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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Wreck Report Lives and Insurance

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 13

The "wreck report" of the State Department of Navigation made available to-day reveals that 47 people lost their lives in shipping casualties…

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Steamer on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 19

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Friday.-- Shortly after the steamer City of Bath had left Dunedin for Launceston a fire was discovered in No. 2 hold, among…

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A Stricken Steamer. Sixteen Deaths. Vancouver, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 18

A message from San Francisco states that 16 Filipinos died from pneumonia on board the steamer President Cleveland, which arrived at Honolulu on Thursday from Manila. There are…

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'Plane Wrecked. Passengers Uninjured. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 21

A 'plane with which Flight-Lieut. Miller had made trips recently with passengers from Adelaide to Port Victor and back was wrecked in a forced landing, two miles out of Port…

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Pilot Hurt in New Guinea Round Australia 'Plane Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 8

SALAMOA (New Guinea), Friday.-- Pilot Shaw, trying to land at Lae after dark, crashed. Pie was thrown clear of the machine with great violence, and…

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Steamer Kindur Sails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 13

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co. has been advised that the bew steamer Kindur completed her light and loaded trial, and sailed from Glasgow on Friday morning for Sydney, via Suez…

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Whaler Ashore? No Word From Crew Wireless Message Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 11

Estimated to be carrying a crew of 100, the French whaling ship, Lozere, is believed to have gone ashore at Kerguelen…

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New Steamer. Australia-new Zealand Trade. Arrives at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 15

Loaving Greenock on November 27, the new steamer Kalingo, which was constructed by the Clyde Engineering and Shipbuilding Company for Messrs. R. S. Lamb and Co., Sydney,…

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War Wrecks Provision for Wives to Visit Asylums

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 9

RETURNED soldiers, patients in mental hospitals, whose homes are in the country, think that [?] Government should make monetary…

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The Wreckers of Walsh Island

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 4

The boiler-makers at Walsh Island went on strike because they objected to being paid by results. They insist upon the flat rate wage, and, incidentally, the highest that they can extract from the management regardless of what return is given…

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Byron Bay Damage Steamer's Record Cargo Byron Bay

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 5

For the month [?] points of rain have fallen at Byron Bay. The steamer Wollong[?]ar left for…

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Bridge Wrecked. Destruction at Uralla. Uralla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 11

Following very heavy rain on Saturday night, waterways in the district are [?]ooded. Yesterday morning the level of the water in Rocky River was the highest known for 41…

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Receding Floods Leave Trail of Devastation Death Roll Reaches Eleven Enormous Damage to Property-- Crops Ruined, Stock Drowned, Homes Wrecked Many Narrow Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Floods have spread death and desolation over two States. In New South Wales seven lives have been lost, and four deaths have been reported from Queensland…

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New Steamer. to Replacis Riverina. Order to Be Placed in England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 19

A director of [?]ddart Parker. Ltd., will leave for England shortly to place on [?] there for the construction of a passenger [?]eamer…

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Ten Miles Detour Nurse's Grim Experiences Waist Deep in Water Trail of the Wreckage Glenn Innes

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 5

TROUGH the water are subsiding, be many weeks, and tens of thousands of pounds will need to be spent, before the [?] to the…

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Message From the Sea "Wrecked on Corio" Is It a Hoax?

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 5

"Help Wrecked en [?] island, Boat got loose, George Cann." Written in pencil and barely…

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Shipping Review. Movement of Steamers Sailing Dates to and from Commonwealth Ports. Schedule Due Dates at Ports on route (Irregular steamer and sailing vessels was page 6 and 7.) U.K. European Ports. (Via Mediterranean and South African ports.) P. & O. LINE. (Mail Service.)

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 6

Cathay, left Syd Feb 21, leaves Melbourne 2S, Adel Mar 1, Frem D, Colombo 15, Pt. Sudan 22, Pt. Said 25; duo Marseilles 30, Plymouth April 6,…

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Atsuta Maru Not N.y.k. Steamer

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 6

In the cable edition of "The Sun" on Tuesday mention was made of a collision on the Yangtasze River between a Japanese freighter, Atsuta Maru,…

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Direct Service. Sydney and Hobart. Steamer to Be Withdrawn. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 15

It was learned to-day that after her trip from Hobart to Sydney on April 14 the steamer Zealandia will be withdrawn from the service, and that during the winter months there…

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Total Wreck Hulk at Pt. Stephens Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 16

THE [?] which went ashore near port Stephens some months ago, broks in hiving yesterday and has been decide a total week…

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