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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Wrecked Schooner Annie Larsen

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 12

The little schooner Annie Larsen, recently totally lost on Maiden Island, in the South Pacific, was well known at North Pacific Coast ports. The…

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Schooner Rosamond Fixed

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 11

The American four-masted schooner Rosamond, now in port at Sydney, discharging lumber, has been fixed to load copra at Hoapal, for San Francisco…

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Fire on a Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on the steamer Essex, which is lying at Darling Island. Smoke was seen issuing from the…

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Steamer Newcastle Again in Commission

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's steamer Newcastle, left Sydney, last night, for Newcastle, in charge of Captain Robert Heron,…

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Fires Steamer Ablaze Excitement at Cockatoo Island

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 5

The Commonwealth oil steamer Cool[?]ba, lying off Cockatoo Island, was [?] morning [?] of a fire that at [?] time th[?]…

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Quarantine Fight State Action Case of Melbourne Steamer Detained by N.S.W. Clean Bill From Federal Officer

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 7

The arrival of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s inter-State steamer Wynndra from Melbourne tills morning brought the Federal and State health authorities…

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Holding the Enemy Steamer Prom Melbourne Stopped Action by the State Ship Passed by Federal Authorities More Deaths in Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 7

The Wyandra, from Melbourne to-day was given a clean bill of health by the Federal quarantine…

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Wrecked and Mined. Three Vessels Lost. London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 5

The Anglo-American Oil Co.'s liner Narrangansell (9196 tons), carrying 2000 British troops from Havre to Southampton, stranded off Bembridge during a snowstorm on Friday…

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The Schooner Georgette

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

The overdue American schooner Georgette, from San Francisco, was towed into Wellington on January 12 by the steamer Stella, which picked…

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American Schooner Wrecked. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 10

News from the islands includes the details of the wreck of the American four-masted schooner Espada on the Barrier Reef, north of Mumbaulau, 16 miles from Levuka. She was…

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Conflicting Powers. Steamer Wyandra. State and Federal Clash

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 7

Stale and Federal authorities came into conflict yesterday on the arrival of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Wyandra, from Melbourne. The vessel dropped anchor in Watson's Bay for…

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Missing From Steamer Passenger from Sydney NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

On the arrival of the steamer Nam[?] from Sydney this morning it was reported that lower-saloon passenger, Mr. J. Roberts was missing…

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Rabaul Steamer Marsina Detained

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 7

The Burns, Philp steamer Marsina which trades to Rabaul has been detained in port at Sydney by the agents…

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Steamer Wyandra Three Cases Discovered Lady Passenger III

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 5

A member of the crew of the steamer Wyandra and a young lady passenger have been removed from the vessel to the C[?] Hospital. A third case was…

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The Lord Erne at Geelong. First Wheat Steamer for That Port

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

The first wheat steamer to arrive at Geelong for the year, the Lord Erne, arrived there on Saturday last. The Lord Erne is a fine type of tramp, and…

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Shipwrecked Crew From Pitcairn Island Arrival at Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

The Commonwealth and Dominion steamer Port Augusta, which arrived this morning from New York, had on board Captain Anderson and [?] members of…

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More Wreckage. Probably From Handa Isle. Traces of a Fire

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

The Navigation Department yesterday received advice from the police station at Huskisson stating that a ship's mast, believed to be from the missing schooner Handa Isle, is…

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Shipwrecked Crew Arrival in Sydney End of the St. James

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 9

The shipwrecked crew of the barque St. James, which was lost on Oeno Island, near Hawaii, reached Sydney to -day…

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