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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

210 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 11

Loss of the Karrakatta. a Total Wreck. Perth

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 3

News has arrived of the loss of the vessel, Karrakatta, off Swan Point, at the entrance to King's. Sound. A message has been received…

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Steamer Nearly Sunk. Newcastle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

The steamer Friendship narrowly escaped from sinking at the Dyke late last night. Some repairs were being effected in the engine room, when the check valve of the…

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The Wreck of the Rie de Janeiro

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 14

Quarter-master Lindstorm told the following story of the wreck of the s.s. Rio de Janeiro to the "Colonist" correspondent at San Francisco, who interviewed him after he reached the…

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The Rio Wreck. Details by Mail. a Scene of Horror

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

Some graphic accounts of the City of Rio de Janeiro wreck appear in the San Francisco files to hand by the R.M.S. Sierra. The disaster is thus reported by the San…

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Maritime Disasters. Wreck of the Karrakatta. Panic-stricken Malays. Perth

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

The latest information regarding the wreck of the Karrakatta states that the vessel is fast breaking up on a hidden uncharted rock, off Swan Point Island. The passengers and…

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The Missing Steamer. Identification of a Lifebuoy. Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

Further light was thrown upon the supposed loss of the steamer Federal on Wednesday. The lifebelt which was found near the dead body at…

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Storms in South Australia. Seventeen Boats Wrecked. Adelaide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

Rain is reported to have fallen during the past 24 hours at all the stations in this State to Farina, only light showers fell, but there was a good fall in parts of the central areas,…

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Shipwrecks. the Ill-fated Federal. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

Five bodies have been found on the beach between Cape Everard and Gabo, also a boat and three oars belonging to the steamer Federal. AH doubts as to the fate of the…

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The Fate of the Steamer Federal

National Advocate · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 2

The following wire, which reached Melbourne on Saturday, explains the fate of the steamer Federal. The news was received at Sale from a constable at Mallacoota, who…

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Loss of the Federal. Five Bodies Washed Ashore. Attempt to Escape in a Boat. Frustrated by a Pitiless Sea

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 2

Fice bodies, a boat, and three oars have been washed ashore in the vicinity of Mallacoota. This decisively settles the fate of the…

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The Recent Wreck. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

Only one of the six bodies washed ashore at Gabo has been positively identified. Some of the bodies were mutinied beyond recognition…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Federal Politics. Sensational Statement. a New Zealand Shipwreck Arrest of a Well-known Sydney Doctor. the State Ministry. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

A skull and a quantity of human bones were found yesterday in a sand hill near Botany. In a collision off Largs Bay,…

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The Wreck of the Federal

National Advocate · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

A wire from Melbourne on Saturday states that so far only one of the six bodies washed ashore from the ill-fated steamer Federal at Gabo and brought on to Melbourne on…

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The Federal Wreck. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

A fund has been inaugurated in Melbourne in aid of the sufferers by the wreck of the steamer Federal, £10,075 were subscribed in a few minutes…

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Ship Ashore. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 3

Neva has been received that a large ship is ashore at Gape Patterson, on the Victorian coast, aa a result of the galea,…

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Wreck of a Steamer. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 3

The steamer Taker has been wrecked at Mauritius, and thirty six lives lost…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Thirty-five Lives Lost. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 3

The steamer Taher (?) has been wrecked on the Mauritius, and 35 lives lost…

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A Ship Ashore. Near Gape Paterson. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 3

A report was received in Melbourne to-day that a large ship is ashore about 20 miles from Cape Paterson. The Pilot steamer and the steam…

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The Wreck near Melbourne. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 3

Advices received at Melbourne from San Remo report that the barque Artisan has been wrecked off Capo Patterson…

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Turkish Transport Wrecked. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 3

A Turkish transport has been wrecked in the Red Sea, with 2500 troops and 100 pilgrims aboard. The captain and crew seized the…

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