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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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Cable News. (Reuter's Latest.) a Leviathan Steamer Launched London

Leader · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 2

The White Star's new steamship Cedric has been launched .at Belfast. The Odic is the largest steamer in the world, measuring 700 feet in…

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The Missing Steamer Quiraing. All Hope Abandoned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 25 August 1902 · page 3

AH hope for the safety of the missing steamer Quirang has now been given up by shipping people, and it is supposed she met with bad weather…

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The Steamer Titus. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 3

The island steamer Titus, due in Sydney to-morrow from the South Se Islands, has 50 tons of maize on hoard for Sydney…

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A Leaky Steamer. AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 3

Cable advice has been received here that the Tyser steamer Niwaru, homeward bound, put into Las Palmas, leaking badly. The pumps had been…

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A Turbine Channel Steamer. Dover to Calais in 45 Minutes. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 3

A turbine steamer has been ordered for the Channel traffic from Dover to Calais to do the trip in 45 minutes…

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State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. the Steamer Quiraing. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Premier, in reply to Mr. J. Storey, said an inquiry would be held regarding the condition of the Quiraing…

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A Steamer in Trouble Syoney, Friday night

Leader · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 2

Tho steamer Tatiana has been picked up on the New Zealand coast with a broken shaft…

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Another Disabled Steamer. Off the New Zealand Coast. AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 5

The Union Company's Fiji steamer Taviuni, which broke her tail shaft when off Tolago Bay on the passage from Auckland to Wellington, has…

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Tho Wrecks in Port Elizabeth. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 3

Fifty two bodies have already been washed ashore from the wrecks in Port Elizabeth. It is estimated that 70 were drowned…

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The Port Elizabeth Gale. Fifty-two Bodies Washed Ashore. London, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1902 · page 3

Fifty two bodies have already been washed ashore at Port Elizabeth since the recent gale, which played such havoc with the shipping…

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Wreck of a Steamer Sydney, Thursday night

Leader · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

Messrs. Bums, Philip and Co. received a cable from Noumea, announcing the wreck of their steamer Numbare, at New Hebrides. The crew and…

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Wreck in the Islands. Burns, Philp, & CO's "Mambare." Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

Messrs. Burns, Philp and Coy. received a cable from Noumea this afternoon announcing the wreck of their island steamer Mambari at Tutuba, in…

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The Wrecked Steamer Mambre. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 3

Additional particulars concerning the wreck of the steamer Mambre are to band. It appears that the vessel, which went ashore on Sunday last,…

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A Steamer Ashore. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 3

The steamer Lethington, from New York to Melbourne, went ashore on the Homer Shoal, but was subsequently floated off in safety. She…

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The Missing Steamer Qairaing. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 3

The inquiry into the disappearance of the steamer, Quiraing, opened this morning, when a considerable amount of formal evidence was taken…

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The Haytian Rebellion. German Steamer Seized by a Gunboat. the Gunboat Sunk by a Cruiser. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 2

The gunboat "Crete a Pierrot," belonging to General Firmin, leader of the Haytian rebellion, seized the German steamer Morkomannia at the…

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Collision at Newcastle. a Ketch Damaged. Newcastle

National Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1902 · page 2

A collision occurred in the harbor yesterday afternoon between the steamer Ramazon and the ketch Alice Templeton, resulting in serious damage…

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An American Battleship Ashore. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 3

The American battleship, Iowa, has gone ashore on the Brazilian coast…

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A Battleship Ashore London

Leader · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2

The battleship Iowa has gone ashore on the island of Santa Catherina. A Brazilian warship has gone to its assistance…

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United States Battleship Ashore. LONDON, Thursday Night

National Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2

The United States battleship Iowa is ashore on the Island of Santa Catharina, on the south coast of Brazil. A Brazilian warship has gone to…

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