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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Bush Fires Pile Steamer on Rocks Port Elliot Wre[?] Wellington, (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 7

The Nautical Court exonerated the master and officers of the steamer Port Elliot. It was found that the stranding of the…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Bodalla Wreck

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 4

The total loss of the steamer Bodalla on the bar at Narooma on January 19, was inquired into yesterday by Judge Scholes in the Court of…

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Nobody to Blame for Bodalla Wreck Marine Court Inquiry--Crossing Harbor Bars--Vessels Nearly Always Bump Across Nothing Left Undone

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 6

The stranding of the coastal steamer Bodalla on the Narooma bar on January 19. and her subsequent total loss on the rocks, were inquired into…

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The New Steamer "Principessa Maria."

Italian Bulletin of Australia · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 3

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To Be Docked Steamer Port Lyttelton

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 8

Looking none the worse for her recent experience, the C. and D. steamer Port Lyttelton arrived at Sydney shortly after 7 a.m. to-day…

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Lonely Wreck Wollongbar's Bones Byron Bay

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 5

The Wollongbar, which went ashore in Byron Bay, is lost indeed. Nobody will accept any responsibility for the remains. They [?] forlorn, an…

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Steamer Bharata Sold to Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 21

According to mail advices received in Sydney yesterday, the British-India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., has disposed of its three-deck steamer, Bharata to Japan for about £20,000, with delivery in Japan. The…

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Lashed to Mast Sailors' Ordeal Lifeboat's Discovery London

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 2

The Ramsgate lifeboat, while examining a ketch wrecked on the Goodwin Sends, was astonished to discover the master and it deckhand lashed to the…

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Firemen Cause Trouble Steamer Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 6

The steamer Port Curtis, of [?] Commonwealth and Dominion Line, returned to Sydney yesterday unexpectedly…

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American Senator Shot in Gun Battle Revenue Agents and Bootleggers Fight--Seizure of the Schooner Tomoka

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Feb. 16.--Senator Greene of Vermont, was shot and seriously wounded during a gun battle on the street between internal revenue…

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Firemen Desert. Steamer Returns to Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 9

The Commonweath and Dominion line steamer Port Curtis returned to port unexpectedly on Sunday, and it was announced yesterday that the Vessel had lost some of her…

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Hannover Sails Strikers Turn to German Steamer Held Up for a MONTH--ITAURl Also to Sail--no Help, Say Men --A Lone Fight. Seamen's Union Indicted

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 5

The German steamer Hannover, which had been held up in port for over a month on account of the crew striking for higher wages, sailed last…

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Steamer Held Up Firemen Sentenced NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 10

Trouble occurred amongst the crew of the steamer Elswick Park last night and the vessel did not get away on her voyage to Japan…

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Steamer Araluen Has She Been Sold ? MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 8

Captain Davis, Director of Navigation, told the Royal Commission inquiring into the operation of the Navigation Act that his…

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Suicide on Steamer Fourth Engineer's Death Strangled with Towel

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 8

Charles Herford, aged 26, fourth engineer on the steamer Time, berthed at' Howard Smith's wharf, was found hanged in his cabin at 8.10 a.m…

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A £2000 Verdict for a Lost Ketch

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 5

The defendants in the case. W. Langley and Sons, Ltd., of Manning River and Eastwood, v the Australian Pro[?] Assurance…

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The Law Courts Questioning a Verdict The Ketch Phil Forbes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 2

The defendants in the case of W. Langley and Sons, Ltd., against the Australian Provincial Assurance Association, Ltd., appealed to Sir William Cullen,…

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Fire on Steamer. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 10

Fire broke out in one of the bunkers of the Commonwealth line steamer Booral to-day. After the removal of 60 or 70 tons of Newcastle coal it is hoped that the outbreak…

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Steamer Araluen. Unions Ask for Independent Survey

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 4

It was reported by the maritime union officials in Melbourne a few days ago that it is intended by the Ship Painters and Dockers' Union,…

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Collision. at Sydney Heads. Pilot and French Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 8

The French steamer St. Joseph arrived at her berth in Circular Quay yesterday morning with about 20 feet of her port gunwhale damaged, as a result of a collision with the pilot steamar…

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