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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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Wreck of a Brig. the Crew Supposed to Be Lost. and Only This Captain Saved. Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 3

Information was received here to-day announcing the wreck of the brig Minora off Cape Three Points. The steamer Advance arrived to-day, having on board the master…

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Wreck of a Vessel. the Crew Saved. London, Thursday night

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 3

The City of Carlisle was wrecked and abandoned by her crew on Dec. 31st in latitude 3.8 north and lon[?]iude 12 west. The strainer Collingwood rescued the crew and landed them at Les…

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Wreck of the Ranelagh. BRISBANE

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 3

News from Bundaberg states that the A.U.S.N. Co's. steamer Ranelagh, which was anchored near Burnett Head, dragged her anchor and went ashore…

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Wreck of a Japanese Vessel. 85 Persons Drowned. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3

The Japanese transport, Vala, has been wrecked on an island of Picadores Group ; 85 persons wore drowned and only five saved…

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The Stranded Schooner. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 3

The American schooner King Cyrus, which ran ashore at Double Bay, was re floated and berthed to day,…

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A Steamer Aground. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 3

The coal-laden steamer Lindus, while leaving Newcastle harbor for Adelaide last evening, grounded on Stony Point. She was ultimately hauled off by the tug…

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A Valuable Wreck

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 2

The inhabitants of Fiji Islands the other day discovered that there was a terrible wreck on their shores. Yet we discover wrecks in our…

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Wreck of the Koonya. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 3

The Moruya steamship Coy.'s Keenya, bound from Mornya to Sydney, went ashore on Cronulla Beach, south of Botany Heads, this morning. All…

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Novel. Flotsam. Book Iv. — Come Ashore. Chapter Iii.— (Continued.)

The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 15

Bo now the thing was how to get Alice home again. For two or three days 1 didn't really know how to begin. It seems absurd enough now, but 1 was afraid to tell the…

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A Steamer Delayed. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

The mail steamer, Victoria, bound from London to Australia, has been delayed 17 hours at Port Said, owing to the delay caused in rendering assistance…

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Wreck of an Australian Vessel. Probable Great Loss of Life. London, Thursday night

National Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer, Mataura, which left London on December 21, has been totally lost near the straits of Magellan…

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Wreck of the Matuara. LONDON, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 3

The latest particulars to hand regarding the wreck of the Now Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Matuara in Sealer's Cove, Magellan. Straits, state…

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A Schooner Sunk. AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 3

The Schooner Waitemate, coal laden from Newcastle, sank to-day in a collision. No further particulars have been received. The vessel left Newcastle on the 18th…

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Small-Pox [?] a Mail Steamer

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. The M.M. Mail steamer Caledonien was placed under quarantine restrictions today. No suspicious cases were found…

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Wreck of a Schooner. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

A cable from Auckland states that the schooner Oscar Robinson has been wrecked at Norfolk Island. All hands were saved…

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A Fatal Gale. Wreck of the Amy. Bight Lives Lost. Other Wrecks Reported. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

During the hurricane yesterday evening the brig Amy, coal ladon from Wollongong to Sydney, foundered on Thirroul Beach, two miles north of Bulli…

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Arrival of an Overdue Steamer. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 3

The ship Warrigal, of the Blue Anchor line, which was overdue from Lodnon, arrived in the harbor to-day…

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Sale of a Wreck. NEWCASTLE

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 3

The barque Adderly, 1140 tons register, with all goar, sails etc., which was recently taken off Stockton Beach, and now lying at Morts Patent Slip, was…

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The Wreck of the Amy. Recovery of Bodies. Bulli

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 3

A gruesome discovery was made here this afternoon, when portion of a human stomach was found on the rocks a little south of the spot where the ship Amy…

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A Battleship Ashore. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

The battleship Victorious, which it was said was Shadowing a Russian Man-0'War, went a ground at Pott Said in the Mediterranean. She, it is…

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