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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Sensational Tale of the Sea. a Fishing Party Wrecked

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

Mail advices received from Western Australia yesterday contained full details of the sensational experiences of the shipwrecked fisherman Lucas Matons, who for five days…

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Waiting for a British Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 4

The Russian cruiser Don is off Cies Island awaiting the departure of a British steamer from Vigo suspected of carrying guns under coal…

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The wreck of the barque Saragossa. Details of the Disaster

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 September 1904 · page 2

Details of the wreck of the four-masted barque Saragossa, bound from Newcastle to San Francisco, at the Cook Group, in the South Pacific, reached Sydney yesterday by the Union liner…

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British Steamer Seized

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 September 1904 · page 4

Advice from Bilba, in the north of Spain, are to the effect that a Russian cruiser seized a British, steamer off Cape Santa Maria…

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Massacres in the New Hebridies. Another Victim. News by the Steamer Tambo

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 4

AFTER a successful cruise among the Islands, Messrs Burns Philip, and Co.’s steamer Tambo returned to Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. Her trip embraced visits to…

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Line Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 September 1904 · page 4

The Japanese on capturing Yentai mines found the machinery wrecked, but hope to reopen the railway line for steam traffic with Liao-yang in November…

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News by Wire. Wreck at Newcastle--The Crew in Danger Sydney, Friday, 2.30 p.m

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

THE French, barque Adolphe was wrecked on an oyster bank near Newcastle this morning and lies in a very dangerous position…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Wreck at Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 4

A four-masted French ship was this morning wrecked on Oyster Bank when entering Newcastle. Tremendous seas are breaking over her. Great efforts are being made to rescue…

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Wreck of the Adolphe

Goulburn Herald · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 2

As briefly reported by telegram in Friday's issue, the line four-masted French barque Adolphe, inward bound, eighty-two days from Antwerp, was stranded on the Oyster Bank…

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Russian Warships near Australia. the Report Credited. Steamer Service to Japan Menaced British Warships Despatched. Thursday Island

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 4

A circumstantial but unverified report relative to the appearance off Thursday Island of Russian war vessels, originating amongst the pearling boat By working westward of Torres Straits, was brought in…

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The War. a Russian Check. LONDON, Wednesday. the Foundered Guardship

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 2

The losses on the Japanese guardship Heiyen, which foundered ill Pigeon Bay on September 18, were 197…

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The War. British Steamer Damaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 October 1904 · page 2

A floating mine off Shantung struck the British steamer Tu-shing. The explosion tore a hole of ten feet in the vessel, but it was saved from sinking by its collision bulkhead…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Steamer Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 4

The small steamer Maud Weston, from Newcastle to Sydney, was wrecked last night, at Morals Heads. All hands were saved. WHO PATRONISES THE CHINESE…

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News by Wire. a Wreck. Sydney, Friday, 2.30 p.m

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 2

THE Steamer Western bound from Newcastle to Sydney was wrecked off North head last night. The crew consisting of nine hands were all saved…

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Labor Party Wrecked by Its Own Torpedo

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

A VANCOUVER correspondent sends a clipping from the "Western Clarion," a Socialist organ, circulating in British Columbia, reviling Mr Watson and…

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Steamer Foundered

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 5

The American steamer Donald, bound from Cape Breton to New Brunswick, foundered in a storm. The crew numbered fifteen…

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Wreck of the Solingen

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

Advices received in Sydney on Tuesday, morning report the total loss. of the steamer Solingen on the South African coast. She was a well-known…

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A Black Sea Wreck. London, Nov. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

The Greek steamer Elpis has foundered during a storm in the Black Sea. Sixty of those on board were drowned…

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Shipwrecked at Sea

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 3

Some few years ago a Swansea vessel was caught in a terrible gale. The captain had his wife on board, and when the wind was still rising he told, her to go…

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Steamer Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 December 1904 · page 2

The Glen Island, a ferry steamer of the ill-fated General Slocum type, has been burned to the water's edge at Long Island Sound. Nine persons were killed…

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