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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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N.s.w. Wrecks for 1919

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 6

We have received from the Department of Navigation a return showing the list of vessels lost in New South Wales waters for 1919…

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Steamer Taiyuan. Floated Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 6

The steamer Taiyuan, which ran on Wilkie Reef, near Thursday Island, on Tuesday afternoon, while on a voyage from Hongkong to Sydney, was successfully floated off at 9 a.m…

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Steamer Sunk. Marne at Panama. Australian Cargo on Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 6

The steamer Marne, which left New York on January 14, for New Zealand and Australian ports, is reported to have sunk at Panama, after a fire had occurred on board…

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Gunbar Still Ashore

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

The North Coast S N Company's steamer Gunbar is still hard and fast on the [?] spilt at the entrance to the Heltinger River…

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Gunbar Ashore. at Bellinger River Entrance

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Gunbar is ashore on the north spit at the entrance to the Bellinger River…

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Coaster Ashore. Gunbar on Bellinger' Spit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The Department of Navigation yesterday received a telegram from the pilot at the Bellinger River, stating that the North Coast Company's steamer Gunbar had gone ashore…

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Island Steamer Makambo. Norfolk Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 8

The steamer Makambo arrived her [?]rom New Hebrides yesterday She [?]ailed again to-day for Sydney with a large cargo, consisting of lemon juice, peel, passion pulp, and bananas…

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Gunbar Still Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 14

A telegram received by the Navigation Department yesterday stated that the steamer Gunbar was still aground on the spit at Bellinger, and had worked slightly closer to the south wall…

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Steamer Founders Montreal, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

A Washington message states that the Navy Department has been advised by the steamer Ozette that the tanker Miclero, [?] tons (Cubs…

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Steamer River Clyde. Purchased by Spaniards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 13

The steamer River Clyde, which took part in the Gallipoli landing, has been sold by auction, in London, for £11,500, to Spanish buyers, The steamer now Iles at Malta. The scheme…

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Broke in Two American Tank Steamer Twenty-three Missing New York

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 1

The American tank steamer Lic[?] while on route from Cuba, broke in two and sank. The captain and 22 of the [?] are…

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Mystery Wrecks

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 9

Australia at one time and another was visited by some of the world's early navigators. The coast of Queensland bears such evidence in the…

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Attempt to Wreck Express

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 13

The Simpion-Orient express, narrowly escaped disaster near Verona. Tubes of high explosives, similar to those used in war time to demolish entanglements, were placed on the…

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Steamer Gunbar Refloated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 9

The steamer Cambar, which ran ashore on the north spit at the entrace to the Bellinger River last week, was re[?]ated on Saturday morning, and left for Sydney yesterday…

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Lake Steamer Wrecked Crew Left to Drown

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 5

A steamer laden with lumber, the Myron, having become waterlogged, went ashore near White Fish Point on Lake Superior…

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Schooner in a Gale. Deck Cargo Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 4

EDEN, Sunday.--The schooner Abemama, bound from Sydney to Launceston, which put into the bay on Friday, had a narrow escape in a gale in the straits, whore she lost sails and…

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Steamer Argyllshire. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 9

The departure of the steamer Argyilshire for Australian ports has been concelled…

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Steamer Breaks in Two. New York, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 7

The American tank steamer Lielero broke in two while en route from Cuba and sank. The captain and 22 of the crew are missing. [?]…

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A New Lifeboat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

The Brude combined lifeboat and raft, which has been compulsory on certain Norwegian ships for the past two yearn, and is being introduced in…

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