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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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Wreck of the Ross Dhu. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 4

It was the barque Ross Dhu, and not the Rock View, as previously reported, which has been wrecked off Gatico, on the west coast of South America…

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Fire on the Steamer Oldenburg. London, Sept. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 4

The German mall steamer Oldenburg, of 5000 tons, in command of Captain H. N. Gathemann, which left Sydney on August 11, Melbourne August 16, Adelaide August 20, and Fremantle August…

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Wreck of the Mohegan. London, Oct. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

Later reports show that in the wreck of the Mohegan 106 of the passengers and crew were drowned…

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Wreck of an Atlantic Liner. London, Oct. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 4

The Atlantic liner Mohegan, owned by the American Transport Company, has been wrecked. While bound for New York from Southampton her machinery broke down in a gale, and she was driven…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Sydney, Wednesday, 1.48 p.m. A Steamer on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 4

A FIRE on board the steamer Buteshire was discovered early this morning. A number of engines were at work all night, but the fire is still burning. The inward cargo has…

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The Wreck of the Mohegan. London, Oct. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 2

The loss of the Atlantic Transport Shipping Company's steamer Mohegan on the Manacle Rooks, off Falmouth, has now been ascertained to have been due to the magnetic attraction of the Manacles acting…

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News by Cable. Shipping! Disaster. An Atlantic Liner Wrecked. Eighty-six Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 3

A terrible disaster has occurred on the coast of Cornwall. The steamer Mohegan, belonging to the New London Steamboat Co., was…

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A British Steamer Wrecked. London, Nov. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 4

The British steamer Atalanta has gone ashore at Newport, Yaquina Bay, Oregon, U.S.A. She went to pieces, and 28 of the passengers and crew were drowned…

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Thrilling Story of Wreck and Rescue

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 4

THE loss of the Norwegian barque Frivold, with nine of the crew, forms another thrilling tale of the sea. The doomed vessel left Boston with a cargo…

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Gales and Wrecks

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 3

The Atlantic gales on the eastern sea board of the United States continue, with disastrous results to life and shipping. Seventy wrecks have occurred off the…

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A Steamer Abandoned. London, Dec. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

The steamer Londonian, trading between London and Boston, has boon abandoned in the Atlantic. Eighty of the crow are missing…

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Disastrous Shipwreck. London, Dec. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 4

The ship Clan Drummond, which traded between Liverpool and Delagoa. Bay, has foundered. Thirty-seven lives were lost…

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The Wreck of the Londonian. London, Dec. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

The steamer Vedamore persevered for two days and nights in rescue work in connection with the wreck of the Londonian, which vessel foundered in the Atlantic during the voyage from London to…

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News by Cable. Wreck in the Atlantic. Loss of Thirty-five Lives

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 3

Thrilling particulars have been received of the wreck of the liner Londonian, in the Atlantic, on the voyage from London to Boston…

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