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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Steamer Sheltering. Townsville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 10

The steamer Taiyuan, which was due at Townsville to-morrow to load meat for China, has wirelessed the agents that she is sheltering under the Percy Island, about 80 miles south of Mackay…

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Japanese Steamer Damaged Passengers Held Up Tokio, February 4

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 3

The steamship Korea Maru, while docking at Yokohama yesterday afternoon, crashed against the wail of the quay, tearing off 12ft. of her bow…

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News in Brief Stowaways Sent Ashore

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 9

For the purpose of landing two stowaways the Adelaide Co.'s steamer Aroona, which was on her way from Newcastle to Melbourne, put into…

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Seventy-three Years. Old Ketch Wins. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 12

Largely on the initiative of visiting yachtsmen from the mainland, who were so interested in the sight presented on the Dorwent on Regatta Day when sailing barges…

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New Steamer Arrives

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

The steamer Asphalion, which reached Sydney yesterday from Glasgow, via ports, is one of the latest additions to the Blue Funnel Line…

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Two Stowaways Aboard the Steamer Aroona

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 5

Two stowaways were taken off the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Aroona. by the Water Police yesterday afternoon…

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America-hawaii Service New Steamer Building

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

When the new Matson steamer Ma[?]lolo (Flying Fish) new under construction in New York, at a cost of nearly 8,000,000 dollars, is completed,…

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Wreck of the Rama Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

The Insurance on the steamer Rama, ashore at the Chathams, has been paid over. The amount was approximately £9000. The cost of re-floating the…

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Auxiliary Schooner Therese for South Australian Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 4

Bound to Adelaide, the 3-masted schooner Therese left Rotterdam on December 7 last. She is to engage in the coastal trade in South…

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Drowned Nurse and Fireman Tuggerah Tragedy Splendid Effort to Save Girl Brought Ashore

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 1

ONE of the saddest sun fatalities which has occurred along the coast happened at Tuggerah…

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Auxiliary Schooner Therese for South Australian Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 7

Bound to Adelaide, the 3-masted schooner Therese left Rotterdam on December 7 last. She is to engage in the coastal trade in South…

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Steamer Boarded. Detectives Make an Arrest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 18

While the steamer Marama, from New Zealand, was steaming down the harbour, yesterday afternoon, a speed launch, containing Detectives Alchin and James, ran alongside…

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Steamer Queenmore. May be Declared "Black."

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 18

The arrival of the Queenmore, another vessel under charter to the Commonwealth Line, which is expected at Fremantle on February 14, is looked forward to with…

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Detectives Board Moving Steamer Passenger Arrested on Marama

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 8

Making a perilous ascent up a rope ladder as the vessel was steaming up the harbor yesterday afternoon, Detectives James and Alchin, of…

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In a Fog Steamer on Reef Court's Inquiry

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 8

On a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle, on December [?] the steamer Wallsend was stranded during a log on the reef hear Big…

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Australian Line. Steamer Dongarra Sold, Other Sales Pending

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 20

The sale is reported to have been completed of the Australian Commonwealth line cargo steamer Dongarra to British buyers. The Dongarra is at present en route from…

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Crew Refuses Duty Steamer Delayed. Wandana at Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 18

The departure of the Adelaide Steamship Company's coas[?]al steamer Wandana was delayed an hour and a ha[?] to-day owing to the crew refusing duty. The trouble ar[?]se over…

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Fire on Steamer. Bound from Australia. Radio Messages. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 18

A radio message has been received from the captain of the steamer Malakand by the Fremantle agents of the ship, stating that a fire had broken out in No. 6 hold while the…

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Sunk at Sea British Steamer's Fate Sixteen Persons Drowned Calcutta, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 1

While steaming off the Malabar coast, en route to Bombay, the Dutch steamer Costacapell noticed a number of boats far out at sea. These…

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The Law Real Estate, Industrial and Otherwise Bang Goes £5000!! City Road and Its Wrecking

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 6

The new Sydney City Council, with its ideas of knowing more than the profes­sional experts, is already beginning to splash in the City Treasury…

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