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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Big Yacht Ashore Culwulla on Bradley's Launches Standing by

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 5

The big yacht Culwulla IV. while competing in the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's race on the harbor this afternoon, grounded on the rocks just…

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Still Unsettled Japanese Question Postponed by Commission May Wreck League Paris, March 27

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 1

After four hours' sitting the League of the Commission early this morning handed the amended covenant to the Drafting Committee without finalising…

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American Motor Schooner Left Yesterday

The Mirror · Sunday 30 March 1919 · page 1

The American motor schooner, Carmen, leaving Sydney yesterday under full sall. The advantage of these schooners is that when there is a calm the motors are set going, and when there is a wind the sails are used.—(Mirror photo.)…

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An Exciting Yacht Race Aoma Wins After Times are Deducted—Eun-na-Mara Runs Ashore

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 March 1919 · page 7

The invitation yacht race, contested under the auspices of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, was a brilliant struggle among the thirteen competitors from to finish…

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Launch of the Delungra, the First Big Commonwealth Steel Cargo Steamer Built in Australia

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 March 1919 · page 3

ON TUESDAY, AT WALSH ISLAND DOCKYARD, NEWCASTLE, IN THE PRESENCE OF A DISTINGUISHED COMPANY, WHICH INCLUDED THE PREMIER OF N.S.W. (MR. W. A. HOLMAN), THE MINISTER FOR WORKS AND RAILWAYS OF THE STATE (MR. BALL), AND THE ACTING-MINISTER FOR THE NAVY (MR. POYNTON), LADY DAVIDSON CHRISTENED HE DELUNGRA, THE FIRST OF THE STEEL CARGO STEAMERS BUILT IN AUSTRALIA TO THE ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH. THE LAUNCHING WAS A SUCCESS; THE SHIP LEFT THE WAYS EASILY, AND TAKING THE WATER WITH SCARCELY A SPLASH, LOST HER WAY IN LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AND STOPPED. THE KEEL OF THE VESSEL WAS LAID ON SEPTEMBER 6. THE DELUNGRA IS…

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Schooner Aground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 11

The American five-masted schooner H. K. Hall arrived from Portland, Oregon, yesterday with a cargo of 1,325,000ft of oregon. While being towed to her anchorage, the took the ground off the Stephen-street…

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Sydney-bound Schooner Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 11

The schooner W. H. Marston sailed from Astoria for Sydney on March 2 last with a cargo of lumber, but, according to advices brought by the Sonoma on Saturday last, she put back to port again after meeting…

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Steamer Wyandra Released. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 9

The steamer Wyandra was released from quarantine this morning. Through passengers will be examined daily on board the vessel. The Wyandra will sail on April 1…

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5-Masted Schooner at Sydney. Thistle and H. K. Hall

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 4

The new American five-masted schooner Thistle which made her maiden voyage to Sydney last year, and then loaded wheat back to San Francisco,…

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[?]Afire at Sea. Anxious Time on Steamer. Burning Phosphorus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 10

With about 800 tons of the cargo in her forehold damaged by fire and water, the new steamer Jacox, which had been in quarantine since he[?] arrival from San Francisco on…

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Dutch Steamer Detained

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--When the Dutch steamer Omoilin arrived in the bay to-day from Adelaide on her way to Java the port docker discovered what appeared to be a suspicious…

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Federal Steamer Rundarra

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Bundarra, which is the first of the wooden steamers built for the Commonwealth to visit Melbourne, is due on Wednesday. She put in at Suva for some…

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Steamer Dut To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 9

South Africa, s, from Capetown, via Adelaide (stream)…

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Another New Standard Steamer. "War Balsam" Launched

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 16

On February 4 the "A" Class Standard merchant steamer War Balsam was launched from the Pallion Yard of Messrs. William Doxford & Sons,…

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Foundered Near the Heads Myola Lost in Heavy Storm Four of the Crew Missing Thrilling Rescue Work

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 6

The Myola, one of the most up-to-date colliers trading in Australian waters, foundered in a storm near the Heads shortly after midnight. Four of the crow are missing. Magnificent rescue work was done by the crew of another collier,…

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Ditching the Beer " Australia'' in Action War Ashore and Afloat Chief Stoker Stephens's Story

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 7

Bluff and breezy, a veritable giant of a man, Chief Stoker Reginald ("Reg") Stephens, of H.M.A.S. Australia, has an interesting story to tell of…

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Portion of the wrecked Towamba bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 15

This bridge was destroyed by the recent floods. The portion shown in the picture was thrown on to the land, together with large quantities of drift wood…

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Wreckage From Myola Ashore at Palm Beach

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 7

The Navigation Department has been notified that wreckage from the Myola has been washed up on Palm Beach. It consists of oars, boat…

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The Myola Disaster Boat Ashore at Balgowlah

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 2

Constable lake of Narrabeen received word last night that on 28ft ship's boat was floating in the surf near Manly He went to the spot and with the aid…

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Foundered. Myola Sinks Off the Heads. Courageous Rescue Work. Four Men Missing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 7

When off Long Reef, and within a mile or two of Sydney Heads, the large collier Myola, owned by the Australian Steamships, Ltd., and bound from Newcastle to Sydney, took a…

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