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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Time Table a 3.15 p.m. Start Steamer Follows Races

Arrow · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 13

The events will be decided as follow:—Maiden fours. 3:15 p.m.; club fours, 3:30 p.m.; juniors fours, 3.50 p.m.; State champion fours, 4 p.m., and junior…

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Steamer Macumba Idle. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 17

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Macumba joined the idle fleet to-day. The ship's articles expired to-day, and when the men signed off they immediately left the…

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Wonderful Tropical Feat Steamer's Propeller Removed Under Amazing Circumstances

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 25

OUT on Natarea Reef, inside the entrance to Port Moresby Harbour, lies the S.S. "Pruth," to all…

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Cargo Steamer Karetu

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

The Union Company's new cargo steamer Karetu made her first appearance in the harbor yesterday, coming from Liverpool, via Panama, New Zealand, and Newcastle. She is from the…

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New B.i. Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

A twin-screw steel passenger and cargo steamer was launched on Nov. 27 by 'Messrs Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, for the British India…

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Steamer Mackarra Held Up Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 11

The Howard Smith cargo steamer Mackarra, with 2500 tons of cargo on board, which was to have sailed for the eastern States on Friday, was held up owing to the crow's…

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Lost Overboard Island Steamer's Engineer SUVA

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 10

Donald McCallum, aged 34, second engineer of the steamer Callandia, disappeared overboard yesterday morning…

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Steamer Pakeha. Outbreak of Fire. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 12

While the steamer Pakoha was loading at Tokomaru Bay a fire was discovered in No. 1 hold, which contained about 4000 carcases of mutton and a quantity of butter…

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Wrecked on Maiden Voyage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

The Union S.S. Company's new cargo steamer Konini was wrecked near The Bluff (N.Z.), while on her maiden voyage. The Konini was hound from Adelaide to Dunedin, with a cargo of wheat and salt, and stranded during thick weather on the early morning of December…

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De Garis Goes Ashore

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 11

The first picture to reach Australia of de Garis's arrival in New Zealand. He kept the brim of his Panama hat well down over his eyes, and endeavored to avoid publicity as much a possible…

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The Hidden Peril Mishap to Steamer LONDON, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 1

The butch steamer Arendakerk from Brisbane to Rotterdam sent out a wireless message from the Gulf of Aden stating that she had struck…

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Steamer Erivan. Mystery Solved. Crew at Capetown. CAPETOWN, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 9

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Norwegian steamer Erivan was Cleared up to-day when the whaling steamer, Kilfenora, arrived in port with the Erivan's…

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Eggs and Blubber Breakfast Menu Change Lucky Shipwrecked Party Capetown

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 1

The crew of the wrecked Norwegian steamer Erivan arrived here to-day aboard the whaling vessel Kilfenora. On the night of December 31 the…

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Sunken Wreckage Struck by Steamer London, January 19

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

The Dutch steamer Arendskerk, from Australian ports to Rotterdam, wirelessed from the Gulf of Aden, stating that she struck sunken wreckage. One…

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Arendskerk Strikes Wreckage. One Propeller Blade Lost

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

Advices received from the Holland-Australia steamer Arendskerk are to the effect that while in the Gulf of Aden, the vessel struck some sunken…

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The Arendskerk, Strikes Sunken Wreckage. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 19

A Reuter message states that the Holland Australia line steamer Areudskerk of [?] tons gross register, bound from Sydney and Brisbane to continental prots, has reported by wireless from the Gulf of Aden that…

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Sea Mystery Solved The Wreck of the Erivan Crew at Capetown Capetown, January 19

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 9

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Norwegian steamer Erivan was cleared up to-day, when the whaling steamer Kilfenora arrived…

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ASHORE Steamer Havre BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 15

A message from Thursday Island states that the steamer Havre is reported to be ashore on King Island…

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Mail Steamer Leaves Late

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 9

Owing to the late arrival of some of the cargo, the sailing of the French mail steamer Duplex for Noumea and the New Hebrides was delayed from…

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S.O.S. Signals Steamer in Trouble Message Picked Up

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 9

The Pennant Hills wireless station early to-day picked up an S.O.S. message from the steamer Havre, which left Singapore on…

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