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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

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A Wrecked Ambition. Chapter Xlix

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 6

THE long bright day came to an end at last. To Eric it had seemed a century long; the warm summer hours oppressed him; he was ill both in body and mind; the strain upon…

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A Wrecked Ambition. Chapter Ii

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 6

BRINE looked from one to the other, the half mocking smile still on her lips. Mudame, with the dignity of despair, turned to Lord Arncourt…

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A Wrecked Ambition. Chapter Liii

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 6

SIR WILLIAM HAILBURY was not so much astonished as one would have imagined. He listened to Lord Arncourt's long story without comment. When it was ended he looked…

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Vessels Foundered. London, April 18

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

A GREAT storm has occurred at Marseilles. Many vessels broke from their moorings and foundered. Work at the quays…

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A Wrecked Ambition. Chapter Liv

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 6

THEN Lord Arncourt told the girl, kindly. Holding her hands in his own. he said— "She is never coining back to us, Belie. You must learn to live without Reine; she…

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Disastrous Disturbance. Several Buildings Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 April 1903 · page 2

The damage caused at Cootamundra by the flood, was eclipsed by a second disaster at midnight on Friday, when an electric disturbance wrecked the Wallendoon-street…

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Disaster at Cootamundra. a Fire Ball. Great Destruction. Two Hotels Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

The unfortunate inhabitants of Cootamundra had scarce had time to view the scene of destruction caused by the flood, and certainly had been unable even to approximate the…

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Cootamundra Again Wrecked. Meteoric Electricity. Strange Phenomenon. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 3

The flood waters at Cootamundra had no sooner subsided on Friday, leaving wrecked streets revealed than the residents were rudely awakened by a second great disaster,…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 May 1903 · page 2

AN accident which caused alarm happened oil the steamer Flinders during her voyage from Melbourne to Warrunambool. When the steamer was two hours distant…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Wreck.—eleven Lives Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

The steamer Oakland has been wrecked at Long Island, north of Newcastle. Eleven persons were drowned. The survivors were picked up by boats…

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Wreck of the Oakland. Eleven Lives Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 2

The south-west gale which swept along the seaboard during the earlier part of the week has not passed without leaving in its track a piteous tale of wreck and suffering. The news…

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The Wreck of the Oakland. Eleven Lives Lost. Terrible Experience of Survivors

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 2

As briefly reported by telegram in Friday's issue the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Oakland, which left Newcastle for the Richmond and Clarence rivers…

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Shipwreck Disaster. Eleven Lives Lost

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 2

The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Oakland, which left Newcastle for the Richmond and Clarence Rivers shortly after midnight…

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Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the Oakland. Eleven Lives Lost

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 2

THE steamer Oakland has been wrecked at Lung Island, north of Newcastle. Eleven parsons were drowned. The survivors were picked up in busts…

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Shipping Disaster. a Steamer Founders. Eleven Lives Lost

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 3

A shipping disaster involving great loss of life has happened in the vicinity of the islands lying off the coast just north of the entrance to Port Stephens. The North…

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Shipping Disaster. the Steamer Oakland Founders Eleven Lives Lost Newcastle

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 4

The North Const Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Oakland, which left Newcastle for the Richmond arid Clarence rivers shortly after midnight founded off…

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The Latest. Sydney, Thursday. Another Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 2

The new schooner Elliston, with a cargo of timber from Bellinger to Sydney, has been wrecked off Koromoro Point, south of Smoky Cape. The crew were saved. Rough weather…

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Heavy Gales on the Coast. the Wreck of the Oakland Eleven Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's Meaner Oakland, which left Newcastle for the Richmond and Clarence rivers shorty after midnight on Tuesday…

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Foundered at Moorings. London, June 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4

News has been received that the steamer Arequipa 2953 tone, of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, foundered at her moorings at Valparaiso in a storm…

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Foundered at Moorings. London, June 5

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 3

NEWS has been receive that the steamer A[?] 2953 tons, of the Pacific Steam Nev[?] in Comapny [?]…

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