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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

362 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 19

Mystery 0F the Sea. Old Wreck Tound. Tacoma

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 3

After a mysterious silence of 20 years the North Pacific Ocean has yielded up the grim secret of the loss of the fisheries schooner Sadie Caller, of San…

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Overdue Steamer Safe London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

The overdue steamer Natal Transport has arrived at Borneo…

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Steamer's Firemen Strike. Staff Too Small. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

The firemen on the steamer Zealand knocked off work to-day. The vessel, which had just been with drawn from the Vancouver run, was…

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Cable News. Pirates' Raid. Steamer Seized. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 4

Sixty Chinese pirates disguised as passengers, but carrying knives and firearms concealed under their clothes, boarded the steamer Taion at…

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£100,000 in Women's Pockets. Arrest of a Family on Steamer

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 3

Charged with being connected with a great international bank swindle, involving upwards of £200,000, Mr. Antonio Musica, a New York hair…

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Spurious Coins. Found on a Steamer. Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 2

Three weeks ago, when the steamer Wandilla arrived from Melbourne, a pac[?] of spurious coins, representing a value of £23, was found in one of the…

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Ashore. the Steamer Queen Margaret. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 5

The steamer Queen Margaret, bound from Sydney to Limerick, went shoree on the Stag Rocks, at The Lizard…

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Schooner in a Hurricane. Crew Escape on a Raft. Suva (Fiji)

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 1

The schooner Lyman D. Foster, bound from Puget Sound to Suva with a cargo of a million feet of lumber, was caught in a hurricane off Turtle Island, in the…

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Steamer Held Up. "Black" Meat. Wellington (N.z)

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

The steamer Zealandic is held up at Timaru, where the waterside workers refuse to handle the frozen meat There are 50,000 carcasses killed by…

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The Queen Margaret. a Total Wreck. London, Monday evening

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 4

The Queen Margaret, which went ashore at The Lizard, is a total wreck. The crew has been safely landed…

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The Wrecked Queen Margaret. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

The weather was fine when the Queen Margaret was wrecked on The Lizard. A lifeboat from the coast rescued the captain's wife and child…

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Loss of a Sydney Wheat Ship. Queen Margaret Wrecked. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 4

The four-masted barque Queen Margaret, bound from Sydney to Limerick, with a cargo of wheat, was totally. wrecked yesterday on the Stag Rocks,…

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Steamer Founders

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 2

A steamed foundered off the coast of Java. Twenty-three of the crew were drowned, and the remainder, numbering 47, were saved…

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Six Men Burned to Death. Fire on a River Steamer. Vancouver

The Bathurst Times · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 4

A fire that broke out on board the Ophir, one of the steamers trading on the Fraser River, was responsible for no fewer than six of the crew being burned…

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Sensational Wrecks. Men Scalded to Death

Leader · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 4

The South African coast has been the scene of some serious wrecks recently, the two latest occurring in the same week…

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Cables. a Vessel Wrecked. All Hands Saved. Wellington, N.Z.

Leader · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 3

The Tyser liner, Indratirah, was wrecked seven miles from Rangitiki River on Friday night. The weather was dark and stormy, and a big sea…

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Wreck of the Indrabarah. Officers and Crew Safe. Wellington (N.z.)

The Bathurst Times · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 4

The Tyser liner Indrabarah is lying ashore 14 miles south of Wanganui. The vessel is about a quarter of a mile from the beach. A heavy westerly gale is…

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Reported Wreck Tyser Line Indrabarah. on New Zealand Coast. Wellington (N.z.)

National Advocate · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 1

News readied here yesterday to the effect that the Tyser line Indrabarah, while on a voyage between Gisborne and Wanganui, with a big cargo of…

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Coomonderry Ashore. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

A message was received in Sydney to-day, stating that the North Coast Steamship Company's steamer Coomonderry was ashore at Narooma. The…

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Coastal Steamer Sinks. 23 of the Crew Drowned. Hague

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 4

A coastal steamer sand off Java, Twenty three of the crow were drowned and 47 saved…

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