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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926

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Steamer on Fire. Framlington Court Damaged. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 11

At Wallaroo this afternoon a fire broke out in the coal bunkers of the steamer Framlington Court, which was alongside the jetty laden with 7000 bags of wheat and all ready…

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Steamer Sunk Heavy Deathroll Feared London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 6

The Italian steamer Fargernes (3024 tons) collided with the British steamer Cornish Coast (616 tons). There was a calm sea and only slight fog…

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Abandoned. Burning Steamer. Bound for Australia. Capetown, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 11

The Federal Steam Navigation Company's steamer Pap[?]roa has been abandoned in midocean, owing to a serious fire, which broke out in No. 2 hold. The passengers and crew of…

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Fire at Sea Steamer Paparoa Passengers Safe Vessel Abandoned LONDON, March 18

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 1

The steamer Paparoa, bound to Brisbane, from Liverpool is afire, and has been abandoned 350 miles northwest of Capetown…

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Apology or No Work Steamer Nerbudda Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 10

The overseas steamer Nerbudda arrived at Bowen yesterday to discharge her sugar mill machinery, a satisfactory agreement having been arrived at…

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A War Effect Steamer Damaged Channel Excitement London

The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1926 · page 1

The Cross Channel passenger steamer Maid of Kent, when leaving Dover, struck the half-submerged hull of one of the steamers sunk at the…

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Died on Steamer Heat Stroke Victim

Evening News · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 5

When the Commonwealth liner, Moreton Bay, was at Colombo on her way to Australia, a passenger, Mrs. Jess M'Kenxie, who was bound for…

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Steamer Leaking Port Hardy's Plight London, March 21

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 1

The owners of the British steamer Port Hardy bound from Glasgow and Liverpool to New Zealand, via Panama, have received a wireless, reporting that…

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Hard Luck Capt. Wilkins Crashes Third 'Plane Wrecked Fairbanks (Alaska), Mar, 20

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 1

The last of the three aeroplanes in which Captain H. Wilkins, the Australian explorer, had planned to make his Polar flight, was wrecked…

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Jack Ashore Beauty's Waxen Smile London

The Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

Alexander Thomas a British blue jacket after celebrating his shore leave at Nice, saw five pretty girls smiling at him and approached them with…

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Collision. in Daring Harbour. Ferry Steamer and Tug

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 9

A collision b[?]veen a ferry steamer and a tug in Darling [?]rbour early yesterday morning resulted in [?]rious damage to the ferry steamer Lady [?]rington, the bow of which…

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Steamer Kanna. Wharf-labourers Refuse to Unload. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 10

Because the vessel loaded "black" ziu[?]by non-union labour on her last visit to Hobart, the Hobart branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation now refuses to work the cargo of…

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Wharfies Hold Up Kanna Steamer Is "Black" Hobart

Evening News · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 7

THE UNION steamer Kanna, recently declared "black" by the local members of the Watersiders' Union arrived from…

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Former Trader. Finnish Steamer Wasaborg

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 4

An interesting vessel on her way to Australia is the Finnish steamer Wasaborg. She sailed from Danzig on January 27 for South Africa,…

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Wirth's Circus. Arrival in Sydney. the Elephants Come Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 10

The unusual spectacle of the unloading of 12 elephants from a ship attracted many people to the Union Steamship Company's Margaretstreet wharf yesterday morning. The animals…

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Steamer Telamon. Will Be Delayed Ten Days

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 4

Owing to having put into Durban for repairs to her rudder, as reported in yesterday's issue, the arrival of the vessel at Australian ports will be…

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Wool Damaged Fire on Steamer London, March 22

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 1

A fire broke out in the spare hunkers of the British steamer Port Macquarie, from Sydney. Fifty bales of wool were slightly…

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Fire on Steamer Port Macquarie. London, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 16

A fire broke out in the spare bunkers of the Commonwealth and Dominion line steamer Port Macquarie after its arrival at Dunkirk from Sydney. Fifty bales of wool were slightly damaged.—Reuter…

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Fire in Bunkers Steamer Port Macquarie Dunkirk (Fr.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 1

A tire broke out in the spare bunkers of the British steamer Port Macquarie from Sydney. Fifty bales of wool were silghtly…

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Cottages Wrecked by Mining "Creep" Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 1

A "creep," caused by the falling-in of old colliery workings, extensively damaged several brick houses in Mere-wether Street, Merewether at about 1…

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