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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Steamer Missing. Many Passengers Aboard. Shanghai, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 9

News comes from Nagasaki that me steamer Uwajima Muru No. 6, of 426 tons, is missing, after encountering a storm on Wednesday morning off the Kabashima Islands. Five…

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New Steamer Ulooloo Arrives

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

The last of the three new freighters for the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s Interstate service, the Ulootoo. has reached Sydney. Like the two other vessels…

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Fire on a Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 10

A timely save was effected when a fire occurred in No. 3 hold of the steamer Navua at Lyttelton on Thursday. After a forty minutes light sufficient cargo was removed…

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Hope Abandoned. for Missing Steamer. Shanghai, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 9

Word has been received in Nagasaki of the discovery of a waterlogged boat belonging to the Japanese steamer Uwajima Maru No. 6, which has not been sighted since…

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Wreck of the Walter Hood. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 18

Sir,—In reference to the correspondence which has appeared lately re the wreck of the ship Walter Hood, I would like to correct a few mistakes in both Mr. R. L…

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Steamer Aground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 10

The Sawmillers' Shipping Co.'s steamer Kianga, of 338 tons, went aground on the Moruya River bar at 2 o'clock yesterday moring while attempting to cross inward,…

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Steamer Delayed. Absent Stokers. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 10

The steamer Nairana, which was to have sailed for Melbourne yesterday afternoon, has been held up by four stokers absenting themselves from duty. The men were…

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Wreck of Walter Hood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 5

Referring to the wreck of the Walter Hood in Wreek Bay Mr. H. L. Buston, in a letter to the Editor, states that the residents of Red Head, near Milton, have organised…

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Toll of the Sea Dutch Steamer Ashore Stoker Goes Mad

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

During a blinding snowstorm and a terrifiely heavy sea last week, the Rotterdam-Lloyd steamer Socrkarts, bound from Rotterdam in Java, went…

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Maloja Ashore. Attempt Made To. Refloat Last Night

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

Our Adelaide office advised last evening that the P. & O. liner Maloja went ashore at the Outer Harbour, near the semaphore, during Wednesday…

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Steamer Yulgilbar. Sold for Island Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 8

The coastal passenger steamer Yulgilbar, of 814 tons, has been sold to the Burns, Philp (South Sea) Company, Ltd., and will be used in the Island trade…

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Japanese Steamer Lost. One Hundred Person Missing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

It is reported from Nagasaki that the Unwajim[?] No. [?] encountered a storm on Wednesday off Rabashima islands, and is missing. Five…

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I.=G.'s BIRTHDAY Police Wireless to Steamer

The Sun · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

To-day is the 60th birthday of the Inspector-General of Police (Mr. Mitchell). Last night a wireless message was sent from the Police…

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Palatial Liner The Oronsay New Orient Mail Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 11

Swinging gracefully into her berth at Woolloomooloo Bay yesterday morning, after a successful voyage from London, the…

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Steamer Baralaba. Purchased by A.u.s.n. Co

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

According to information received by our Brisbane office, the steamer Baralaba, now en route from the Tyne to Brisbane, has been purchased by the…

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More Than One Thousand Perish in Tornado, Fire, and Flood in America Worst Wind-storm in Tornado Belt City in Peru Wiped Out Many Towns Wrecked Streets Strewn with Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

By tornado, fire, and flood, more than, one thousand persons are reported to have perished in the United States and South America on Wednesday. The worst tornado in history swept several of the…

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The Lifeboat Basket

The World's News · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 4

A clever safety basket has been devised for balloonists. Two airtight chambers are attached to the outside of the basket. Ordinarily they are…

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A.u.s.n. Steamer Baralaba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 21

The steamer Baralaba, of 998 tons, at present en route from the Type to Brisbane, has been purchased by the A.U.S.N. Co., Ltd. The new purchase left the Tyne in January last, and is due in Adelaide next…

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New Coastal Steamer Arrival of the Bonalbo

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 3

The Bonalbo, a smart looking coasting steamer, specially built for tho North Coast S.N. Co., and Intended for the North Coast trade, arrived…

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Opium on Steamer Customs Officer's Find Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 5

A [?] was caused at the New Farm wharf yesterday morning, when Customs officers discovered a quantity of opium and other dutiable goods in…

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