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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

1,539 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 77

Schooner Burnt

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 9

The owners of the auxiliary schooner Houto have received a wireless message intimating that the vessel has been totally deatoryed by fire in…

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Timber Washed Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 12

According to information received in Sydney yesterday by the Department of Navigation, a large quantity of timber has been washed ashore at Port Stephens. Efforts to…

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Still Ashore. Port Lyttelton

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

The Commonwealth & Dominion steamer Port Lyttelton, which ran ashore near Low Head on Tuesday evening, is still fast on a sandy shore,…

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Port Lytteltqn Still Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 8

The G. and D. liner Port Lyttelton, which went ashore in the Tamar River, Launceston, was still hard and fast yesterday, all efforts to move her having…

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Jack Ashore Loses a Suitcase and a Chameleon

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 9

Where is the sailer's suitcases And the chamelson that is imprisoned inside it? That is a problem that has been…

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Steamer Held Up. The Australpeak. Crew Unobtainable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 10

Efforts on the part of the owners of the steamer Australpoak to obtain a crew under British articles have failed, owing, it is alleged, to intimidation…

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Crime in China Pirates Loot Steamer Murderer Pardoned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

The United States Government has vigorously protested to China against President Tsuo-Kun's action in pardoning General Chang Ching-Yao, formerly…

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Steamer Held Up Trouble Over Crew Union's Demands

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

The steamer Australpeak, recent sold by the Australian Commonwealth Line to British owners, has been hold up at Sydney owing to the action of the…

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Amok on Steamer Murderous Moros Dutch Victims Manila, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 1

Last October Pangilma Sampudin with 80 Siassi Moros made a voyage to the Celebes fishing grounds. At Tabulandang the Moros and the…

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Wrecked on Narooma Bar. The Well-known Coaster, Bodalia

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

The South Coast Co.'s steamer, Bodalia, a wooden vessel of 345-tons gross was driven ashore at Narooma bar on Saturday night. The crew…

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Disastrous Storm Damage in Indian Ocean Four Schooners Wrecked

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

A schooner brought into Colombo (Ceylon) last week some members of the crews of four Maldivian schooners that were wrecked in the neighborhood…

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Smallpox. Steamer Arafura

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 14

On arrival in Sydney this morning from the East the steamer Arafura will proceed into quarantine. On the voyage two cases of smallpox were discovered on the vessel, and…

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Steamer Arafura on Way to Sydney Brisbane Quarantine Officer Does Not Fear Smallpox-- No Contact with Land There

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The steamer Arafura, which reported two cases of smallpox after leaving the East for Australia, arrived at Brisbane…

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Steamer Burnt to Water's Edge

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.--Fire to-night burned the steamer Midland to the water's edge and damaged the wharf…

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Steamer Fordsdale Trials on February 6

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 7

On Wednesday, February 6, the new 12,000-ton steamer Fordsdale, built for the Australian Commonwealth Line at Cockatoo Island, will be put to sea for…

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Steamer Midland. Destroyed by Fire. Vancouver (B.c.), Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 9

News comes from Washington (D.C.) that last night a fire burned the steamer Midland to the water's edge, and damaged a wharf and smaller craft. The damage is est[?]ated at…

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Boambee Reaches Port Ashore for a Month

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 9

In tow of the steamer Cobaki, of the same company, the coaster Boambee reached Sydney this afternoon, from Tweed Heads…

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Schooner's Fate Burnt to Water's Edge An Island Mishap

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 7

Wireless news was received in Sydney yesterday from the Solomon Group, to the effect that the auxiliary schooner Hauto had been destroyed by…

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Is It Smallpox ? Steamer at Quay Patient Isolated

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 9

While making an inspection of the crew of the steamer Arafura, at her berth, 7b West Circular Quay, this morning, an official of the…

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Sydney's Latest Shipwrecked Seamen

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 10

The crew of the Bodalls, who lost most of their belongings when the vessel went ashore, were yesterday fitted out new clothes…

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