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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Schooner in Distress Rudderless and Leaking

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 4

Advice was received in Sydney on Saturday to the effect that the schooner Repeat, bound from Gray's Harbor to Sydney with a cargo of lumber, had put into Honolulu in…

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Ashore at Botany Lighter Drags Anchor

The Sun · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 5

A 100-ton lighter is ashore at Botany near the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, as a result of to-day's storm. This morning the lighter was…

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The Steamer Karitane. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 8

Owing to the expense involved, no attempt wiil be made by the Union S.S. Company to salvage the steamer Kar[?]tane, which was wrecked in Squally Cove, Deal Island, in Bass…

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Karitane Wreck is be Auctioned

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

The steamer Karitane, which ran asbore and became a wreek at Deal island, Bass Straits, is to be sold as she now lines on the health. The Union S.S…

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Karitane Wreck Crew in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 4

Returning from the most uneventful wreck it will probably, ever be their luck or misfortune to be concerned in, sixteen of the crew of the stranded Karitane arrived in Sydney by…

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Blown Ashore

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 7

Stirred to a fury unusual for Manly Cove, numerous craft at anchor therein last night were tossed and shaken, and owners had a trying time, for…

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Nearly Ashore in Harbor

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 8

The E. R. Sterling, the fine American six-masted schooner, which dragged her anchors in Athol Bight during last night's storm, and narrowly escaped crashing on to the rocks which front [?] zoo…

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Tasmanian Steamer Service Vessel Colors Changed

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 8

The [?] familiar red funnels with black tops so long associated with the turbine steamer [?] are now things of the past. On arrival of the vessel at…

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Ship in Distress. Nearly Driven Ashore. Exciting Time in the Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 7

During the height of the storm last night the six-masted barquentine E. R. Stirling, which was lying in Athol Bight, began to drag her anchors, and for a few hours the…

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The Karitane Wreck Captain in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

Captain B. Spain, of the Union Company's steamer Karitane, which struck on Deal Island recently during a fog, and was beached there, arrived in Sydney last evening…

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 13

Shinpo Maru, from Yokohama, via ports…

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Steamer Capsizes Disaster in North Sea Heavy Loss of Life London

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

As a consequence of the German steamer Fehmarn capsizing in the North Sea during Saturday's gale, seven were drowned, and five are…

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New Steamer. for North Coast. to Replace Wollongbar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 8

To replace the steamer Wollongbar, which went ashore at Byron Bay on May 16 last, the North Coast Steam Navigation Company has completed arrangements for a new steamer…

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A 23 Year Old Wreck

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

Two photos of the stranded steamer Tokapo, which ras ashere at the southers, end of Maronbra Bay during a agale, and became a total week nearly a quarter of a contury ago The wild weather of Sunday and Monday last on the coast caused…

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Admiralty Decisions. Collision with a Wreck

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

Judgment was given upon a point of law raised In this case, in which plaintiffs, the Maritime Salvors, Ltd., London, claimed to recover damages which…

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Ship's Boiler. Swept Up at Maroubra. Old Wreck Recalled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 9

The huge seas which swept Maroubra Beach during the storm brought up an old ship's boiler of iron, estimated to weigh from 25 to 30 tons. The discovery was made by Mr…

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"You're a Phrenologist" Ferry Steamer Incident

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

Ernest Henry Ward, aged 34, pleaded guilty this morning at the North Sydney Police Court to using offensive language to Constable White on a ferry…

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Warship Wrecked Shell Explodes on Destroyer Many Casualties London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 1

A message from Athens says that a shell explosion aboard the Greek destroyer Leon, which was lying at Piracus (the port of Athens),…

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Fire on Steamer

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

A fire was last night discovered on the steamer Marsina, which was lying at Morrison's Wharf, Balmain. It was extinguished before much damage had been…

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New Steamer. for Australian Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

On November 17 last, the steamer Corama was launched from the yards of Messrs. John Fullerton & Co., Paisley. The vessel, which will carry 1300…

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