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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

1,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 53

Dynamite Outrage Attempt to Wreck a Rand Mine Johannesburg, February 27

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 5

The werst dynamite outrage during the strike is reported from tho City Deep mine, where five explosions occurred in an attempt to destroy the whole of the electric system, but…

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New Schedule of Sailing First French Mail Steamer

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 2

The Adromede, which is the first steamer of Messageries Maritimes to come to Australia under the new schedule of sailing, by which the French…

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Stranded Immigrants Stowaway on Steamer Free Trip to Sydney

Evening News · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 7

Three immigrants, John Black, 21. James Kelly, 24, and Edward Gordon, 23, stood in the dock at No. 2 Central Court to-day on a charge of stowing away on…

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Marine Court. (Before Judge Cohen, with Captains H. Chudleigh and D. Reid as assessors.) Stranding of Steamer Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 10

At the inquiry into the circumstances at tenting the stranding, of the Australian Steamship Company's steamer Cooma, which ran aground on January 11 last on Breaksea…

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Karitane Syndicate. a New Company. to Salvage Karitane Wreck

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 5

A company has been registered in Sydney, named the Karitane Syndicate, Ltd., with a capital of £2500 in £100 shares, with the object to…

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Schooner Adrift Repeat's Lively Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 4

An exciting incident occurred at Sydney Heads yesterday afternoon, when the French schooner Repeat, while towing to sea, broke adrift, and was for a time in a perilous…

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Slipped Off Reef Japanese Steamer's Fate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 4

The Japanese steamer Inaho Maru, which was wrecked on Rossell Island, in the Loui[?]ade Group, while coming from Japan to Sydney to load wheat, is a total loss…

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Marine Court. Stranding of Steamer Cooma

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 4

At the inquiry (before Judge Cohen, with Captains H. Chudleigh and D. Reid as assessors) into the circumstances attending the…

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Steamer Taiyuan. Strikes a Rock. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 9

The Deputy-Director of Navigation received a wireless message last night stating that the Taiyuan had struck Mures Rock, on the North Queensland coast, and is making 2ft of water…

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Shipwrecked. Crew Picked Up. by Steamer Rio Azul

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 9

A wireless message was received yesterday by Messrs. Lane and Dawson, Ltd., from the master of their steamer Rio Azul, stating that he had picked up the crew of the sailing…

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Crew of Shipwrecked Vessel

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 4

Lane & Dawson, Ltd., have received a wireless message from the captain of the Rio Azul, one of their chartered steamers, advising them that he had…

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In a Waterspout Steamer's Trying Time Darwin

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 11

The steamer Rio Azul, which passed from the south to-day, landed the crew of the lugger Upton, which was caught in a waterspout five miles off Dhu Reef on Monday…

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A Wrecked Cutter. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 13

The Brisbane Mariae Board has received a message from the harbour master at Thursday Island satting that a wrecked cutter has been found on the beach at Bishop's Point, near…

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Newcastle Stowaways Ten on Steamer ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1922 · page 2

Owing to the scarcity of employment in other States, the number of stowaways on vessels travelling to South Australia is increasing. Ten men hid…

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All Hands Lost Norwegian Steamer Founders VANCOUVER, March 3

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1922 · page 1

A message from Halifax states that the Norwegian steamer Grontott foundered. The crew of 20 was lost. Such of the cable news on this page…

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Prickly Pairs. in the Garden of Life. Sigh-Press, Orange Blossoms, Buds, Blooms and Bloomers. Jack Ashore. Bowhay Bowlines the Belles. Wifey Won't Endure His Ways

Truth · Sunday 5 March 1922 · page 7

A somewhat staid son of the sea, tamed Henry Sidney Bowhay, a stoker in the Australian Navy, who had sought substitutes for his absent wife, Harriet…

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Monthly Service. Aberdeen Line. New Steamer Launched

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 9

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have been advised by cable that the Diogenes, the second of the two new steamers of the Aberdeen Line, has been launched at Beifast…

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Steamer Wrecked Mokau Strikes a Gale Marine Court Inquiry

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 3

The wooden steamer Mokau went down the South Coast to salvage a punt which had sunk at Red Head, and it was not long before she wanted…

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Steamer Maheno Departure Postponed Stokers and Engineers

Evening News · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 7

The Union Company's steamer Maheno did not sail at 2.30 p.m. to-day for Wellington, as she was advertised to do. It is understood that trouble…

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Steamer Diogenes. Launched at Belfast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 9

Word has been received by the Sydney agents of the successful launching on March 2 of the new Aberdeen Line steamer Diogones at Belfast…

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