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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

822 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 42

Ferry Ashore at Neutral Bay Beached to Facilitate Repairs

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 1

Failing, through engine trouble, to go astern at Neutral Bay Wharf this morning, the ferry steamer Kosciusko struck the wharf and pitched up on…

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Ordered Back to Unload Wheat Steamer Not Enough Shifting Boards

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 7

ACTING on Information, officials of the State Navigation Department last night paid a surprise visit to the steam freighter…

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Hope to Salve Wrecked Jap. Ship PERTH

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 1

Captain R. J. Sinclair, marine surveyor at Fremantle, left on the Minderoo with a party, including a diver, to survey the Shunsel Maru. which ran…

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Yacht Wrecked. Two Men Missing. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 13

The police found the wreckage of the yacht sighted by the steamer Opihl near Nelson yesterday. It was smashed to matchwood. Identity with the yacht which left New…

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Four Die Tas. Mine Explosion Office Wrecked Man Blown 100Ft. Launceston

The Sun · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 7

John L. Davis, 22, married; A. Cooper, 23, single; R. A. Skeggs, 38, married, and A. Harsvy, 42, married, were killed…

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Fire on a Wreck Stranded Steamer's Mystery No One Aboard

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 8

FREMANTLE, Friday--The Dutch tug Kraus arrived last night and has intensified the mystery concerning the stranded…

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Ferry Steamer Crashes into Ramp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 14

Falling to berth at the Neutral Bay wharf early yesterday morning, the bows of the ferry steamer Kosciusko became jammed under the ramp which connects the pontoon with the…

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Wheat Steamer Not Held Up

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 4

A STATEMENT, that appeared in yesterday's issue of this paper regarding the holding up of a wheat steamer has…

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Pagoda Fire Jewel-Studded Images Wrecked in Rangoon

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 2

Again the famous Burmese pagoda, the Show Dagon the centre of religious life in Rangoon, has suffered disaster in a fire which last week destroyed many of…

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No Sign Missing Accountant Steamer Mystery

The Sun · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 7

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Mr. Arthur R. Harwood, aged 64, a well-known Sydney accountant, from the interstate liner…

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Union Line. Their New Ferry Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 4

According to advices received from New Zealand, work is proceeding very satisfactorily on the Union Steamship Company's new ferry boat Rangitira,…

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Missing From Steamer Mystery Over City Accountant

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 1

WHEN the Katoomba berths at No. 5 wharf, Darling Harbor, this morning, it will be met by Water Police, who will board her to investigate…

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Seaworthy Foundered Dredge Engineer Criticised

The Sun · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 9

The Marine Court, which inquired into the sinking of the dredge Nereus off the Tasmanian coast on February 12, found…

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Snake "Fished" Ashore Junee

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 6

Not to be beaten by a 10ft. carpet snake, which swam into the water to evade his pursuers, a local fisherman threw a line over the reptile. The…

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Ashore: Refloated. Steamer Temple Pier

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 9

Bound from Hongkong to Newcastle, the steamer Temple Pier went ashore close to Piper Island light. She was refloated, however,…

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Union Line. Their New Ferry Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 9

According to advices received from Now Zealand, work ts proceeding very satisfactorily on the Union Steamship Company's new ferry boat Rangitira,…

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Madman Hoaxes Police and Signalmen Story of Upset Boat Struggling Men Pilot Steamer Puts to Sea Thrill at Manly

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 1

MANLY police and South Head signalmen were hoaxed by a demented person at North Steyne yesterday afternoon. On the man's…

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In Ice Grip : Wreck of Sealer

Evening News · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 1

A picture, taken in the ice bound scaling grounds, shortly after the wreck of the sealer Iceland. The crew was transferred to the shop shown in photograph, which is of the same type as the Viking…

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Looking Back Wreck of the Wollongbar Hull Still Visible at Byron Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 13

A severe easterly gale on Saturday May 14, 1921, accounted for the North Coast S.N. Company's first steamer Wollongbar, at Byron Bay. The…

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zB.P.'S New Steamer Leaves Glasgow

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 4

Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., advise that the now B. P. steamer Macdhui sailed from Glasgow on the morning of 16th inst., for Sydney, via Panama…

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