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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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Old Cycle Returns. Now Swedish Steamer Svarten

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 19

The Swedish steamer Svarten, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Gothenburg, via ports, was once a well-known unit of the Howard Smith cargo fleet, engaged in the Australian interstate trade. The…

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Port Elliott. in Thick Fog How Steamer Struck Wireless Man's Story

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 1

The wireless operator, Mr. Funbeaux, of the ill—fated Port Elliot, says he was on watch when the vessel stranded…

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Coming Ashore a Series of Thumbnail Interviews with the Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen Who Land in Australia Any Day From the S.S "Whatsthis."

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 1

VISCOUNT JAZZHOLME, England's Famous Manufacturing Peer: "YOUNG man, I like your country. It's a fine country. Shows a proper passion for soap. We've been selling goods to you for quite a long time. We hope to sell you more. But don't' try to…

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Collided with Wharf Steamer's Bow Damaged

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1924 · page 2

Swung around by the strong northwest wind yesterday afternoon, the Chinese steamer Ling Nam collided violently with the wharf at which she…

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Schooners Wrecked Storm in Indian Ocean

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1924 · page 1

COLOMBO, Saturday.—A schooner which arrived here on Thursday morning brouGht some of the crews of four Maldivian schooners which were…

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Fifteen Years Enslaved By Dread Drug Demon Poignant Drama of Young Woman's Wrecked Life—Sobbing, She Faces Nineteen Housebreaking Charges at North Sydney Court—Extraordinary Medical Testimony— Deserted by Husband

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1924 · page 6

GRIPPED by Demon Dope, with pallid, yellowish complexion, sunken cheeks and glassy, staring eyes, a young woman sat in the North Sydney Court on Friday, facing nineteen charges of housebreaking. Alternatively she shivered, wept, and…

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Bodalla Ashore. Probable Total Loss

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 4

A message from Moruya yesterday morning stated that the steamer Bodulla was ashore on the rocks at Narooma bar. It is considered that she…

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Wrecked. Steamer Bodalla. Narooma Rocks. Crew Lands in Safety

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 10

Driven ashore on the rocks at Narooma on Saturday night the coastal steamer Bodalls is belileved to be a total less. The hall is full of water, and in view of the…

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List to Port. Steamer's Plight. Precarious Voyage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 10

Anxious days nassed for those on board the lumber-inden steamer King cadwalion price to her arrival in Sydney late on Friday night from the Pacific Coast. The vessel anchored…

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Steamer Strikes Wharf Bump in Walsh Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 9

While berthing at No. 10 wharf, Walsh Bay, on Saturday, the China steamer. Ling Nam, bumped the structure, damaging the top stringer and…

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The Bodalla Total Wreck Now Breaking Up Cargo Washed to Sea NAROOMA

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 7

The Bodalla, which went aground on the rocks at Narooms bar, is a total wreck. The vessel's back is broken,…

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Wrecked at Narooma Heads

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 4

The 344-ton wooden steamer Bodalls, wrecked on the her at Narooms leads during a strong wind last night. She has become a total wreck…

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Bodalla Aground Position Unchanged Total Wreck Likely

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 9

Advice received in Sydney indicates that the Illawarra and South Coast Co's. steamer Bodalla, which ran on the rocks at the entrance to Narooma…

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Coaster on the Rocks Bodalla Wrecked Total Loss Feared All Hands Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 5

The steamer Bodalla, one of the best-known cargo boats of the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Company's fleet, is on the rooks at the entrance…

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Jack Ashore

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 8

The cruiser Hamaneggs had been at sea somewhere down in the Islands and for three long, dry months the crew had not had a drink of anything…

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Schooner Repfat Converted to Hulk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 12

The three-masted schooner Repeat, 410 tons, which has been a familiar unit in trade between Sydney and New Caledonia, has been converted to a hulk, and is now anchored in the harbour of Noumea…

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The Bodalla "No Hope" Back Broken Wreck To Be Auctioned

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 8

With her back broken in two places, and a large hele torn in one side, the lilwarra and south coast S.N. Company's Coastal…

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Total Wreck. Bodalla Breaking Up

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

Latest advices from the scene of the stranding of the Illawarra & South Coast Steam Navigation's steamer Bodalla, which ran ashore on the…

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Steamer' Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 15

Nagano Maru, from Kobe, via ports. (No, 6 wharf, Walsh Bay.)…

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Accident in Dock. Damage to Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 9

Last November, in the Admiralty Division, the Federal Steam Navigation Company, Limited, the owners of the steamer Devon, sued the Mersey…

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