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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 5 of 27

Wrecking Home Rule. New Zealand

Leader · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

Earl Grey is of the opinion that Mr. Asquith's Home Rule proposals will have the effect of breaking down the Bill…

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Several Wrecks Reported. Paris

National Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 3

News has been received of a disastrous cyclone which occurred on the island of Madagascar, on March 2. A tidal wave which followed drowned 16…

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Terrific Gale on African Coast. Many Ships Ashore. Great Loss of Life Feared. Madrid

National Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 3

A terrific gale is reported on the African coast. Seventeen vessels are ashore near Melille, and many warships are in great danger. Two…

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Body on Top of Wreckage

The Bathurst Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

Senior-sergeant Moron[?] of Moss Vale, who, with Constable Breeze, Mrs. Stevenson, and Quinn, a[?] and a number of officials and workmen…

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Heartrending Scenes Among the Dead and Dying. Small Boy Pinned. Chopped Out of Wreckage. Husband Crushed Holding His Dead Wife. Roung

National Advocate · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 1

Mr. William Powderley, of Young, arrived here from the scene. He was in the Young carriage, but escaped injury. In the course of an interview,…

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Barque Wrecked. Five Persons Drowned. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

The Swedish barque Tripolita was wrecked at Lands End yesterday morning. By means of rocket apparatus six of…

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Wrecked Swedish Barque's Fate. Captain and Four Sailors Dead. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

The Swedish barque, Trivfolium, coal-laden, was wrecked at Liand's End. Terrible seas were ragging at the time, and the crew clung to the…

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Smallpox. Case on Royal Mail Steamer. Fremantle

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

On the arrival of the R.M.S. Orsova from London, it was found that Mrs. Weaver, wife of a well-known resident of Cottesloe Beach, was suffering from…

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Steamer Ashore. City of Sydney in Peril. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 3

The steamer City of Sydney, bound from New York to St. John's New Foundland, has gone ashore on the rocks at Samaro, 20 miles from…

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Stealing a Steamer. Ferret's Thrilling Career. How Sails from Adelaide. Formerly a Pirate

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 33

There is a slinky, sly sort of sound about the word ferret, and there ha been one ferret in history that lived up to its name, though it was not an…

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Fire on a Steamer Bunkers Alight. Firemen's Narrow Escape. Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

A fire was discovered in the cross bunkers of the steamer Polam Hall lying at the Federal Wharf, Port Pirie. At 9 o'clock last night the reserve…

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Atlantic Gales Steamer Wrecked. Thrilling Scenes of Heroism. Halifax (Nova Scotia)

National Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 5

Thrilling scenes of heroism marked the wreck of the steamer City of Sydney off Sambro. While salvaging the cargo, a heavy sea capsized a dory,…

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Disastrous Collision. Torpedo and Ferry Steamer. Venice

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 2

A torpedo boat collided with a small passenger boat. Fifty passenger were drowned. The passenger boat sank immediately. Fifteen persons were…

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Foundered All Hands Lost. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The steamer Heinrich, laden with coal, bound from Cardiff to Marseilles, foundered with all hands…

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Peculiar Mishap to Steamer. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 3

The Union Company's steamer, Mokoia, arrived at daylight this morning, from Tasmania, twelve hours late. A piece of dirt, no larger than sixpence…

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At the Nambucca Head Steamer Hastings Disabled. Tried to Clear the Bar. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The well-known coasting steamer Hastings has gone ashore at the entrance to the Nambucca River, and is lying helpless and disabled. She has…

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Sensations of the Week. Shells and a Steamer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 12

As the steamer Mourilyon was going up the bay from Geolong three shells fired from Gellibrand Fort struck the water close to her. The…

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French Steamer Wrecked. Eighteen Lives Lost. Struck on a Rock

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 4

The French steamer St. Paul bound from Noumea to Brisbane, was wrecked off Gape Moreton and eighteen lives were lost. It is believed that 11 pensons have…

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A Captain's Endurance. Steamer on a Reef. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2

The steamer Matunga has arrived after being aground, for a week on a reef near Port Moresby. Captain Mortimer said she struck on March 5. The…

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Steamer St. Paul Wrecked Brisbane

Leader · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

The Fronch steamer St. Paul, from Noumea to Brisbane, has been wrecked off Cape Moreton. Eighteen lives were lost, as far as is known, and…

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