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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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A New Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3

THE latest addition to the P. and O. fleet is the large twin-screw steamer Sobraon, built by Messrs. Caird and Co. at Greenock, and launched on February 17. She is intended…

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SYDNEY, Monday, 1.22 p.m. Steamer Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 4

The steamer Gulf of Taranto is ashore near Williamstown, Victoria, but is in no danger. The Plague…

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The Steamer Hyson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 4

The steamer Hyson, which left Newcastle on March 16, has arrived at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony…

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The Steamer Gymeric

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 May 1900 · page 4

The steamer Gymeric, having on board horses and fodder for the New Zealand Contingent which has reached Beira, has been ordered to proceed from Durban to Beira…

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Sailing Vessel Ashore

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

THE sailing vessel Sierra Nevada, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, went ashore on Wednesday morning about 2 o'clock at London Bridge…

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Wreck of the Sierra Nevada

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 4

FURTHER particulars of the above show that the captain (Scott) was a stranger to Port Phillip. The vessel was driven on to the rocks about 200 yards from…

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A British Merchantman Wrecked. Twenty-Three Lives Lost. The Ship a Total Wreck. Sinks Out of Sight

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 3

The total wreck of the sailing vessel Sierra Nevada just outside Port Phillip Heads, on Wednesday morning, and the [?] of 23 lives out of a total…

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Wreck of the Undine

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

CAPTAIN EVANS, of the barque Oakhurst, which has arrived at Port Adelaide, reports having picked up in an exhausted condition from a boat the…

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The Steamer Gymeric

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 2

The steamer Gymeric with horses from Queensland, New Zealand, and Victoria, for Durban, whence she was ordered on to Beira, lost 22 horses on the voyage…

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Steamer Swept Over a Cataract

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 2

In British Guiaua a steamer was swept over the Sumatumars cataract. Everyone on board was drowned. JAPAN FORTIFYING…

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The Kakapo Ashore. London, June 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 4

The Union Company's steamer Kakapo, from Belfast and Swansea for Sydney, has run ashore near Simonstown, Cape Colony. It is probable that the Kakapo will be lost…

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Terrible Experience on a Cattle Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Some particulars have already been published respecting the terrible loss of cattle sustained by the steamer Anerley, which left Newcastle for…

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Wreck of a Barque

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 June 1900 · page 3

THE barque Harvester on Friday night picked up the Seal Books light, which was only dimly visible. About 12.80 o'clock the barque struck, and it soon became evident that she…

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Wreck of a Vessel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 4

THE barque Harvester, bound from Table Bay to Newcastle, near midnight on Friday picked up the Seal Rocks light, which was only dimly visible in the thickness. The captain had not been able to…

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Wreck of a Schooner

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The telegraph department advises that Inskip P[?]int wires the following message:--" The [?] confidence, which…

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The Steamer Mimiro

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 4

ONE of the most perfectly equipped cargo carriers seen in Sydney is the steamer Mimiro, which recently arrived from New York. The Mimiro…

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An American Supply Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 4

THE United States government continue to send their transports to Sydney for supplies for troops in the Philippines. The latest arrival is…

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A Tragedy on a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 July 1900 · page 4

FROM Stockholm comes particulars of that massacre on board a holiday steamer of which some information was received by cable. The steamer…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 4

An extraordinary explosion, which resulted in serious injuries to George Miller, a steward on the Norwegian steamer Nordfarer, happened last Sun…

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The War in China. Situation at Peking. Legations Wrecked with Shot and Shell. Immediate Advance on Peking. London, Aug. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 4

In a description of the situation in Peking published in the Times, Dr. Morrison, the journal's correspondent, writing under date of July 21, describes the unwavering…

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