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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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Wreck of the Catterthun

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 3

The inquest on the Oatterthun disaster was resumed to-day, and was further adjourned. The Sterling has sigcalled to Forster from Soul Rocks elating that the…

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The Catterthun Wreck

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 2

"We have found the spot the Catterthun struck" was the purport of a message to the underwriters on Wednesday. The wire was sent from Seal Rocks, and is the outcome of…

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Wreck of the Catterthun. Fifty-five Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 2

The Extern and Australian S.S. Company's steamer Catterthun was totally Let on the morning on Thursday, August 8, at 26 minutes past 2 o'clock, by striking…

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Cable Intelligence. Terrible Explosion in America. Hotel Wrecked and People Killed

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 2

London, Monday, 2 p.m.-- An explosion in an hotel in Denver City, United States, wrecked the building and killed 50 persons. London, Monday Night.-- Later telegrams from…

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The Dunbar Wreck. Thirty-eighth Anniversary

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 2

Tuesday was the anniversary of the historic wreck of the ship Dunbar at Sydney Heads, that, disastrous event having taken place at midnight on August 20,1857. Sydney residents who…

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The Catterthun Wreck.—The Verdict

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 6

FORSTER, Thursday Afternoon.—The inquest on the bodies recovered from the wreek of the Catterthun was resumed this morning. The jury retired at ton minutes to 11, and returned at noon with the…

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The Loss of the Catterthun. Discovery of the Wreck

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 August 1895 · page 3

CAPTAIN JOHN HALL, marine Surveyor to the Sydney Underwriters' Association, who had been searching for the wrecked steamer Catterthun with a view to recovering the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday, 2.19 p.m. the Wreck of the Norman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 4

A WIRE from Wollongong reports that the wreck of the schooner Norman has entirely disappeared. RETURN OF MR. EDDY Upon being interviewed at Albany Mr. Eddy…

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Terrible Fire on a Steamer. the Passengers Panic Stricken. Mad Rush for the Boats. Seven Women Burned to Death

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 2

London, Monday Night.-- A fire broke out on the screw steel steamer Iona, 1213 tons, owned by the Edinburgh Shipping Company, when on the voyage from Leith to London…

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Collision at Sea. a Spanish Cruiser Wrecked. 34 Lives Lost

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 2

London, September 19th. A terrible shipping disaster is reported from Cuba. The Spanish cruiser Sanchez Barcaigtequi has been wrecked owing to coming into collision with…

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Telegrams. Sydney and Colonial. Sydney, Wednesday, noon. Wreck of the Catterthun

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 3

THE finding of the Marine Board was given to-day. The board find that the wreck was caused by wrongful default—first of Captain Shannon navigating too close…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun

Goulburn Herald · Friday 27 September 1895 · page 4

THE Marine Board have added the following to their decision as already given in our last:—This is one of the most lamentable cases that the…

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Wreck of the Catterthun

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 September 1895 · page 2

The finding of the Marine Board was given on Wednesday. The board find that the wreck was caused by wrongful default -- first of Captain Shannon navigating too close to the land…

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The Steamer Collision

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 October 1895 · page 2

The Marine Board delivered their decision regarding the collision in Watson's Bay between the steamer Indrani and the American timber-laden ship Alameda, and found that…

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Wreck of an Emigrant Ship. London, Nov. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 November 1895 · page 4

The ship Solferino, bound for the Argentine Republic with Italian emigrants, has gone ashore off Ceuta, on the coast of Morocco, opposite Gibraltar. She had 1000 emigrants on board, besides the…

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The Catterthun Wreck. Discovery of the Sunken Rock

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 November 1895 · page 2

Newcastle, Wednesday. -- Captain Clayton, of the steamer Storm King, which returned to the harbor yesterday from a fishing cruise, states that on the previous afternoon he found what he…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Tuesday, 2.26 p.m. a Large Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 2

THE mammoth steamer Westmeath, the third largest afloat, arrived ,this morning, bringing 6000 tons of ore. She will load with wool. The vessel's carrying capacity is 14,000 tons…

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The Catterthun Wreck

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 2

IT was stated the other day on the authority of a report from Newcastle that the steamer Storm King had found the wrecked steamer Catterthun lying in…

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Wreck in the Atlantic. London, Dec. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 December 1895 · page 4

The British steamer Principia has been wrecked on the Faroe Islands, in the North Atlantic. Twenty-nine of those on board were drowned…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Monday, 2.33 p.m. Wreck at Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 December 1895 · page 4

THE barque Durisdier was totally wrecked at Newcastle early this morning. All the crew were saved by the lifeboat and rocket brigade. THE WEATHER…

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