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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

1,539 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 77

Schooner Eric. Still at Honolulu

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

According to advice received in Sydney yesterday, the 4-mastged schooner Eric expected to resume her voyage from Honolulu on February 24…

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Freight Fixtures First Wheat Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 7

The steamer Leeds City at present in New Zealand waters. has been chartered to load the first season's wheat at Sydney for the United…

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Principessa Maria New Italian Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 8

The arrival of the steamer Principe[?] Maria in Sydney yesterday emphsises the growth in trade between Australia and Italy. The vessel is an oil-burner…

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Mooltan Arrives Steamer Dwarfs Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 6

It was not until she drew alongside the P. and O. wharf at Circular Quay yesterday morning that the new liner Mooltan gave striking evidence of her…

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Chinese Deserters Nine From One Steamer

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 6

When Customs officers boarded the Dutch steamer Arendskerk last night, before she sailed for Rotterdam, they discovered that nine members of the…

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North Queensland Steamer Communication Navigation Commission

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 9

When the Navigation Commission sat this afternoon, the chairman (Mr. Prowse) set himself the task of finding out why Burns, Philp's steamers…

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Excitement on Steamer German Captain Calls Police

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 12

The situation on the German steamer Itauri, which is held up in Snail's Bay owing to a strike among the seamen, assumed a serious aspect this…

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Liner Mooltan Berths at Quay New P. AND O. STEAMER -- Largest Vessel to Enter Australian Trade -- Few Passengers -- Slow Voyage Roomy, Comfortable Ship

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 6

The R.M.S. Mooltan. the largest merchant ship to enter Fort Jackson, arrived from London yesterday morning…

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Wreckage on the Coast. Captain Sangster's Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

In connection with the wreckage washed ashore on the North Coast last week, Captain Sangster, who went to the scene to identify it, has sent the…

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Flotsam in North But No Wreckage

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 6

Captain J. E. Morris. Superintendent of Navigation, received the following telegram yesterday from Captain A. Songster,…

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Schooner Eric. Still at Honolulu

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

According to advice received in Sydney yesterday, the 4-masted schooner Eric is expected to resume her voyage from Honolulu on February 24…

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Fast Passage Schooner Louie Theriault

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 8

After the smart passage of 10 days from Whangape, the schooner Louis Theriault, under command of Captain Wachin, arrived at Sydney last evening…

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Steamer Moora Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 15

The steamer Moora, which bolonged to the Secretary for State for India in Council, is reported as having been sold to British buyers for £20,000. The vessel was formerly the German steamer Lothringen, which traded…

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A.b.'s New Job Acting on Schooner

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 4

"Ho, Bob! Come aft!" A young A.B. sprinted along the lower deck of the lower deck of the schooner H.K. Hall, and mounted the steps, to…

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German Steamer Trouble. Wage Dispute Settled, but Crew Short

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 7

The German steamer Hanover is still held up at Sydney. The dispute regarding wages has been temporarily settled, and Will be finally adjusted when the…

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Waves Breaking Over the Steamer Pruth at Port Moresby, Papua

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 20

The Pruth stranded on Nataran Reet, six miles from Port Moresby, on Sunday, December 30. Several attempts have been made to refloat the vessel at high tide, but without success. The row-rope seen in the picture is that of the Brisbane tug Coringa. UNVEILING THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL AT GRENFELL…

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Mulumrimet (N.s.w). a Perfest Wreck Through Kidney [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 10

I was brought down by kidary [?] so that I could not ralse myself from my bed, being as week as a baby. The Pain is the back was [?] I could not…

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Wreckage on the Coast. Captain Sangster's Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 3

In connection with the wreckage washed ashore on the North Coast last week, Captain Sangster, who went to the scene to identify it, has sent the…

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Steamer Fordsdale. Successful Speed Trials

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

Yesterday the new steamer Fordsdale, built for the Australian Commonwealth Line at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, put to sea for…

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The Fordsdale. Australian-built Steamer. Successful Trials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 9

The Fordsdale, built at Cockatoo Dockyard by Australian workmen, and wherever possible of Australian Materials, underwent successful speed trials off the…

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