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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 11

Me[?]na, from Scandinavia, via ports. (No, 9 Wharf, Woolloomooloo.)…

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Steamer Gilgai. General Average Declared

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

In connection with the cargo by the Commonwealth Government Line steamer Gilgai, which arrived in Melbourne on Monday night from London,…

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The Wrecker's Lure

The Australian Worker · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 11

"S. M. HERALD," under a featured heading, gives particulars of the case of a Scotch immigrant, his wife, and eight children, who have collided with…

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Wreckage Sighted

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

The pilot at Eden has reported to the Navigation Department that portion of a deckhouse, about 10ft. by 6ft., was passed by a steamer about ten…

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Wreckage From Inca. Washed Up on South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 3

Wreckage believed to be from the American schooner inca, which was towed into Sydney, dismasted, by the steamer Cosmos, on December 17, has been washed ashore on the South Coast…

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For the Allies World's Biggest Steamer LONDON, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 7

A Berlin telegram states that the Tirpitz, the world's largest steamer, will be surrendered to the Allies on January 18…

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Deaths by Drowning a Terrible Toll. a Picnic Steamer Overturns

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 4

A terrible tragedy occurred on the Hopkins River, near Warranmbool (Vic.), on Sunday last, as the result of which ten persons lost their lives. A…

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Steamer Sussex. Ashore at Colon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 13

A cable was received yesterday afternoon by the Marine Underwriters of Sydney stating that the steamer Sussex, of the Federal Steam Navigation Company, had gone ashore…

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The Sussex Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 4

The Sydney Marine Underwriters Association has recevied a cable stating that the Federal Navigation steamer Sussex stranded at Colon,…

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 15

Bulga, from Newcastle (No. 7 Wharf, Woolloomooloo). STEAMERS DUE SUNDAY. Kidderpore, from London, via ports…

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Dutch Steamer at Hobart

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 4

The Dutch steamer Djebres (3555 tons) arrived at Hobart from Java at 9 o'clock on Monday night last, and anchored in the stream. She brought…

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Mishap to Steamer Sussex at Panama

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 1

According to cabled advice received by the Sydney Marine Und[?] Association, the steamer Sussexs is ground at Colon Pane[?]…

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Ex-service Workers Arrive by Steamer Miltiades

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 1

The Aberdeen liner Miltiades which arrived it Sydney from London and ports this morning, brought about 200 third class passengers in addition to there…

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An Historic Steamer. Lucinda's Career Ended

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 4

The fact that the Queensland Government, in pursuance of its strangely inconsistent schemes of economy, was going to lay up the steamer…

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Reefs and Wrecks. Dangers to Navigation. Recollections of a Shipmaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 8

To the majority of people the principal points of interest about the Pacific are in relation to the progress of trade and the development of political problems. But to…

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Foundered Tug Sinks Off Heads

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 7

The well-known [?] the [?] this afternoon With a hopper loaded with rubbish in…

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Boat Washed Up. Fate of the Ketch Korunah

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 5

The Navigation Department yesterday received a wireless message from Captain "Weatherall, of Burns, Philp's steamer Makambo, in the New Hebrides, stating that a…

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 12

Tofua, from San Francisco, via ports. (Margaretstreet wharf.)…

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Japanese Steamer Grounded on Reef

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 8

The Navigation Department received a telegram to day from the Marine Board in Brisbane, stating that the Meigen Maru had grounded on M Reef…

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An Historic Steamer. Lucinda's Career Ended

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 7

The fact that the Queensland Government, in pursuance of its strangely inconsistent schemes of economy, was going to lay up the steamer…

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