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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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Fire on a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 August 1900 · page 4

ON the voyage of the steamer Cym[?] from Queenstown to New York a fire of alarming proportions broke out in the fore hold of the vessel, and for…

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Fire on the Steamer Cymric. London, Aug. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 4

On the voyage of the steamer Cymric from Queenstown to New York a fire of alarming proportions broke out in the fore hold of the vessel, and for 36 hours the crew battled against its…

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Fire on a Steamer

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 4

LONDON, August.15.--On the voyage of the steamer Cymric from Queenstown to New York a fire of alarming proportions…

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Reported Shipping Disaster. Wreck of a Mail Steamer Feared

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 2

A CABLEGRAM was on Friday afternoon received from Captain Clarke, R.N., who left Sydney by the Futami Maru for China, indicating that that fine steamer had met with disaster. The cable, which…

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Plague on a French Steamer. London, Aug. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 2

Three cases of plague are reported to have occurred on a French steamer passing Constantinople or its homeward voyage. Culson, a member of the N.S.W. Contingent, was…

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Wreck of the Futami Maru. London, Aug. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 4

The Futami Maru, of the Japanese Mail Steamship Company, has gone ashore at Mindoro Island, one of the Philippines. Her passengers and crew landed on the island,…

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The Latest. Sydney, Saturday, 12.2 p.m. Schooner Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

THE schooner Cynthia went ashore this morning at North Head. All hands were saved…

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Wreck of the Steamer Suffolk. London, Sept. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 September 1900 · page 4

The steamer Suffolk, of the Federal line, on the voyage from London to Sydney, struck on Klippen Point, Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, and gradually sank…

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The Wrecked Suffolk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 September 1900 · page 4

In connection with the wreck of the Federal liner Suffolk on the South African coast, near Port Elizabeth, it now transpires that there were 900 horses and mules on…

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The Wreck of the Futami Maru. an Eye Witness's Account

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 4

IT will be remembered that the Japanese mail steamer Futami Marn was lost near Manila, on her voyage from Sydney. No loss of life took place,…

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A New Japanese Mail Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 October 1900 · page 4

THE large steamer flying the Japanese flag, lying at Circular Quay, is the Shinano Marn, belonging to the Japan Mail Steamship Company. The…

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A Ferry Steamer Burnt

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 4

ABOUT ten p.m. on Monday the commedions ferry steamer, Kangaroo, owned by the Sydney Ferries Limited, was almost totally destreyed…

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A Passenger Steamer Founders. London, Nov. 12

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 November 1900 · page 2

THE Canadian passenger steamer City of Monticillo foundered in a gale in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of Novia Scotia…

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Wreck of the Gneisenau. London, Dec 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 December 1900 · page 2

The commander of the German frigate Gneisenan, which sank during a storm in the outer barbour at Malaga, Spain, refused to be saved. He had previously disregarded advice to return to barbour…

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Wreck of a Frigate. London, Dec. 17

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 4

THE German training frigate Gneisnau parted anchor in a storm and was wrecked in the outer harbour of Malaga, on the southern coast of Spain…

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Wreck of a German Frigate. 100 Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 December 1900 · page 3

The German training frigate Gneisenau parted anchor in a storm and was wrecked in the outer harbour of Malaga, on the southern coast of Spain. The…

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