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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Not the Waratah Two Funnelled Steamer Sighted. London, Saturday Afternoon

The Bathurst Times · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 3

The whaling schooner Ulva reported at Durban that she sighted on November 23, during a snowstorm, a large two-funnelled steamer under…

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Cable News. (Per Independent Cable Association of Australasia). SHIPWRECK. 153 Person's Drowned. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 2

The steamer Admiral Chanzy, running between Marseilles and Algiers, founded off the coast of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands…

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Another Steamer Wrecked Fifty Drowned. London, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

The Pacific Steam Navigation Co's liner, Lima, has been wrecked in the Straits of Magellan, and 50 were drowned…

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Totally Wrecked. Fate of the Tug Port Jackson. Drifts Ashore in a Disadled Condition. Crew Safe

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

The Port Jackson, one of the best known tuff boats running out of Sydney and Newcastle, was totally wrecked on Saturday night south of…

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Cable News. Another Wreck. 50 Persons Drowned. London, Sunday Evening

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

The Pacific Navigation Company's steamer Limee was wrecked in the Cuamblin Passage, Straits of Magellan, the chief pilot and 50 passengers being…

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The World The Great Wreck Supposed Gunpowder Explosion. Survivor Still Prostrated. London, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

French newspapers assert that the French steamer, General Chanzy, had 30 tons of gunpowder aboard, and that the explosion of the gunpowder…

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Rescue Steamer Wrecked. Fate of the Lima. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

The Chilean-cruiser Mistre Venteno, while going to the rescue of the 88 persons left aboard the steamer Lima, went on to a reef in the Straits of Magellan…

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Australian Steamer Launched. London, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

The Australian United Steam Navigation Co's ship, Levuka, has been launched at the Clyde…

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The Wrecked General Chanzy Prevention of Further Investigation. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

The officials at Marseilles are determined to prevent an extended investigation into the cause of the loss of the General Chanzy…

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Sank in Three Minutes the General Chanzy Wreck. Story of the Survivor. a Terrific Explosion. Everyone Panic Stricken. London, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

Marcel Rod[?]l, the sole surviver of the wreck of he General Chanzy, has recovered sufficiently to give particulars concerning the disaster…

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The Wreck of the Lima. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

Six Valparaiso steamers are racing at full speed to Huamblin Island where 88 men are still clinging to the rigging of the wrecked steamer Lima…

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In a Cyclone. Steamer Damaged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 13

The Government steamer, "Merrie England," experienced a cyclone off the Queensland coast, and was a good deal damaged. The second…

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Steamer Yucatan. Strikes an Iceburg. London, Thursday Afternoon

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 2

The steamer Yucatan, from Shagway to Seattle struck an iceburg in the Icy Straits. She sank, seventy persons being on…

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Wreck of the Lima. Passengers Saved. London, Thursday Afternoon

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 2

The 88 persons left on the steamer Lima, which was wrecked in the Magellan Straits, have all been rescued by the Chilean cruiser Minstro Zenteno…

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Wreck of the Hohenzollern. Twenty Lives Lost. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 3

The steamer Hohenzollern, bound from Bremen to London, has been wrecked at Dunnorely Bay. The crew of twenty were lost, owing to their…

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Steamer Ashore BRISBANE

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

Information has been received to the effect that the steamer Moresby, has gone ashore on the Barrier Reef, 75 miles north of Cooktown, at Cook's…

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Hurricanes in Britain. Blowing 80 Miles an Hour. Channel Steamer Unable to Land Passengers. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 3

The hurricanes in Britain continue, the wind raging in places at eighty miles an hour. A channel steamer has been unable…

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Wreck of the Moresby. Off Queensland Coast. High and Dry on a Bar. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 3

The steamer Moresby has been wrecked, on a reef at Cook's Passage, 75 miles north of Cooktown. The steamer is high and dry on a bar…

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Telegraphic News. a Lifeboat Missing. Brisbane

Leader · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 2

The Steamer Moresby, which went ashore at the Baffler Reef, got off on Monday, and arrived at Cooktown yesterday. Three lifeboats left the…

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The Steamer Moresby. at Sea Again. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

A message received in the city late to-night states that the steamer Moresty has been floated off, and was sighted from Cooktown, apparently in no…

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