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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

256 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 13

The Ship's Lifeboat

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 7

The White Star liner Runic has come along with a new equipment. This is a submarine signalling installation on the plan described on this page some time…

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Accident to a Steamer. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 2

The Islands steamer “Makambo” belonging to Burns, Philip, and Co., was being put off from the wharf early this morning with ,a full cargo…

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Wreck of the Helga. an Unlucky Voyage. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Monday 5 September 1910 · page 3

The crew of the barque Helga, which was wrecked off the cost of Honolulu on the voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco, has arrived by the steamer…

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A Ketch Founders. Auckland

Leader · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 2

The Ketch Felicity struck a rock off Pencarrow Head and sank. The crew of three scrambled to a rock 12 feet wide and remained there all night…

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How a Big Schooner Was Lost

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 September 1910 · page 3

On the 9th July last the schooner Annie E. Smale, ninety days from Newcastle with 1500 tons of coal consigned to the Canadian Bank of commerce, San…

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The Carnarvon Bay Wrecked. Melbourne

Leader · Monday 19 September 1910 · page 2

The ship Carnarvon Bay, from, Liverpool, to Sydney, was wrecked on Thursday on an unknown reef at King’s Island, Bass Strait The boat,…

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Wrecked Steamer Refloated. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 3

The steamer Tymeric, 3,34I tons, bound, from Calcutta to South America, which was caught on a reef on the coast of North Queensland, has been…

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Wreck of the Carnarvon Bay No Tidings of Missing Boat. Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 2

The steamer Lady Loch, which left yesterday to search for the tossing boat from the wrecked ship Carnarvon Bay, which struck a reef at King…

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Shipwrecked Crew Rescued. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 5

The crew of the Dutch schooner Jantina Adatha has arrived at Dundee. She sailed for the Arctic months ago, and struck an iceberg…

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The Carnarvon Bay Wreck. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 2

The tug Alacrity, which was despatched to the scone of the wreck of the Carnarvon Bay, returned to-day and reported that there remained not the…

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The Carnarvon Bay Wreck

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 4

A telegram, from Launceston states that the steamer Wouchope has called in at Burnie, from King' s Island, having on board the crow of the missing, boat from, the…

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Wreck of the Carnarvon. Rescued Sailors in Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 2

The steamer Wanchope has arrived from King Island and with the crow of the missing boat from the wrecked ship Carnarvon. The boat contained 14 men…

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Japanese Liner Ashore. San Francisco

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 3

The Japanese liner Tanyo Maru is ashore 30 miles off Shanghai. She was bound from Hong King to Frisco…

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An Overdue Steamer. London, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 3

The steamer Pharos, which is overdue from Sydney, was last spoken of in Atlantic on August 24th…

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Steamer Reported Lost. Vancouver

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 3

The steamer Cbinque belonging to the Pacific Steamship Company, is reported to have been lost in the Gulf of Panama, owing to the explosion of…

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Robbery on a Steamer. Seattle

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 3

Bullion and bank notes amounting to many thousands of dollars wore stolen from the mail room of the steamer City of Seattle, last night. An arrest has…

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Theft From a Mail Steamer. Vancouver

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 2

Bullion and bank notes amounting to £5000 ware stolen from the mail-room of the steamer City of Seattle, when en route from Skagway. The…

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Explosion on a Steamer. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 3

Regarding the explosion in the Gulf of Panama it is reported that 50 of the passengers and crew of the steamer Chiriqui were drowned. Thirteen…

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Steamer Runs Ashore

Leader · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 2

The Tasmanian steamer, Nubeena, bound for Tasman’s Peninsula to [?] [?]asnore at Frederick , Henry Buy. The passengers, numbering…

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The Trouble at a Monastery Reports Now Modified. a Church Wrecked. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 2

King Manuel, and Queen Amelia are proceeding to Villa Manrizuc. The Queen-Dowager. Maria Pia, and Dom Alfonso will go to Italy. Telegrams…

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