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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Rescue From a Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

Thrilling scenes were witnessed at Dedcar, Yorkshire, in the rescue of men from the Japanese liner Awamaru, which went ashore on Westcar Rock. Up to…

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Fire on a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 2

A NARROW escape from destruction by fire at sea was experienced by the large new cargo-carrying steamer Irish Monarch, which anchored in Hobson's Bay some hours before…

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German Express Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

The express from Hamburg to Cologne came into collision with a goods train at Otterberg, in the Bauarian Palatinate. Five people were killed and six others were…

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Capsize of a Lifeboat

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

During a gale at Ryde, Isle of Wight, to-day, the life boat capsized, and two of the crew were drowned…

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Steamer Wrecked—100 Missing

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 3

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer City of Panama has been wrecked near Pescadero, California. Seventy passengers and thirty of the crew are missing…

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Rome Express Wrecked. a Midnight Collision. a Ghastly. Scenes

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 4

From Rome on 7th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:-- A terrible, rail way disaster occurred at…

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The Largest Steamer

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

The Oc[?]anic is intended for the trade between England and America. The ironwork of her hull weighs nearly 20,000 tons, and her steel-plates would form a wall 5ft. high…

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Ship Pengwern Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 4

The British ship Pengwerr., 1648 tons, has been wrecked in the North Sea. Her crew of twenty-four hands were drowned…

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R.m.s. Moldavia Ashore

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

A dense fog prevailed in the English Channel on Friday night and on Saturday. R.M.S. Moldavia, from Sydney December 8, for London, grounded on the Goodwin sands,…

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Mail Steamer Grounded

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 3

A dense fog prevailed in the English Channel on Friday night and Saturday. The R.M.S. Moldavia grounded on the Goodwin Sands abreast of Deal at 7 a.m. on…

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Steamer for Australian Trade

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

The steamer Cooma, of the Howard Smith Proprietary, has been launched on the Clyde…

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Barque Nordwind Wrecked. Three Lives Lost

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

INTERESTING details were received by the last English mail of the wreck of the German barque Nordwind, at the Island of S[?]rries, cast of Shetland, while on a voyage from…

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Steamer Ablaze Stirring Story of the Sea

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 3

A stirring story of the sea was told by members of the crew of the liner Haversham Grange, who arrived at Southampton from Capetown on the 19th…

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Steamer on Fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 4

H.M.S. Diadem, in the Bay of Bengal rescued 101 passengers and the mails from the North German liner Seydlitz, which was on fire. The seydlitz, escorted by the…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 4

The British-registered steamer Clavering, 3328 tons, bound from Middles-borough to Japan, was wreeked in the Tees. Twelve of the crew were drowned…

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Steamer in a Cyclone

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 4

THE steamer South Australia, which arrived in Sydney from Suva on Saturday last, ran into the tail end of the Cooktown cyclone. The vessel received a very bad buffeting, and…

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Two Barques Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

A SENSATION was caused in Sydney yesterday when the first news of the safety of the crew of the derelict barque Maelgwyn was telegraphed from Norfolk Island, where the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Narrow Escape of a Picnic Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 6

A harbour steamer with a picnic party of about seven or eight hundred aboard had a narrow escape of running ashore at Bradley's Head in a storm last night…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Shipwrecked Marines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

The pilot boat Captain Cook arrived to-day with forty shipwrecked sailors from Lord Howe Island. A TRAGEDY…

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Another Shipwreck

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE stir was created in Melbourne shipping circles on Wednesday night by the receipt of a message from Queenscliff announcing that the ship De Ruyter, outside…

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