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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1925
Page
3
Boiled Canvas reports August extensions with slight changes to fractions and rates. Observers note the 53 per cent log traps adjustment and stakes tied to STtBin 29/93. Stakeholders include Gstéin and STtBin planners as the August extension window nears completion.
Narrative from Sydney press recounts the 1870 sinking of the Aberdeen built barque Walter Hood, 937 tons, en route to Sydney from Aberdeen. Eleven lives lost after the ship struck rocks near Wreck Bay during a cyclone. Survivor Joseph Hudson Wilson recalls crew, cargo, and the dramatic scene as the vessel broke apart and passengers fled ashore.
A survivor recounts the wreck and the desperate struggle to stay afloat as thirteen men remained unable to swim. They rationed the captain’s belt leather, used rope as tobacco, and shared scant food while hoping for rescue. A ship’s armistice failed until Clyde’s liner returned at dawn to lifeboats. The narrator, now 71, recalls the harrowing night and rescue on April 2, 12h.
Fragmentary OCR lists lime products and prices from Manning Lime Company at Taree. Mentions builders lime and farmbus lime with rates per ton and bagged lime terms. Entry appears as a trade listing with unclear formatting and several garbled terms.
Stevenson, Bass er Co advertises over 25 years of service in Sydney. A promotion for a visit to Gloucester on MTATtS DAY at the Gloucester Hotel promises a 9 am start. Addressed to patrons, the notice invites responses and pledges same-day return.
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