward of Wata [?] at a [?] of 31811 of water, a large an hor…

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Fate of the Schooner Helvetia

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 7

Water-logged und abandoned, the Peruvian four-masted schooner Helvetia, belonging to Callao was sighted a drifting derelict by Captain Hunt, of the B.I.S.N. Company's steamer…

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On Transports. Cases of 'Flu Advised Orsova and City of Exeter. Six on Cargo Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday--The Director of Quarantine is advised that the transports Orsova and City of Exeter, and the cargo steamer Thong-wa, which are nearing Australia, have…

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A Middieton Reef Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 6

The master of the steamer Georgina Rolph, which arrived here on Monday night, reported to the Navigation Department yesterday that he sighted what appeared to be a new wreek…

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Wrecks Sighted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 7

Captain Hellingsen of the American steamer Georgian Rolph, which has arrived at Sydney from Sun Francisco, reports having sighted what appeared to be a wreck on Middleton Reef…

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A Brig Ashore Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 5

The American brig Louis Theriault, bound from Montreal to Melbourne with a cargo of paper, mistook Westernport for Hobson's Bay, and is now…

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