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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

1,127 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 57

Schooner John and Wintrrop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 8

The schooner John and Winthrop, concerning the safety of which anxicty has been felt, has arrived at Greymoulh after a passage of 61 days from Lyttelton. The schooner was blown to the north by eales,…

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Commonwealth Steamer Eromanga's Basin Trials NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

The new Commonwealth steamer Eromanga underwent basin trials at Walsh Island yesterday. Mr. Snaddon, engineer inspector for the…

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Kiel Canal. British Steamer Refused Passage. London, April 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 7

The Paris Ambassadors' Conference has drafted a Note to Germany regarding a breach of the Peace Treaty In refusing to allow the British steamer Wimbledon to enter the…

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Fiji Yacht Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 12

SUVA. FIJI, March 25.--The Fiji Government yacht Pioneer, which is insured for £60,000, ran ashore on a ridge of reef on the Ra Coast, on the north-east of Viji Levu, on…

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Schooner Leaves Newcastle in Ballast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 4

Some weeks ago the four-masted American barquentine Puako left Newcastle for British Columbia in ballast, because coal supplies could not be…

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World's Largest Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 4

The White Star Line has purchased the ex-German steamer Bismarck from the Reparations Commission for employment in the Company's mail and…

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Battered by Cyclone. Steamer's Rough Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 11

TOWNSVILLE, Friday.--Presenting a dilapidated appearance, with a heavy list, and everywhere showing signs of severe buffeting, the steamer Camira reached port this…

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Cooma's Sailing Rough Seas Delay Steamer

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 3

Owing to the rough seas and adverse winds the interstate steamer Cooma is not expected to reach Sydney until 2.30 this afternoon. Consequently, she…

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In Distress. Steamer Sealark. Off Jervis Bay. Destroyer Proceeds to Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 13

In response to an urgent summbns, H.M.A.S. Tattoo left Sydney at 3.30 p.m. yesterday to assist the steamer Sealark, which was reported to be in distress off Jervis Bay. It is…

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The Dockyard. a 12,000 Ton Steamer to Be Built. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 14

A deputation of Federal members waited on the Prime Minister shortly before the House of Representatives met yesterday to ask what he intended to do in regard to the…

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A Lugger Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 7

THURSDAY ISLAND, Friday.--A wireless message from the steamer Taiyuan states that the lugger seafoam is a total wreck at Hannah Island, through the recent hurricane…

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A Tragic End. Abortionist Wrecks Another Home. Young Wife Cut Off in Bloom of Life. "If I Tell You, You'll Make Mischief", Said Deceased

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 3

Some time ago, it will be remembered, something of a sensation was caused by the burial of a young married woman named Winifred Cardwell, being…

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Steamer Sealark in Distress

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 4

Heavy seas running on the coast on Friday were responsible for the total disablement of the cargo steamer Sealark, oft Jervis Bay…

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Disabled Steamer Sea Lark. Towed Into Jervis Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 9

The excitement occasioned by the report by wireless that the inter-State cargo steamer Sea Lark was disabled in the recent gale off Jervis Day, followed by the despatch of the destroyer…

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Rudder Carried Away. Exciting Incident in the Storm. Steamer Bellata Towed Into Port

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 9

With her rudder carried away, but steering with the aid of the twin screws, the steamer Bellata, one of the wooden ships of the Commonwealth Government Line, limped into port…

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The Steamer Mamari

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

Dalgety & Co., Ltd., advise, in answer to numerous enquiries regarding steamer Mamari, that, according to their last cable message, this…

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Claims for Salvage Rescue of American Schooner

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

A[?]ions a[?]ing out of the salvage [?] connection with the schoonev William [?] and which were consolidately by order or the Chief [?] in Equity…

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Lugger Seafoam. Story of the Wreck. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 9

The survivors of the wreeked lugger Seafoam reached here to-day.The captain stated that he anchored off Hannah Island on the Tuesday for firewood, and as a very heavy…

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Schooner Leaves Newcastle. in Ballast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Some weeks ago the four-masted American barquentinePuako left Newcastle for British Columbia in ballast, because coal supplies could not be…

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World's Largest Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 3

The White Star Line has purchased the ex-German steamer Bismarck from the Reparations Commission for employment in the Company's mail and…

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