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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Housed Like Dogs. Serious Complaints by Commonwealth Steamer's Crew

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 6

The stewards and pantrymen of the Commonwealth liner Moreton Bay, which arrived at Fremantle last Saturday, outined grievances of such a serious character…

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Schooner's Experiences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 11

Unenviable experiences endured on the last voyage outward from Sydney were recalled by members of the crew of the four-masted schooner W. H. Smith, which returned to Sydney on Wednesday evening after…

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Schooner W. H. Smith. Chinese From Samos

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 11

The four-masted[?]oner W. H. Smith, of 496 [?]ons made Sydney on Tuesday nig[?]t from Samoa. The vess[?] left San Francisco on October 24 last for Samoa[?]with tunber and machinery. After discharge at Ap[?] the…

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Flood of Autos. 1500 On One Steamer

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 8

Money is easier judging by the influx of motor-cars of all makes during the last few months. A huge shipment of all American makes will arrive in…

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Hurled Into Ruins Explosion Wrecks Houses Baby's Adventure London

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 1

"There was a terrible roar, a sheet of flame and the two houses went up in a cloud of dust." This was the graphic description of…

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Schooner Mapu Runs Aground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 11

The schooner Mapu, laden with a cargo of p[?]es from Port Stephens, for Auckland, run aground opposite Myall Point on Wednesday, and, according to a message from the lighthouse-keeper at Port Stephens,…

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Schooner Mapu. Aground Near Port Stephens

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 4

A message was received on Wednesday afternoon by Captain Sangster, Deputy Superintendent of Navigation at Newcastle, from the lighthouse…

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Saving Life at Sea a Magnificent Lifeboat Modem Equipment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 15

Not content with the progress already made the Royal National Lifeboat institution in whose hands the upkeep of lifeboats on the British…

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NEW P. & O. Steamer London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 1

The P. and O. Company's new steamer, Mootan, was successfully launched to-day at the yards of Messrs Harland and Wolff, Belfast…

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"Must Leave" Turkish Order to Allied Ships French Arrest a Steamer London. February 14

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 5

A message from Paris states that the Allies are sending a Note to Turkey, maintaining the view that the Mudros, and not the Mudanla…

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Lashed to the Rigging Shipwrecked Men's Plight a Rescue in the Channel

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 14

The German five-masted barque Adolf Vinnen was wrecked in a gale on the Lizard on Saturday night last, while on her maiden voyage from…

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Steamer Beached. Macleay Heads. Collision with the Breakwater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 14

The North Coast carge steamer Nambucca collided with the breakwater at the entrance to the Macleay River on Thursday, and has been beached for examination…

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NEW P. AND O. Steamer London. February 15

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 7

The P. and O. Company's steamer, Mooltan was successfully launched at Harland and Wolff's yards at Belfast to-day…

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Bo'sun Stabbed Fight on Steamer Seaman Arrested Willington (N.z.)

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 6

[?] man named [?]…

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The Storm Track Off American Coast a Missing Steamer New Tork, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 1

A Vancouver message says that the fleet of, vessels which went to the rescue of the steamer Tuscan Prince, which stranded at Eatevan, near…

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Gales and Wrecks on American Coast. Vessels Lost and Abandoned. a Seaman's Bravery. VANCOUVER, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 15

During a heary earterly gale off Washington, the steamer Nika became rudderless, and caught on fire near Umatilia Reef. The steamer Tuscan Prince, bound for Van…

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Ships Wrecked Terrific Gale Destruction in America New York, February 15

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 7

A heavy easterly gale is blowing oil the coast. A .Washington report states that the steamer Nika is rudderless and on fire…

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Viking Blood Master's Staunch "Mate" Bungalow Schooner

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1923 · page 2

There is music In the whistle of the wind through the rigging and the splash of billows over the schooner's 'bow. In…

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North Coast. New Cargo Steamer. Ulmarra Leaves Glasgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 10

The sailing is reported by cable of the new cargo steamer Ulmarra, from Glasgow for Sydney on Friday. The new vessel will make the voyage out to Australia via Suez, and on…

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Pearls Stolen on Board a Steamer London, February 18

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 5

The arrival of the Hobson's Bay yesterday was heralded by a wireless request for detectives to meet the vessel at Tilbury…

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