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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

1,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 72

"Hughes Will Save His Skin" a Subtle Manoeuvre May Wreck Present Conference Counts on the Nationalist Majority

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 1

Mr. W. M. HUGHES…

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Plucked! Aboard Steamer £1000 at Cards

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 8

A prosperous manufacturer from overseas had an expensive trip to Australia on a vessel which reached Sydney recently…

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Steamer Australia. in Collision in the Scheldt

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

The British-India steamer Australia, bound from Australian ports to Hamburg with wool and general cargo, has collided in the Scheldt with the…

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New Service From U.s.a. Inaugural Steamer at Brisbane

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

Inaugurating a cargo service from Atlantic ports of U.S.A. to Australia, the steamer Jersey City reached Brisbane yesterday. She is owned by the…

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A.w.l. Jack Ashore

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 10

A disturbance in a City restaurant last night had its sequel at the Central Police Court to-day. Samuel Kraeft, 21. was charged with…

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Robbery on a Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 15

While a mail steamer was on a recent trip between Melbourne and Sydney, thieves entered the cabin of a well-known commercial man of Sydney and stole crocodile skin…

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Liner in Collision Small Steamer Sunk

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 10

The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association has received a cable stating that the steamer Australia came into collision with another…

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New Italian Line. First Steamer Leaves Genoa

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 5

According to a cable message received by the Lloyd Sabaudo Line, the steamer Citta di Genova left Genoa on Tuesday last. This vessel…

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New Service From U.s.a. Inaugural Steamer at Brisbane

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 7

Inaugurating a cargo service from Atlantic ports of U.S.A. to Australia, the steamer Jersey City readied Brisbane yesterday. She is owned by the…

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Ketch Ablaze Crew's Vain Fight BURNIE (Tas)

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 5

The Ketch Opah, 4t tons, owned by Holyman Brothers, was destroyed by fire at Passage Island. The vessel was under the…

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Steamer Ranadi Purchased. for Gilbert and Ellice Islands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 11

The steamer Ranadi, of 218 tons gross register, [?] been purchased by the Ellice and Gilbert Islands Administration. The vessel was the property of the Government of Fiji, and was built at Greenock in…

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Newspaper Office Wrecked. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 9

A terrible disaster happened at the "Tageblatt" office. A new top story collapsed, and crashed through the building to the cellar. Already twenty dead have been recovered, and…

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Raising Sunken Ketch. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 8

A start has been made with the work [?] raising the ketch William, 20 tons [?] which sank[?] [?] Tamar at an early [?]our [?] Monday morning. The ketch was bringing a…

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Back to Port Steamer Bermagui

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3

Heavy seat and headwinds compelled the coastal steamer Bermagui, which left for the South Coast last night, to return…

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Burned to Water's Edge Island Disaster Schooner Defiance and Cargo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

The American four-masted schooner Defiance has been burned to the water's edge at the Solomon Group, together with 500 tons of…

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New Shipping Line Pioneer Steamer Due To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 5

The Jersey City, the pioneer steamer of the Reardon Smith Line, Limited, from the United States to Australasia, is expected to reach Sydney…

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New Steamship Service. Inaugural Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 8

The steamer Jersey City which is expected to arrive at Sydney to-day from New York is the first of a regular monthly line of steamers which will p[?]y from America to Australian ports in the interests of the…

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Riot in Mayence Outburst Against French Mission hotel Attacked Mob Wrecks Tramcar and Burns French Newspapers LONDON

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 1

Excited Germans tried to storm the hotel where the French mission has its headquarters in Mayence. They wrecked a street car and burnt French news papers. This was their protest against the fining of…

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Wrecked Otus Forster

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 9

The wreck of the Otus is three-parts covered with sand. There is a strong wind blowing, with a choppy sea, to which the vessel is exposed…

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