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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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The Steamer Pilbarra

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 1

The news published with reference to the steamer Pilbarra was read with much satisfaction by the friends of those on board the disabled steamer…

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Steamer Ashmount Ashore. London, April 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 4

The steamer Ashmount, 3579 tons from Melbourne (February 21) for Liverpool, has stranded near East London, on the south-eastern coast of Cape Colony. There is 16ft. of water in the hold…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Steamer Grounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

The steamer Narooma grounded when passing out from Camden Haven this morning. It is expected the vessel will be refloated with the rising tide…

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Fit for Anything. Three Strong Words Which Describe John Murray's Condition, After He Had Been Made a Physical Wreck

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 4

WHEN a man is only twenty-five years old he is presumed to be in the pink of young manhood—fit for anything—and if his normal condition of health fails him and he…

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British Steamer Overhauled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 2

The British steamer Carlisle entered Saigon and declared a commercial cargo. M. Rodier, the Lieutenant-Governor of Cochin-China, ordered an inspection of the Carlisle, and it was disclosed that…

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Dutch Steamer Confiscated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 May 1905 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Wilhelmina, which is insured) in London for £73,000, was seized recently by the Japanese while carrying contraband of war for the Russians. She has…

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British Steamer Confiscated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 May 1905 · page 4

The Prize Court at Seseho has confiscated the British steamer Sylvania, seized while voyaging to Vladivostock…

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French Steamer Captured

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

The Japanese captured near the Peseadores the French steamer Quangnam , bound from Hongkong to Saigon believed to be intended for the Baltic fleet…

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French Steamer Captured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 4

The Japanese have captured near the Pescadores the French steamer Quangnam, bound from Hongkong to Saigon with coal believed to the intended for the Baltic Fleet…

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Norwegian Steamer Stopped

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 4

Russian vessels in Batan Straits, in the Philippines, on the 19th stopped the Norwegian steamer Oscar, bound for Nagasaki. The Russian fleet consisted of fourteen converted…

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The Sunken British Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 5

There are indications that the vessel sunk by the Baltic Fleet off Formose so that she should not give information of the movements of the fleet was the Oldhamia, 3639 tons,…

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British Steamer Seized by the Russians. London, June 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1905 · page 4

It is not known what the fate is of the Manchester and Salford S.S. Company's steamer Oldhamia, 3639 tons, which, whilst bound from New York to Hongkong with a cargo of…

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The War. London, Wednesday. British Steamer Stopped

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 June 1905 · page 2

The Smolensk, of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, stopped the British steamer Cilurmoon, bound from Shanghai for Kobe The Russians throw overboard 411 bags of beans, 125 bales…

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Russian Raiders. German Steamer Sunk. London, June 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 2

The Russian converted cruiser Dun sank the German steamer Tetartos while on her way from Otaru, Yezo, to Tientsin with a cargo of wooden sleepers. The crew was saved…

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Turbine Steamer's Record

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 June 1905 · page 4

The turbine steamer Virginian, of the Allan line, has done the voyage from Moville, Lough Foyle, Ireland, to Rimouski, Quebeo, in 6 days 1 hour 30 minutes. This is the…

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The Steamer Castilia

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 5

Wreckage sighted in the Atlantic is apparently that of the missing Hamburg-American liner, Castilia. The loss of the vessel is attributed to an…

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Wreck of the Ashmount

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 5

The wreck of the Ashmount is the biggest loss recorded this year…

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Wreck of the Izumrud

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 2

The Japanese cruiser Yamata reports that the cruiser Izumrud, 3106 tons, supposed to have been sunk off Iwami in the battle of Tsu-shima, is a total wreck at the entrance to Vladimir Bay…

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New Steamer for Manly

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 2

THE launching of the largest steel vessel yet built in New South Wales, constructed by Mort's Dock and Engineering Company, Limited, for the Port Jackson Co-operative…

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