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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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Wrecks on the English Coast

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

Tempestuous weather on the western English coasts has caused further losses of shipping. The steamer Cato foundered off the coast of Cornwell whilst a fierce…

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Wreck of the Regent Murray

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- The local Marine Board met to-day to consider its decision in connection with the inquiry into the loss of the barquel…

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An Ice-bound Steamer. London, April 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 4

The steamer Gaspesia, which was reported to have had a terrible experience in the Golf of St. Lawrence, in the North Atlantic, in consequence of being icebound, has been towed to St. John's, New…

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The Latest. Sydney, Thursday, 2.7 p.m. Steamer Reported off Seal Rocks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 2

THERE is no further news of a steamer reported as being off Seal Rocks. The Weather. The gale is abating somewhat, but it is…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday, 1 41 p.m. A Missing Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 4

THERE are no signs of the steamer Wollumbin along the coast, but there is a chance that she may have sheltered in one of the bays. The gale conditions have abated…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday, 2.6 p.m. The Tomki Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

THE steamer Tomki, which left for Richmond River last night, went ashore at Morna Point and was beached with Water in the engine-room and afterhold. She…

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Anxiety for the Steamer Perthshire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

There is no word of the large steamer Perthehire, now a fortnight out from Sydney to the Bluff. The steamer Morayshire, sent from New Zealand to search for the vessel, has returned unsuccessful, and…

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The Latest. Sydney, Monday, 1.40 p.m. Wreck and Loss of Life

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

NEWS from Cape Borda says that the ship Loch Sloy has been wrecked on the south coast of The Brothers. All except one passenger and three of the crew were lost…

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Disastrous Wreck. on the Australian Coast. Thirty Lives Sacrificed

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The head keeper of Cape Borda Lighthouse telegraphed this morning that a young lad named G. O. May had just arrived from Rocky…

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Shipwreck and Loss of Life

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 4

NEWS reached Adelaide on Tuesday morning of the loss of the barque Loch Sloy, 1225 tons, on the south side of Kangaroo Island, early on the morning of April 24. One of the crew had arrived at Mr…

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Particulars of the Wreck

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

Mitchell and Simpson, two of the survivors from the wreck of the Loch Sloy, were much refreshed by their rest on Tuesday night, and a telegram from…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Twenty-seven Persons Drowned. Only Three Lives Saved. Sufferings of the Survivors. Starving and naked in the Bush

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

News reached Sydney on Monday morning of a terrible shipping disaster off the South Australian coast. The ship Loch Sloy, which was bound from…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.-- The Cape Borda lighthouse-keeper telegraphs that a lad named May has arrived there from Rocky River, on the south side of…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday, 9.57 a.m. A Steamer Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

THE steamer Tekapo, en route to Kembla to coal, ran ashore at Maroubra during a fog early this morning. All hands were saved. The vessel is making very little water…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

INTELLIGENCE from Kangaroo Island is to the effect that the parties who have been out searching for Mr. Kilpatrick, the missing survivor of the Loch Sloy wreck, have…

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The Wreck of the Lochsloy

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The search party from Kangaroo Island have so far been unsuccessful and the remarkable thing is that they cannot find any…

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Wreck of the "Tfkapo.''

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The S. S. Tekape, of 2489 tons, ran ashore this morning during a heavy fog, 2½ miles south of where the " Hereward" was recently…

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The Tekapo Wreck

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 4

The stranded Union steamer Tekapo has again changed hands. Mr. Mountney, who also bought the wreck of the Hereward…

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Wreck at Newcastle

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 3

AT about 20 minutes to 1 o’clock on Sunday morning, while Huddart Parker Proprietary Company’s steamer Lindus was leaving the Newcastle barber for Adelaide, she was driven by the sea…

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Attack on a Cable Steamer

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 2

NEWS from Singapore by the mail yesterday give particulars of the attack by Philipinos on the cable steamer Recorder whilst the vessel was engaged laying…

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