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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Terrible Typhoon Japanese Steamer's Rough Trip. Hove-to for Five Hours. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 5

The Japanese steamer Inaba Maru, which reached Sydney this morning, passed through a terrble typhoon, when two days out from Hong Kong…

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Two Wrecks. London, Sunday evening

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 4

The Iromdal, laden with nitrate from Taltal for Falmouth was wrecked at The Lizard in a fog. All hands wer esaved…

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Alone in Burning Ship. Lifeboat Rescue

Leader · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 4

Captain Newman, of the Gorman schooner Antza, had a thrilling ordeal in the Thames Estuary recently being alone in a burning ship for…

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Shipping Disasters. German Steamer Founders. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 3

More shipping disasters as a result of dense fogs are reported. The German steamer Okawanga, carrying copper ore, founded off Cape…

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Steamer Runs Ashore. New Zealand

Leader · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 6

As the steamer Inca was leaving Dargaville, for Sydney, with a cargo of timber on board, she struck on the rocks near the heads, and tore a hole…

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Big Shipping Disaster. Steamer on the Rocks. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

Another shipping mishap has occurred in British waters. The liner Haverford, bound from London to Philadelphia, struck some rocks…

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Struck the Rocks. Steamer Inga Damaged. Wellington (N.z.)

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 2

As the steamer Inga was leaving Dargaville for Sydney with a cargo of timber, she struck some rocks near the heads, and tore a hole in her hull…

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Struck Rocks Big Liner Wrecked. London, Thursday evening

National Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

The liner Havenford bound from Liverpool to Philadelphia, with 1200 passengers on board, struck rocks westward of Queenstown…

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Sawmill Wrecked. Result of a Pulley Breaking. Maclean

National Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

All accident occurred at a Maclean sawmill to-day, which resulted in the greater part of the machinery being wrecked The accident was caused…

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Steamer Burned. Cargo Valued at £30,000. San Francisco

The Bathurst Times · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 2

From San Rafael, California, comes a report of a disaster to the cargo steamer Maryland, which has been burnt to the water's edge…

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Pirates in the East. French Steamer Raided. Paris, Sunday evening

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 6

Advices from Hongkong tell of renewed activity of pirates. A band of these brigands of the sea captured a French steamer. One passenger was…

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Sunken Frigate's Treasure. Romance of the Lutine Wreck. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 4

Salvage operations arc still in progress at the wreck of the Lutine the English man-of-war, which, with a quantity of…

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Steamer Overdue. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 2

The steamer Gallua, which left Bombay (India) on Thursday night on a 200 miles' trip, is reported seriously overdue…

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Airship Wrecked. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

An army airship just completed came to grief while undertaking its first trial at Farnborough yesterday. Portion of the frame collapsed, but…

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Juggernaut Wrecked. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 6

Owing to the driving wheel breaking, a motor-'bus ran away at Bangor, in Wales, yesterday, and crashed into a telephone pole. Six people were…

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Spanish Warship Wrecked. Crew Fired Upon and Killed. Gibraltar

National Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 4

The Spanish warship, General Concha, was wrecked at Al[?]her.as. Thirty out of the crew of go were killed by a fusillade from a thousand…

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Spaniards and Moors. Wrecked Marines Attacked Spanish Commander Killed. Madrid

National Advocate · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 2

Further details are available in connection with the wreck of the Spanish warship General Concha, which was wrecked off Alcuhemas, Morocco. It…

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Steamer Founders. Collision with a Collier. Michigan (U.s.a.)

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 2

The ore steamer Jessie Scaulding has been damaged here to an unknown extent, in a collision with the coal steamer William Synder…

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Foundered with All Hands. Small Steamer's Fate. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 2

The underwriters to-day received a cable from London stating that the steamer Tao[?], of 103 tens, bound for Melbourne from the Clyde, had The vessel had been built for the Gisborne Meat Company, New Zealand, and was intended for salvage and towing work. She left England on April 10…

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Missing Ketch Turns Up. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 2

The ketch Alfred Fanning, which was reported missing, has arrived safely at Manning Head…

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