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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

1,127 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 57

Pilot Steamer Ajax

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

After wearing her coat of "service" grey for about seven years, the Newcastle pilot steamer Ajax has reappeared in the harbour in her neat…

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Pilot Steamer Ajax

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 3

After wearing her coat of "service" grey for about seven years, the Newcastle pilot steamer Ajax has reappeared in the harbour in her neat…

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Schooner Snow and Burgess Sold for Junk

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 5

The schooner Snow and Burgess, which arrived at Port Townsend last April with her back broken, and has been at anchor there ever since, soon…

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Thrilling Sea Story. French Schooner Staggers Into Apia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 5

A thrilling story of the sea was told to a New Zealand "Times" representative recently by Captain Edwards, late harbourmaster at Apia, at present…

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Bananas and Tree in City Brought by Rail and Steamer

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 9

Prominent features of the Mullumbimby display in Farmers and Company's windows. Market-street, in connection with the Country Production Week, are two…

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The Steamer Aroona. New Interstate Trader Arrives

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 4

The steamer Aroona, which is the second of the new cargo vessels recently purchased by the Adelaide S.S. Co., Ltd., to take the place of…

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The Real Wreckers of Unionism

The Sun · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 6

The attempt to form a "Council of Action" is just what might have boon expected from the delegates sent to the Melbourne Labor Conference. These gentlemen represent all that is crass, all that is violent, all that is futile in the Labor movement, and although, largely because of the apathy…

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Two Cutters Wrecked. Western "Willy-willy."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday.--The fishing fleet at Abrolhos Islands, west of Geraldton, suffered in Saturday's "willy-willy." The cutter Columbia was wrecked on Rat Island, and one of her…

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Archer Ashore. Accident in Dense Fog

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 8

The Navigation Department was yesterday notified that the steamer Archer, of 633 tons, which arrived in Sydney on Wednesday night, went ashore one mile west of Cape Everett…

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Hurricane at Bau. Two Cutters Wrecked. Suva (Fiji)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 5

A hurricane occurred at Southern Bau (Fiji) on February 12. A tidal wave 4ft. high swept the Islands. The Islands of Ono, Ogea, and Matuku were most affected, but the cocoanuts…

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New Steamer Trebartha

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 4

Built by John Readhead & Sons, Ltd., South Shields, to the order of the Hain Steamship Company, the new steamer Trebartha is now due at…

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New Shaw-savill Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 4

Alexander Stephen & Sons, Ltd., launched at Linthouse, Govan, on December 13 the twin-screw steamer Matakana, 477ft by 62ft 9in by 42ft…

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Steamer Versus Railway Cheaper Freight Offering Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 6

The Sydney importers of several edible lines are hopeful that within a week or so the regular carriage by relatively cheaper steamer transit will be…

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Sixteen Lost Destroyer and Steamer American Collision Vancouver

The Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 1

A message from Washington states that the American destroyer Woolsey, of the Pacific fleet, was cut in two and sunk off the Pacific coast of Panama…

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Another Safe Blown Office Wrecked Thieves' Small Reward

The Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 5

Again the cracksmen working in the city have completed a Job, but they only[?] got about £2 10s for all their trouble. They did more than £100 worth…

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New Steamer Trebartha

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 5

Built by John Readhead & Sons, Ltd., South Shields, to the order of the Hain Steamship Company, the new steamer Trebartha is now due at…

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The Steamer Aroona

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 5

The steamer Aroona, which is the second of the new cargo vessels recently purchased by the Adelaide S.S. Co., Ltd., to take the place of…

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 12

Clan Ronald, from Busselton, via Brisbane (Brown's wharf, Woolloomooloo)…

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New Shaw-savill Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 4

Alexander Stephen & Sons, Ltd., launched at Linthouse, Govan, on December 13 the twin-screw steamer Matakana, 477ft by 62ft 9in by 42ft…

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