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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Steamer Founders

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 4

Advices from Jacksonville, Florida state that the steamer Peconic 1855 tons foundered at sea in a storm. Twenty of those on board were drowned, and two were saved,…

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Schooner Lost With all Hands

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 5 September 1905 · page 2

The schooner Jones Brothers was lost with all hands on Oyster, Bank, Newcastle, on Wednesday night. She was in tow of the steamer Helen Nicoll,…

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Revolutionaries' Steamer Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 4

A steamer, whose name was painted out, stranded or exploded on an island near Jacobstad, on the River Duna, in the Baltic provinces. The crew perished…

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Mysterious Steamer. Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 2

Lloyds has received information from Jacobstad, on the Dunn, in the Baltic provinces, that after exploding and totally wrecking an unnamed steamer on an…

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The Mysterious Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

The John Grafton, a steamer of 567 tons, supposed to be identical with the steamer which exploded, and was wrecked on an island in the Dunn, near Jocobstad, Western…

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The Steamer Chatham

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 5

Pending the removal of the wreckage of the Chatham in the Suez Canal, the night traffic in the canal has been hundred…

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A Mysterious Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

Lloyds his received information from Jacobstad, on the Dunn, in the Baltic provinces, that after exploding and totally wrecking an unnamed steamer on an island…

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The Wreck in the Duna

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 September 1905 · page 4

The steamer John Grafton (owned in London), which was exploded and wrecked on an island in the Duna, near Jacobstad, Western Russia, under circumstances indicating that…

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The Mysterious Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 4

The "Politiken," of Copenhagen, reports that the captain of the steamer John Grafton, which, with a cargo of arms aboard, was sunk by an explosion on the Duna,…

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Canadian Schooner Seized

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 4

Canada complains that the Japanese have seized a schooner laden with salt, bound for Saghalion…

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Steamer Founders. 114 Lives Lost

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 3

The steamer Cantabria, playing among the Phillipine Islands foundered in a typhoon, Ninety-seven officers and crew and seventeen passenger perished…

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A Much Wrecked Family

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 2

Thomas Richard Pearce, who was one of the apprentices on the ill-fated Loch Vennachar, belongs to a family, nearly every member of which has been wrecked in some…

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Wreck of the R.M.S. Bihara. Bound from Coromandel to Rangoon

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 2

THE following thrilling account of the wreck of the “Bihara” was hurriedly written to Dr. Thane, of Yass, by his son Charles Thane, third officer on…

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American Steamer Captured

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 4

The Japanese have captured in American steamer Centennial, 2075 tons, in the Soya (La Perouse) Straits, between Yezo and Saghalien, The Centennial was bound for…

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Barque Ashore

Goulburn Herald · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 2

The barque Alliance from Newcastle is ashore near Callao (South America)…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Steamer Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 4

The steamer Wollumbin is ashore and full of water at Bellinger Heads. She was beached to prevent foundering, at sea. DALLEY CASE…

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Wreck of the La Bella. Seven Lives Lost

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 2

THE schooner La Bella was wrecked off the breakwater at Warrnambool on Friday night, and the first mate and six others perished. The captain and four of the drew were saved…

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Fearful Shipwreck. a Fisherman’s Heroism

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

The schooner La Bella was wrecked off the Warrnambool breakwater on-Friday night, and seven of the crew were lost. Twice the lifeboat essayed to…

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Tragic Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 4

The wreck of the schooner La Bella, near Warrnambool, produced some tragic incidents. The spectacle of a number of men on the sinking vessel piteously…

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Fearful Shipwreck. a Fisherman's Heroism

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 2

The schooner La Bella was wrecked off the Warrnambool breakwater on Friday night, and seven of the crew were lost. Twice the lifebost eassyed to f ach the…

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