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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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Lost of The Federal. Five Bodies Washed Ashore. Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

Five bodies, a boat, and the oars have been washed ashore in the vicinity of Malla[?]cota This decisively settles the fate of the steamer Federal. She evidently foundered in the gale,…

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The White Star Line. the Greatest Merchant Steamer Afloat. London, April 4

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

THE White Star Line steamer Celtic, of 20,880 tons, was launched at Belfast this morning…

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Later. Five More Bodies Washed Ashore

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

Further proof concerning the fate of the mining steamer Federal has been obtained by the discovery of five bodies on the beach between Cape Everard and…

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Loss of the Steamer Federal. All Hands Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

As the steamship Federal has not reported herself at Albury, W.A., whither she was bound from Newcastle, there is every reason to fear that the wreckage…

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A Warship Fouls a Mail Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 4

H.M.S. Hood fouled the French mail steamer at Malta, losing two boats. A smart evolution by the ironclad averted a worse disaster…

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Wreck of a Steamer. London, April 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 4

The steamer Tehar (? Sehal) has been wrecked at Mauritius. Thirty-six lives were lost…

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Wreck of a Turkish Transport. Great Loss of Life

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 3

The Turkish transport Arnalan has been wrecked in the Red Sea. Aboard there were 2500 troops and 100 pilgrims. The captain and crew seized the ship's…

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Wreck of a Turkish Transport

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

THE Turkish transport Ar[?]sian has been wrecked in the Red Sea. There were aboard 2500 soldiers and 100 pilgrims…

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A New Steamer in Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2

The Peninsular Company's new steamer Sobraon stranded during a fog on Funying Island, and it is feared will become a total wreck. The passengers were safely landed…

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Wreck of a Turkish Transport. London, April 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 5

The Turkish transport Arnslan has been wrecked in the Red Sea. Aboard there, were 2500 troops and 100 pilgrims…

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A Steamer on Fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 4

WHEN the German-Australian line steamer Bielefield on Monday arrived from Hamburg and Antwerp there was nothing in her appearance to…

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P. and O. Steamer Stranded

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

The P. and O. steamer Sobraon has been stranded at Tunying Island, off the coast of China. She went aground in a fog. It is feared that she will become a…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 6

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…

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The Transport Hermes Ashore

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 3

REPORT has reached Capetown of the loss [?] the transport Hermes, involving the loss [?] two passengers. During a heavy gale the `[?] which was anchored in Table Bay,…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells its himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experience the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…

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Tragedy on a Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday.—A tragedy occurred early this morning on the German steamer Asia, berthed at Victoria Dock. A quarrel arose between two firemen, and a revolver was drawn. One of the…

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Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 4

The steamer Lusitania, which went ashore at Cape Ballard, Newfoundland, is a complete wreck. Some of the rough element among the passengers tried to rush the boats, using knives, but after…

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Lusitania Wrecked. London, June 27

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 4

THE steamer Lusitania, while on the voyage from Liverpool to Montreal went ashore at Cape Ballard News foundland. There were 500 passenger…

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News by Cable. Lusitania Wrecked. No Lives Lost. Rush for the Boats

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 3

The steamer Lusitania, while on the voyage from Liverpool to Montreal, went [?]hore at Cape Ballard, Newfoundland. There were 500 passengers abroad. All…

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Clock Still Going in a Wrecked Building

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

Whilst an examination was being made of one of the remaining floors of the building which fronts George and Gipps streets on Saturday, an eight-day…

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