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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Bodies Washed Ashore Adelaide, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

Eleven bodies have been washed ashore from the Clan Ranald wreck. The vessel had never been to South Australia before and she must have…

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Shipping Disaster in Gulf of St. Vincent. Wheat Steamer Founders. Forty Six Lives Lost. Adelaide

Leader · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

A terrible shipping disaster occurred last night, when the steamer Clan Ronald, 3[?]00 tons, foundered in the Gulf of St. Vincent, near Cape…

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Terrible Shipping Disaster. Off South Australian Coast. Steamer Founders in a Gale. Within Sight of Land. Forty-six Drowned. Adelaide

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 3

A terrible shipping disaster occurred last, night, when the steamer Clan Ranald, of 3500 tons, outward bound, foundered in the Gulf of St…

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A Wreck Forty-six Lives Lost the Clan Ranald Goes Down Sixty Miles From Port Adelaide Adelaide, Monday morning

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

The steamer Clan Ranald, of 3596 tons, Captain Mc[?]tosh in charge, which left Port A[?] yesterday for the United Kingdom with a full,…

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Disaster at Sea. Steamer Wrecker Forty-six Persons Drowned. Sydney

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

The steamer Clanronald, which left Adelaide yesterday for England, sank off Troubridge Head last night. Forty-six. persons were drowned…

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The Adelaide Wreck Survivor's Graphic Story Vessel Turns Over Adelaide, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

The cause of the heeling ever of the steamer Clan Ranald is still a mystery. The second officer was ia charge when the steamer went down. The crew…

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Coasting Steamer Wrecked. All Hands Saved. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

Word was received to-day that the costing steamer Narooma was wrecked to the southward of Cape Three Points, on the northern head of Broken Bay last night…

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Shipwreck at Broken Bay. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

The steamer Narooma ventured close in shore to load sleepers at Broken Bay last night, and was driven ashore. The steamer is being swept by the…

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The Narooma a Total Wreck. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 2

Captain Forbes, of the ill-fated, Narooma, reports this afternoon that, the vessel’s back is broken. She is a total wreak…

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The Stranding of a Steamer. Due to Disobedience. Sydney

Leader · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances attending the stranding of the steamer Kornab, on Stockton beach, was concluded to-day. The Court found…

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NEW P. AND Q. Mail Steamer. Puts Up a Brilliant Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 2

The P. aud O. mail Scteamer distinguished her first trip to Austrlia by lowering the Adelaide to freemantle record. She maintained 57…

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The Wreck of the Karnah. the Mate Suspended. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 3

The Marine Court this morning suspended for six months the certificate of Daniel Molloy, mate of the steamer Klarnah, finding that the [?] of the…

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The Wrecked Narooma Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

The wrecked steamer Narooma, as she now lies in Boat Harbor, about five miles from Barrenjoey, was sold this morning to Mr E. W. Whatmore,…

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The Narooma Wreck Sold. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

The wreck of the steamer Narooma, as she now lies, was sold this morning for £220…

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Telegrams What the Sea Yields Up. Discovery of Wreckage Near Lyttleton. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

An Auckland sailor's chest .market "J.C.R," and packing, has been sighted near Lyttleton Heads. They are supposed to come from Rio -Loge. Two…

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The Wrecked Aeon. May Be Re-floated. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 3

It is reported that a Sydney syndicate has purchased the wreck of the Frisco steamer Aeon, which was lost last July. The price paid is stated to…

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The Wrecked Aeon. Purchased by Sydney Syndicate. Sydney

Leader · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 2

It is reported that a Sydney syndicate has purchased the wreck of the 'Frisco steamer Aeon, which was [?] last July. The price paid went [?]…

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The Penguin Wrecked Catastrophe Off New Zealand Coast Fearful Loss of Life Beaches Strewn with Wreckage Bodies Washed Ashore Auckland (N.z.)

National Advocate · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

The U S Company's steamer Penguin. 824 tons, was wrecked lass night at Cape Terawhiti, while on the voyage from Nelson and Picton to…

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Great Shipping Disaster on the New Zealand Coast. Union Steamer Wrecked. Sixty-eight Persons Missing. 32 PASSENGERS; 32 Crew. Beach Strewn with Dead Bodies. Auckland

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

News was received early yesterday morning that the Union Steamship Company's passenger steamer Penguin, had been wrecked at Cape…

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The Latest Details. Twenty-six Bodies Washed Ashore. a Woman's Heroism. Grim Battles for Life Later

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

Later particulars of the wreck of the Penguin show that sixty-eight persona are missing, the number cow prising thirty-siz passenger and…

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