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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Wreck of He Nemesis, All [?]Pe Gone. All Hands Must Have Pe[?]ished

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

No further news of the missing steamer Nimeses has be[?] received. Everything points to a total wreck with the loss of all hands…

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British Steamer Captured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

The Japanese have captured rlear Chifu the British steamer Hsi-ping, of 1981 tone, belonging to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, Limited, on the ground that she was laden with…

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Wreck of The Nemesis. Thirty-two Lives Lost.no Survivors

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

THE wreckage strewn on Cronulla Beach leaves little doubt as to the fate of the steamer Nemesis. The vessel evidently foundered in the recent gale, and of her crew of 32 officers and men not one is…

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Wrecked Australia on [?]e

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

At 10.30 a.m. on Friday smoke and f[?] issued from the after hold of the wreaked steamer R.M.S. Australia, off Port Phulip Heads. By [?]day the vessel was burning furiously. A gale and big sea…

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The Wrecked Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 4

A Melbourne telegram states that the steamer Australia is on fire and burning fiercely…

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The Fire on the Steamer Australia

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 3

AN inspection yesterday showed that the whole of the hurricane deck, with the exception of a small portion of the bridge on the weather side, had collapsed and fallen through…

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British Steamer Delayed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 4

A Russian cruiser delayed the British steamer Dragoman, 3496 tons, in the Red Sea. The Times says that Russian cruisers are taking little trouble to stand well with…

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A British Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 July 1904 · page 3

The Vladivostock squadron off the province of Idzu, whose southern point is Iro-saki, sank the British steamer Knight Commander, 4306 tons, owned by the Knight Steamship Company, bound…

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Russo-japanese War. General Japanese Advance. Russians Fall Back Everywhere. Russian Cruiser Squadron. British Steamer Sunk London, July 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 July 1904 · page 3

The Japanese on the 19th instant drove a battalion of infantry and 1000 cavalry across the Tai-se River, which runs for a considerable distance parallel with the road from Sai-ma-tse to Liao-yang…

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German Steamer Released

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 2

The German steamer Holsatia arrived at Suez with a Russian prize crew aboard, but was subsequently released…

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German Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 3

Vice Admiral Skrydloff, the Commander of the Russian Naval Forces at Vladivostock, has telegraphed to the Czar the report of Rear-Admiral Jessen on the raids which the cruiser squadron, the…

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The Steamer Thea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 3

The Japanese crew of the Then report that the Russians removed them by a trick in order to sink the vessel with explosives. They finally fired sixty shells into the hull…

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Wreck of the Nemesis

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 2

EVIDENCE was taken before the Marine Court on Friday into the loss of the steamer Nemesis. The inquiry was adjourned until Thursday…

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Wreck of the West Australian

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

NEWS of another wreck on the island reefs reached Sydney on Wednesday evening. The West Australian, a barque of nearly 600 tons, has been totally lost on the D'Kntreensteaux…

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Novik Driven Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

The Japanese cruisers Chitose and Tsushima fought the Russian cruiser Novik on Saturday and yesterday. The Novik was heavily damaged, and was [?]randed and partly sunk in Karakuvsk Bay…

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Searching for a British Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 2

A warship, resembling and supposed to be the Smolensk, passed Cape St. Francis, on the south coast of Caps Colony, on Friday. She was flying the French ensign…

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Russia's Alabamas. Her Pledged Word Broken. Volunteer Steamer Raiding in the Indian Ocean. Great Britain's Protests Flouted. London, Aug. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 2

The searching of the British steamer Comedian off Durban by a Russian cruiser, which there is now little ground to doubt is the Smolensk, of the Volunteer Fleet, has caused a…

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The War Russia’s Alabamans Her Pledged Word Broken. Volunteer Steamer Raiding in the Indian Ocean. Great Britain’s Protests Flouted. Deliberate Provocation. Intense Indignation. an Escort for Merchantmen. London, August 24

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 2

The searching of the British steamer Comedian off Durban by a Russian cruiser, which there is little ground to doubt is the Smolensk, of the Volunteer…

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Wreck of the Dom Pedro

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 3
Also in The Young Chronicle

On Tuesday, 28th May, 1895, intelligence was received of the loss of the steamer Dom Pedro on the north-west Spanish coast off Carril, in the province of…

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