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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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An Island Wreck. Loss of the Thistle. Arrival of the Castaways

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 2

TE apprentices and some members of the crew of the four-masted barque Thistle, which was wrecked on the 8th November on the reef at Palmerton Island, in the South…

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Coldmine Out of a Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday.—The P. and O. steamer Australia, which was wrecked on June 22, 1904, still rests on the Corsair Rock off Point Nepean. in spite of the ceaseless actions of the tide. The…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 4

A fire broke out on the steamer Carlisle at Saigon, and led to an explosion, which caused the vessel to silk. Several persons were killed…

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Wreck at Vancouver

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

The Pacific Coast Company's steamer Valecia, 1598 tons, is ashore at Vancouver, British Columbia. The vessel is a total loss. Out of her crew of 60 and 91 passengers,…

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Wreck of the Valencia

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

Blue jackets in surf boats from the Egeria attempted to save the survivors of the Valencia from the rigging. A rough sea prevented this being done and 139 persons…

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The Valencia Wreck

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

The total number of lives lost in the wreck of the Valoncia, on the coast of Vancouver, was 107…

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Sydney Harbor Disaster. Launch Cut in Two by a Steamer. Husband and Wife Drowned. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 6

A boating catastrophe occurred in Sydney Harbor this afternoon, insulting in the death of two persons, Frederick Thomas Homing and his wife…

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Mr Roosevelt's Adventure. a Steamer Collision During His Sleep

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" wrote on 27th November:-- At the close of his visit to New Orleans, Mr Roosevelt and his party…

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Steamer on a Reef

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 2

THE steamer Chanysha brings news that the E. and A. Company's steamer Australian, 2838 tons, Captain W. G. McArthur, which left Sydney at noon on the 7th instant for…

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Cruiser Donegal Ashore. London, March 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 4

H.M.S. Donegal, armoured cruiser, 9800 tons, is ashore on Tor Bank, on the south-west of the peninsula of Sinai. Tugs from Suez are assisting to got her off…

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Shipwrecked Kitten. Special Trip of Rescue

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

An electric launch put out from a wharf near Trent Bridge on 22nd December for the special purpose of res[?]uing a shipwre[?]ke[?] kitten which was…

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A Fortune from a Wreck

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

It is pretty generally known that during the last twelve month the Hon J. G. Alkman, M.L.C., of Melbourne, has made some thousands of pounds out…

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Troublesome Chinese on a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 2

ON the steamer Sarpedom, berthed at Miller's point at Sydney, a number of Chinese firemen caused some trouble on Saturday morning, when they expressed on Saturday morning…

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Disturbance on a Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 4

A disturbance occurred on the steamer Sarpedon, lying at Miller's Point on Saturday. The Chinese firemen were dissatisfied with food supplied them, and attacked the cook. A…

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A Sensational Runaway Five Vehicles Wrecked. A Lad Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

At 10.30 this morning a most sensational runaway occurred in Albury Street, Murrumburrah, which caused considerable damage aud great excitement. A grey horse attached…

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Adrift on an Iceberg. Shipwrecked Crew in Camp

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

Sea captains have all strange experiences (says the Scattle "Post intelligencer"), but that of Captain Harry Turner port captain of the…

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San Francisco in Ruins. Earthquake Wrecks City and Country. an Awful Catastrophe. Thousands of Lives Lost. Millions of Damage. Disastrous Fires. London, April 18, 5.5 p.m

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

A destructive earthquake occurred at San Francisco this morning. It is reported that one thousand people have been killed. Half the city is in ruins…

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Shot on the Bridge. Steamer Fired At. Mysterious Outrage

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

particulars of a remarkable outrage in the North Sea were given at Leith on 1st February by C. Lilge, the first mate of the German steamer Gemma, 540 tons…

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A Channel Wreck

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 4

The Guernsey steamer Courier, while returning from an excursion to Sark, one of the Channel Island, struck a rock. Her boiler exploded, and the vessel sank. Nine lives…

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Fifty Years Under the Sea Souvenir of the Sirius First Atlantic Steamer

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 3

The King has been graciously pleased to accept a souvenir of the s.s. Sirius, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. The souvenir. is a circle of metal about…

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