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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

24 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

The Wreck of the Eider. London, Feb. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 3

It is stated that the German steamer Eider, which went ashore at the Isle of Wight during a heavy fog, is uninsured. Specie aboard the steamer has been saved to the…

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A Steamer Foundered. London, May 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 4

It is reported that the Russian steamer Wolkon has foundered in the Caspian Sea, and that her passengers and crew, numbering 250 persons, have been drowned…

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Cable News. the Wreck of the Port Douglas. London, May 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 2

The hull of the steamship Port Douglas—one of the Anglo-Australian line, which left London on the 17th May for Melbourne and Sydney, and which was wrecked at St. Vincent, one of the Cape Verde…

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A Steamer Lost. London, June 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 June 1892 · page 2

A steamer which sailed from Lisbon for New York on May 6 has not arrived at the latter port, and is feared that the has been lost. The steamer carried 500 passengers…

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An Atlantic Liner Ashore. London, July 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 4

The Inman liner City of Chicago has gone ashore near Kinsale, on the Irish coast, during a fog. The passengers, numbering 400, were safely landed in boats…

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The Wreck of the City of Chicago. London, July 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 3

Further details of the wreck of the Inman steamer City of Chicago, on the coast of Ireland show that Ito passengers' lives were sived by the coolness of the master of the steamer, Captain A. Redford…

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Supposed Wreck in Mid-ocean

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The steamer Murrumbidgee, which arrived today from London, brings tidings of the loss in mid-ocean of an Australian bound vessel, the…

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Supposed Wreck

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 7

SUPPOSED WRECK.—A Sea of Keroseno Tins.—The steamer Murrumbidgee, which arrived at Melbourne on Tuesday from London, brings…

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Supposed Wreck in Mid-ocean. Thousands of Cases of Kerosene Floating

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 2

A telegram to the S. M. Herald form Melbourne dated Tuesday says:--The steamer Murrumbidgee, which arrived to-day from London, brings tidings of the loss in…

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Wreck of on Atlantic Liner. London, July 31

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 July 1892 · page 3

The Inman liner City of Chicago which has some years been engaged in the trade between England and New York, has been totally wrecked. During a heavy…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 8.p.m. Disastrous Wreck

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 August 1892 · page 3

A TERRIBLE shipping disaster is reported from the west coast of Victoria, where the Newfield, a vessel of 2000 tons, laden with a cargo of salt, has been wrecked. Eleven…

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Wreck of the Newfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 2

ON Sunday night the barque Newfield was driven ashore near Warrnambool, on the Victorian coast, and 10 of her crew perished. Nine reached the shore in safety, and latest messages stated that the…

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Wreck of the Newfield. Eleven Lives Lost

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 3

As reported by telegram in Monday's paper, the barque Newfield went ashore on the west coast of Victoria on Sunday night, and became a wreak, with the loss of eleven livers,…

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Shipwreck and Loss of Life

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 2

THE barque Newfield bound from Sharp ness for Brisbane, went ashore near Curdie's Hirer, Warrnambol on the Victorian coast. on Sunday night. The…

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A Colossal Steamer. London, Sept. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 4

The new Cnnard liner Campania has been successfully launched at Govan, on the Clyde. She will have a displacement of 19,000 tons when loaded. The Campania will be nearly as large as…

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Tens of Thousands of Wrecks

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 4

PROFESSOR N. S. SHALER has the following in Scribner:--It has to many persons been an interesting speculation as to the aspect of the countess wrecks which…

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The Nadgigomar Dam Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 2

NEWS reached Goulburn on Sunday that the large dam thrown across the Nadgigomar Creck, near Bungonia, by the Spa Gold-mining Company had been washed away early that morning as a…

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Cable News. Wreck of the P. AND O. Steamer Bokhara. London, Oct. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 3

It has been ascertained that the missing P. and O. steamer Bokhara, about the fate of which great anxiety has been entertained, has been wrecked on Sand Island, in the Pescadores Group, in the China…

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Wreck of the P. & O. Steamer Bokhara

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 2

LONDON, October 17.--It has been ascertained that the missing P. and O. steamer Bokhara, about the fate of which great anxiety has been entertained, has been…

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The Wreck of the Roumania. London, Oct 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 2

Further details of the wreak of the steamer Roumania on the Portuguese coast have been received. The vessel lost her course owing to the dense fog which surrounded her, and, having…

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