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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

534 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 27

The Big Wreck Mr. Holman Criticised. Ottawa

National Advocate · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 3

The Press severely criticise Premier Holman for his remarks concerning the disaster, and contend that they were calculated to prejudice the…

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Big Wreck Child Loses Its Parents. Applications to Adopt It. Captain Kendall Defended. Quebec

National Advocate · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

Letters offering to adopt little Florence Barbour, whose parents were lost on the Empress of Ireland, are pouring into the Canadian Pacific…

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The Big Wreck Some of the Victims Buried. an Impressive Service. Search for Bodies Abandoned. Girl's Pathetic Find. Queen Condoles with Salvationists. Montreal

National Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 2

The steamer Lady Evelyn has abandoned the search for tike bodies of the victims of the collision. The captain declared that all persons…

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A Bandsman's Luck. How He Missed the Wreck. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Young, a Sydney bandsman, who has just returned by the [?], told a story of a piece of luck that followed ill-luck. He was engaged…

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The Wrecked Liner Impressive Army Service. Relief Funds Increasing. London

National Advocate · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 2

The Mansion House Fund now totals £24,000, and that at Liverpool £13,758. General Botha conducted a…

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The Big Wreck Date of Inquiry Fixed. the Personnel. Ottawa, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 3

Mr. J. D. Hazen, Canadian Minister for Marine, announced in Parliament to-day that the inquriy into the impress of Ireland disaster would…

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Wreck of the London Survivor in Ballarat. Octogenarian's Story

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 1

In a cosy little cottage at Ballarat South resides Mr. John Munro, who is believed to be the last survivor of the wrecked auxiliary steamship London…

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Steamer on Fire. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 4

A fire has broken out on the steamer, Surrey Forehold, at Avonmouth among the mu[?]on consigned to Liverpool and Bristol. The outbreark…

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Harror Tragedy Steamer Sinks Naval Cutter. an Australian Drowned. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 2

The North Coast Company's steamer Coombah, while leaving Circular Quay this afternoon, ran down a naval cutter containing three men from the…

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Disastrous Storm Schooners Wrecked and Many Dead. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 4

Fo[?]y schooners were wrecked and 20 fishermen are dead, as a result of a storm which occurred on the Northern Coast of New Brunswick…

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The Wrecked Liner Canadian Government's Generosity. Relief for the Victims. Bodies Yet Unidentified. Ottawa

National Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 4

The Government has provided £10,000 towards the relief of the Empress of Ireland victims, and also an additional £2000 to cover the costs of…

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Allegations Disbelieved. Wrecked Liner's Crew. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

The transport workers now sitting in conference in Hull refuse to believe the allegations that 26 members of the crew of the Empress of Ireland escaped in…

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The Big Wreck Preparing for the Inquiry. Ottawa

National Advocate · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 3

Mr. Vaux, the British Marine expert, has conferred with the Minister for Marine regarding the forthcoming Empires of Ireland inquiry…

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Another Collision Big Steamer's Narrow Escape. Passengers Alarmed. New York

National Advocate · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

The steamship New York, has announced by wireless from Hamburg that the American liner, Pretoria, collided with the New York in a dense…

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Wrecks and Loss of Life. Thirty Years' Record. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 3

In moving, in the House of Commons, the second reading of the bill embodying the recommendations of the international conference on the safety…

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Whalling Boat Wrecked on Corsair Reef. the Crew Saved. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

A message received in Sydney this morning stated that four men had landed at Queenscliff, early in the morning, and reported that a whaler…

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Workers In Conflict Unionist Hall Wrecked. Mayor Roughly Handled Butte, Montana

National Advocate · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 5

Labor trouble caused serious riots here. Yesterday when the Unionists paraded the Industrial Workers of the World attacked them with stones…

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Cables. an Airship Wrecked. Berlin

Leader · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 3

The Zeppelin airship was wrecked on Sunday whilst landing an army officer…

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Airship Wrecked. Berlin

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 4

A Zeppelin airship was wrecked yesterday while attempting to land. An army officer was badly injured…

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Steamer Lost. Seward, ALASKo

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 2

Wireless messages were received from the steamer Dora which is stormbound at Portnick state that aboard the Dora are thirty-six survivors of the…

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