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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

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Steamer on Fire Waste Catches Alight

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

A fire was discovered near the engineroom of the steamer Marsina, by George Henry, watchman, of Harrington-street, city, and Edward…

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Steamer Moreton Bay Brings 700 Immigrants FREMANTLE

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 3

The [?] Moreton Bay berthed here yesterday Commander J, Avern, assistant manager of the Commonwealth Line in London, is in charge of the vessel…

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New French Line First Steamer Arrives

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Interest attaches to the arrival of the French steamer Catinat at Sydney yesterday owing to the fact that she was the first of a new line of cargo steamers placed in the Australian trade…

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Attempt To Wreck Treaty Fails. LONDON, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 9

The Dail Eireann yesterday ratirfied the Irish Treaty, as signed by the Sinn Fein delegates and British Cabinet Minsiters in London, by 64 votes to 57…

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The Wrecked Karitane Vessel's Position Unaltered

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. Dowling, the chief officer of the steamer Karitane, recently wrecked on Deal Island, arrived in Sydney yesterday by the steamer Koronui. He states that the position of the…

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On Breaksea Spit Steamer Cooma Ashore Hopes for Refloating Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 7

The steamer Cooma is ashore at Breaksea Spit, Wide Bay. She is in some danger, but it is hoped that she will be refloated to-night…

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Under Bare Poles Schooner's Rough Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 8

Caught in a violent gale, the four-masted schooner, W. H. Smith, which reached Sydney yesterday from Tonga, had a perilous time. For four days she was running under…

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New Steamer Corama. Sails for Adelaide

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 4

The new steamer Corama, which was built to the order of the Adelaide S.S. Co., Ltd., for the South Australian Gulf trade, left Paisley on January 3, for…

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First Photograph of the Wrecked Karitine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 7

THE VESSEL AS SHE LIES BEACHED AT DEAL ISLAND…

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Abandoned Japanese Steamer Ashore

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 1

A report from To[?] states that the Japanese steamer inaho Maru went ashore on Rossel island at the extreme south-east of the Loulsiade Archipelage…

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Ashore. Japanese Steamer. Abandoned En Route to Sydney. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 9

Advice has been received from Townsville of the receipt of a wireless message reporting that the Japanese steamer [?]aho Maru has been abandoned at…

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Steamer Abandoned Inaho Maru Working Badly

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 7

Mr. B. B. Wiltshire, Sydney agent for the Japanese steamer Inaho Maru, which has been abandoned at Rossel Island (south-east of New Guinea)…

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Steamer Cooma. Aground for Over Six Hours. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 9

The steamer Cooma, which left Brisbane for Cairne, via ports, on Tuesday afternoon, grounded at Breaksea Spit at 11 a.m. to-day, and was refloated between 5 and 6 p.m. She…

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Inaho Maru. Ashore at Rossel Island

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

Word has been received that the Japanese steamer, Inaho Maru, has been abandoned at Rossel Island, south-east of New Guinea…

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Drank His Own Blood. Shipwrecked Cabin Boy's Resource

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 3

The official report of the loss of the German vessel, Salawa (Which was sunk as the result as the result of a collision during a hurricane in the Italic at the…

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Rodder Jammed Manly Steamer Delated Mishap in Farm Cove

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

The no-Saturday work feeling came over the Manly ferry steamer Balgowish this morning, when she made a determined effort to "go sick."…

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Breaksea Spit Where Cooma Grounded Old Wrecks Recalled ROCKHAMPTON

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

The Comma berthed at Port Aima safely and left later for the north. Breaksea Spit, where the Cooma grounded, is 130 miles from Rockhampton, and is the…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament Cyanide's Charity War-Wrecked Soldier's Family Pensioned on £124 12 Imposing on Red Cross Medical Treatment Denied to Save Pence

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 23

Senator Millen once described the Australian Repatriation System as "the most generous in the world." This story shows how it is systematically pilfering the benefits of the Red Cross and of the public hospital services…

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Disabled Schooner Maroro Signals for Assistance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 4

The schooner Maroro was yesterday reported disabled south of Sydney Heads. Tugs were sent to her assistance, and late last night the vessel…

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The Largest Vehicular Steamer on the Line

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 8

During the past few years the vehicular traffic across the Harbor has grown so considerable that the Sydney Ferries, Limited, has found it necessary to build…

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