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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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The Wreck of the Australia. Dismantling the Steamer. Melbourne

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 6

The position of the wrecked mail steamer Australia is practical'y the same as yesterday. The wind continued to blo[?] off the land, and as the…

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Wreck of the Australia. SYDNEY

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 2

THE mail steamer Australia, inward bound from London, was wreckad off Port Phillip Heads this morning. All hands were saved. At the time of…

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The Wreck of the Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday.—An important disclosure as to the state of health of Pilot Dennis, who was in charge of the R.M.S. Australia when she was wrecked, was made to-day. Pilot Dennis…

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Wreck of the Australia

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

REPORTS with reference to the wreck of the R. M. S. Australia were before the Marine Board. Melbourne, on Friday. A letter was received from Pilot…

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The Wreck of the Australia. London, June 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 4

The Times says 90 guineas per cent has been paid one the Australia. Melbourne, Sunday.—Salvage work proceeded during to-day at the wrecked mail steamer…

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The Wreck of the Austrlia

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

Official reports with reference [?] the wreck of the R.M.S. Australia were before the Marine Board, Melbourne, on Friday. A letter was…

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Wreck of the Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

The Court of Marine Inquiry has found that the wreck of the Australia was due to the wrongful act of Pilot Dennis repeatedly porting the helm. The Court held the officers of the Australia blameless,…

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Cable News. a Shipping Disaster. Wreck of an Emigrant Steamer. London, July 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 2

The Danish emigrant steamer Norge, 3318 tons, has been wrecked, and lit is feared that upwards of 750 Scandinavians and Finns, who were aboard of her, including the captain and…

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Wreck of the Australia Melbourne

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 2

THE finding of the Court of Marine Inquiry with reference to the loss of the R.M.S, Australia was announced to-day by Mr. Panton, P.M…

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Wreck of the Australia

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 2

The Court, of Marine Inquiry has found that the wreck of the Australia was due to the wrongful act of Pilot Dennis in repeatedly porting the hel[?]…

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The Recent Steamer Catastrophe. an Appalling Spectacle

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 2

FILES of American newspapers containing thrilling and graphic accounts of the terrible disaster to the excursion steamer General Slocum, by which nearly 1000 persons lost…

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Wreck of an Imigrant Steamer. Great Loss of Life

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 2

LONDON, July 4.—The Danish emigrant steamer Norge has been wrecked, and it is feared that upwaeds of 750 Scandinavians and Finns, who were aboard, including…

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Australia Wreck. Finding of the Marine Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Marine Court to-day found that the grounding of the R.M.S. Australia was caused by the wrongful act of Pilot Dennis in giving…

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Volunteer Steamer Through the Bosphorus

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 4

The steamer Smolensk, 11,850 tons, of the Russian volunteer fleet, has passed through the Bosphorus from the Black Sea…

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Russo-japanese War. Great Battle Reported. South-east of Liao-yang. Capture of a Heavily Insured British Steamer. London, July 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 4

The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Lino-yang sends the following despatch "A great battle is proceeding 25 mile from here. The Japanese are continuing their advance,…

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The Great Shipwreck. London

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 6

The survivors of the emigrant ship Norge, which was wrecked on Rockall Island on Tuesday, while proceeding from Copenhagen to New York, give…

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The Late Storm. Wreckage Washed Ashore Heavy Falls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 2

The startling information was received in Sydney on Monday evening that a large quantity of wreckage, consisting of a life-boat, many lifebelts, and several oars had been…

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The Recent Storms. Damage by Floods. the Nemesis Believed to Have Foundered. Wreckage Ashore. Two Elingamite Survivors Perish

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 2

INFORMATION was received in Sydney on Monday night that a large quantity of wreckage, consisting of a life-boat, many life-belts and several oars had been washed ashore at…

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Stoking a Steamer Furnace with Bank-notes. Some Extraordinary Kinds of Fuel

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 4

FOE many a long century the City has been the scene of much lavish and almost regal hospitality; but of all its chief magistrates not one has rivalled the famous…

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Another Shipwreck Thirty Lives Lost

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

Wednesday's “Telegraph” thus reports —The wreckage strewn on Cronulla Beach leaves little doubt as to tho fate of the steamer Nemesis. The vessel…

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