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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Fritz Ashore Visit to Nielsen Park

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

Germans from the Barmen landed at Nielsen Park yesterday. The children, most of whom were in bathing suits, saw the big boat coming, and crowded…

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Gale in the City Anxiety on Harbor Damage Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 4

The fierce gale which blow up from the south-west on Saturday afternoon and evening was responsible for a good deal of excitement on the harbor. In audition…

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Coramba Ashore in Nelson's Bay Crew Safe NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 6

The North Coast Company's steamer Coramba is ashore in Nelson's Bay. The cargo it being transferred to the Coolabar…

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Cargo Overcarried. on Steamer Ulimaroa. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 9

The Huddart, Parker steamer Ulimaroa, which left here yesterday, is overcarrying over a thousand tons of cargo brought from Sydney owing to the shortage of cranes and labour…

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Black Cat for Luck Crew Imprisoned in Wreck Rescue After 3 DAYS

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 9

After a three days' ordeal, imprisoned in the wireless-room of their ship during a terrific gale, twenty-four men, the entire crew of the wrecked…

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REFUGE Schooner Damaged San Francisco

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 8

[?] Schooner Lazz[?] Vance, bound front Sydney to the South Sea [?] put in at [?] leaking badly, and damaged considerably by the…

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Seamen's Dispute. Tasmanian Service. Steamer Karamu Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 11

The first steamer of the Union Steamship Company ot New Zealand, Ltd., to run in the cargo trade between Tasmanian and Sydney since the enforcement of the boycott by the…

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Put Into Port Schooner in Trouble San Francisco, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 7

Cable advice received here states that the American schooner Lizzie Vance, bound, from Sydney via the Islands to San Francisco, has put into Guam in a…

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New Pilot Steamer Rollicker Suggested

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

A suggestion has been made to the Government to take over J. and A. browns tug Rollicker, and convert her into a pilot steamer…

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Calcutta Steamer. Querimba Leaves for Australia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

According to a cable message received yesterday, the British India steamer Querimba, carrying jute goods and other Eastern produce to…

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Pilot Steamer Captain Cook's Long Service

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

As the pilot steamer Captain Cook is now getting well on in years, it is expected that the port authorities will shortly go into the question of…

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"Your Are a Bonzer Digger" Friendless Matelot Ashore All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1923 · page 10

A few of the Matclots—plain French sailors—who speak some English, have been able since the battle cruisers Jules Michelet and Victor Hugo arrived in…

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Ada Reeve Shipwrecked

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1923 · page 15

Ada Reeve was concluding an American season when the Titanic disaster occurred, and, rather than run the risk of more icebergs, she decided to return to…

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Exploring a Wreck

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1923 · page 3

DURING my last holidays down the South Coast I had an exciting and interesting time. One day, when my chums and I…

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Explosion in Sofia Twenty Killed; Building Wrecked LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1923 · page 1

Twenty persons were killed and many injured by the explosion of a large quantity of material used in the production of ammunition and stored…

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Esperance Bay. No Smallpox on Steamer, Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 9

The Commonwealth Government line steamer Esperance Bay, with a big complement of passengers from England, on arrival at Fremantle, was anchored outside the harbour,…

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Wreck Averted Trawler Saves Trawler Helpless and Adrift

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 8

Had it not been for the promptness of the officers of the trawler Dureenbee the State would have lost another trawler-- the Goonambee--on the South…

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Wreck Shifts Helen B. Sterling Uneasy

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 7

The wreck of the schooner Helen B. Sterling has shifted from the southern to the northern end of Middleton Reef. This is a report received by Captain…

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Big Haul Tins of Opium on Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 8

A big haul of contraband opium was discovered by the Customs searchers aboard the Dutch steamer Alenkerk, now in Athol Bight…

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School Wrecked at Paddington

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 7

There must be a number of Huckleburry [?] at [?] At [?] a number of [?]…

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