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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Wrecked on the Irish Coast. London, Oct. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 4

The French ship Leon XIII. has been wrecked at Quilty, county Clare, Ireland. After forty-eight hours' terrible peril and privations the crew were rescued by the…

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British Balloon Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 2

A sudden gale wrecked the British military balloon Nulli Secundus at the Crystal Palace. Sir Edward Satow, the second British…

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The Fridjof Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 4

The steamer Fridjof, commanded by Captain Larsen, has been lost. After accompanying Mr. Wellman's balloon party to Spitbergen, the steamer was…

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British and Foreign. London, Sunday. Wreck of the Cypress

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 3

The steamer Cypress has been wrecked in Lake Superior. Twenty-two persons were drowned. One surviver was washed asshore, being lashed to a life raft…

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The Fridjof Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 4

The steamer Fridjof, commanded by Captain Larsen, has been lost. After accompanying Mr. Wellman's balloon party to Spitzbergen, the steamer was injured in…

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Short Story. Among the Wreckage

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 2

[?] with Sir Augustus Harris look me some years ago behind the [?] of Duary Lane Theatre while the great battle [?] in one of…

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Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 5

The Canadian-Pacific liner Empress of China, [?]ple dalonguide the Vancouver what, through the ocacooke being left open…

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Steamer Founders-3 Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 5

The Hamburg-American lines Borussin loundered at the Tagus whilat coaling. 130 passengers were rescued, while three were drowned…

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A Hero of the Nile. a Thrilling Romance. Chapter Xvi. How They Went Ashore

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 4

The reaches of the Upper Nile between the cataracts proved entertaining in a way, but at the same time they seemed very lonely, few boats navigating here at…

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Schooner Founders

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 2

The fithing schooner, Orion foundered with eighteen hands in a gala off the New-foundland coast,…

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A Hero of the Nile. a Thrilling Romance. Chapter Xvi. How They Went Ashore

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 5

There was a way and he gritted his teeth with a grim resolution when it came into his mind. Once the vindictive old pasha was…

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Explosion on a Training Steamer. London, Nov. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 3

The boiler of the German training steamer Blucher, when she was near Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, exploded. Eight people were killed and 22 were injured, including a number on…

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British and Foreign. London, Tuesday. New Australian Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 3

The North Coast, Navigation Company's steamer Orara has been launched at Kinghorn…

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Wreck of the Alexandra

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 4

The captain and eight surrenders of the Alexandra, bound from Australia to Panama, have been landed at Guava[?]uil, Ecuador. They had been rescued when in…

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Wreck of the Dundonald. Twelve Persons Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 2

FIFTEEN castaways rescued from Port Rose, Auckland Islands, were landed by the Government steamer Hinemoa at the Bluff, being the survivors of the four-masted barque…

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A Shipwreck

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 2

The New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at the ,Bluff on Saturday after a voyage in connection with the Antarctic expedition, and also…

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Terrible Shipwreck

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

Dunedin, Saturday night.--The New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at the Bluff to-day after a voyage in…

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A Steamer Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

A Canadian Pacific liner has been wrecked on the west of Ironbound Island in a blinding snowstorm. Six hundred passengers were landed in baskets…

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Wireless Telegraphy and Wrecks

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

DETAILS received in London by the Amalgamated Radio Telegraph Company of the stranding of the steamer Lituania at Skillinge, near Stockholm, show the great value…

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Canadian Liner Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

The Canadian Pacific liner Mount Temple has been wrecked on the west coast of Ironbound Island during a blinding snowstorm…

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