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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940

522 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 27

Steamer on Fire. Total Loss Feared. SINGAPORE, April 28. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 10

Fire, which bro[?]e out in the cargo of copra in the Ben Line steamer Benreoch (5,818 tons) alongside the wharves at 4 p.m. yesterday, was still burning early this…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Victoria K.P.M. STEAMER. Sailed Melbourne. John Sanderson & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 3

Austral Canning Co., 13 cs tad butter. Federal Milk, Ltd., 50 ctns milk. Nestles Milk Co., 3 cs cheese. Sundry Shippers, 9466 bgs flour (169 tons)…

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New South Wales R.P. Java-aust. Line Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Royal Packet Nav. Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 2

A.T., & S.A., 1 cs stationery. S Shippers, 20 bgs semolina, 3773 bgs Hour (91 tons), 7 brass tubes, 2 cs softgoods, 5 drms creosote, 2700 bgs…

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Runaway Wheel. Pharmacy Showcase Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 8

A wheel which became detached from a lorry in Macquarie Place yesterday, jumped the kerb, ran into the main door of Mccredie's pharmacy, and crashed into a glass showcase…

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Ship Washed Ashore When Towline Snaps

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 5

A coastal vessel of 513 tons was being towed along the New South Wales coast to Sydney last night when the tow-line broke in a rough sea, and the Vessel was blown on to the beach…

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Vessel Stranded. Drifted Ashore After Tow Rope Snapped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 9

A small steamer which was being lowed to Sydney, ran ashore on the coast last night after the low line had paried. The captain and one seaman were aboard…

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Oversea Steamer Bunkered Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 9

The lorries brought up from Sydney on Friday to transport coal won staff labour to an oversea steamer in Newcastle Harbour completed their job to-day…

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Shipwrecked Sailors Reach New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.--Seventy-eight of the crew of the wrecked British steamer Matakana have reached New York on board the rescuing liner,…

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Coastal Steamer Drifts Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 10

A coastal steamer, which broke adrift while being towed to Sydney for repairs and drifted ashore on a beach on Sunday night, was an object of interest to large numbers of spectators all day yesterday. People were able to obtain a good view from an esplanade only a few yards away…

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Stranded Steamer. Salvage Difficulties Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 10

Yesterday underwriters' representatives inspected the small steamer which ran ashore on the New South Wales coast on Sunday night. It is believed that there will be considerable…

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Large Steamer Berths at Assab

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 1

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Three Men Feared Drowned. River Steamer Overturns. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 14

Three members of the crew, all Maoris, are believed, to have been, drowned when the Wanganui River steamer Ohura overturned in rapids four miles above'Pipiriki…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. British-india Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 3

Mcllwraith Industries Pty., Ltd., 1 roll sheet lead, 3 hessian pkgs lead wool, 1 crt lead pipe. Nestles (A/sia), Ltd., 606 cs malted…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Victoria R.D.P. STEAMER. Sailed Melbourne. John Sanderson & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 3

Felton Grimwade & Duerdins, 10 cs euc, oil. Sundry Shippers, 25,533 bgs flour (62[?] tons), 5 bgs arrowroot, 2 cs honey, 2 cs leather, 126 bgs oats (18 tons), 6 bgs linseed…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Burns, Philp Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Burns, Philp & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 3

G. S. Yuill & Co., 800 sks flour (60 tons), 3 cs lemon peel, 112 bls empty bottles, 303 ores mutton, 284 ores lamb, 399 ores mutton, 54 pkgs necks…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Victoria F.B.S. STEAMER. Sailed Melbourne. John Sanderson & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 3

F. H. Stephens, 9 cs woollens. Law Somner, Ltd., 2 bgs seed, 3 cs bulbs. F. H. Brunning, 8 bgs seed. Harmony Underwear, 10 cs underwear…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland Port Line Steamer. Sailed Brisbane. Gibbs Bright & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 3

N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., 217 bxs butter. Qland. State Wool Committee, 6507 bls wool. Qland. Farmers' Co-op. Assn., 602 bxs butter. E. E. Palethorpe, 313 bxs butter…

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New South Wales Burns, Philp Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Burns, Philp & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 2

G. S. Yuill & Co., 800 sks flour (60 tons), 3 cs lemon peel, 112 bls empty bottles, 303 crcs mutton, 284 crcs lamb, 399 crcs mutton, 54 pkgs necks…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Victoria K.P.M. STEAMER. Sailed Melbourne. John Sanderson & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 3

Sundry Shippers, 8160 bgs flour (200 tons), 80 cs rolled outs. Barrett Bros. & Burston, 300 sks malt (17 tons)…

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Crossed Against Bar Signal Captain's Story At Wreck Inquiry

The Sun · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 3

The master of the coastal steamer Idant, which foundered at Camden Haven on March 13, admitted at the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day that he had crossed the bar against a stand-off signal…

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