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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Sunk by Collision American Freight Steamer LONDON, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 6

The American freight steamer Lake Erie, [?] tons, has been sunk by collision in the Bristol Channel…

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Another Steamer Mined Great Loss of Life VANCOUVER, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 5

A message from [?]…

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Steamer Wrecked on Queensland Coast Drifts Ashore After Being Abandoned by Crew, Who Land Safely BUNDABERG

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 3

The paddlewheel steamer Nelson, 160 tons, bound from Maryborough for the north with a cargo of timber, sprang a leak after leaving the Mary River last…

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Small Steamer Nelson Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

News from Bundaberg states that the small paddlewheel steamer Nelson, 160 tons, bound from Maryborough for the north with a cargo of timber,…

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Steamer Nelson Wrecked. Maryborough (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

The small-steamer Nelson, la[?]en with 70,000 feet of timber, left here on Friday night for Mackay, and sprang a leak a few hours after leaving port. The pumps were got going, but…

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Auxiliary Schooner Dart. Sold for £4,000

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

It is reported that the auxiliary sailing vessel Dart has been sold by the Victorian State Government to Mr. J. Harrison, of the Shipping and…

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Mammoth Schooner. on Her Way to Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

What is described as the largest wooden stilling ship over built on the United States Pacific Coast, and probably one of the largest vessels of its…

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The Somerset—a New Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 8

Making her m[?]den voyage from Liverpool, the new Federal Shire liner Somerset, which was [?]ched only a few [?] the yards of Earle and Co., of Hull, is due in Sydney to-day. In addition to…

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New Steamer Somerset From Liverpool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

The Federal-Shire Company's new steamer Somerset, now on her maiden voyage to the Commonwealth from Liverpool, left Melbourne last…

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Steamer Mined. Heavy Loss of Life. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 5

An unidentified French steamer, supposed to be the Chaprol, has been mined in the Straits of Messina. Five hundred persons are believed to have been drowned. One hundred and…

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Small Steamer Nelson Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 11

News from Bundaberg states that the small paddlewheel steamer Nelson,…

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Auxiliary Schooner Dart. Sold for £4.000

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 12

It is reported that the auxiliary sailing vessel Dart has been sold by the Victorian State Government to Mr. J. Harrison, of the Shipping and…

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Mammoth Schooner. on Her Way to Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 12

What is described as the largest wooden sailing ship ever built on the United States Pacific Coast, and probably one of the largest vessels of its…

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Shipping Dispute Steamer Levuka to Sail

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

The dispute between the seamen and the A.U.S.N. Company has been settled. The men accepted similar terms to man the Levuka as in the case of the…

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Steamer Strikes a Mine Terrific Explosion British Vessel Saves Many Lives LONDON, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 1

A Rome [?] states that the steamer [?], which was convening passengers from Marsellies [?] was steaming at full speed in the…

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Lifeboat for Denman

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

The Denman Progress Association is doing great work to promote and conserve the interests of its district and community. Some time ago it applied to…

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Steamer Port Darwin. No Meat Cargo at Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The steamer Port Darwin. 10.365 tons, of the Cunard line's Australasian service, arrived yesterday from Gladstone, to complete the loading of the whole…

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Struck a Mine. French Steamer's Fate. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 13

A Rome message says that the French steamer Chaoula (4335 tons), which was conveying 650 passengers from Marseilles to Athens, was going at full speed in the…

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Struck Stray Mine. French Steamer Blown Up. Great Loss of Life. London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 7

It is reported from Rome that the French steamer Chaouia was conveying 650 passengers from Marsellies to Athens, and was going at full speed in the moonlight, when she struck…

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