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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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The Latest. Sydney, Saturday. Ocean Mystery Solved.—The Aeon Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

News was received this morning that the steamer Acon, which left San Francisco on July 5 for Sydney, and had not since been heard of, is ashore on Christmas Island…

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A Terrible Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 4

Launceston, Sunday.— The Loch Finlas, from Port Pirie, for Callao, South America, went ashore off the Tasmanian coast on Sunday morning, striking a reef at Foster Island, near Cape…

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Wreck of the Bonnie

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 6

FOR SALE AT AUCTION. -- To-day at eleven o'clock, the ferry boat "Bonnie," damaged in the accident of Thursday, and now tied up at the foot of Elm…

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Cable News. Collision in the Channel. Tourist Steamer Sunk. London, Sept. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 2

The tourist steam yacht Argonaut, 3274 tone, while proceeding with a party of tourists to the Mediterranean, came into collision with the collier Kingswell, 2355 tons, during a fog in the…

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A Wreck Chart

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 5

As a result of the numerous storms and cyclones over the Atlantic which characterised the beginning of the year 1908, the number of floating wrecks and…

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The Gladiator. Her Wreck Rising. a Weird Spectacle

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 3

The wreck of H.M.S. Gladiator is slowly emerging from the sea after weeks of effort, and success now seems within sight…

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In Darkest London Fog Accidents and Incidents. Many Fatalities. East-end Gas Supply Fails. Vessels Wrecked and Delayed

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 4

"A city of dreadful night." Such was London on 22nd December; that London extends from Hampstead to Croydon, and Ilford to Acton Green…

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Seizure by Venezuela. a British Schooner. London, Oct. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2

The schooner Lady Kensington, bound for Trinidad was seized by Venezuelan officials, while lying becalmed off the Venezuelan coast, and the passengers and…

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Warships in Collision British Destroyers Damaged a Barque Wrecked

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 6

After a brilliant engagement off Milford on Monday night, August 9th, in connection with the naval manoeuvres, when both tho Red and Blue sides claimed a…

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Disaster at Sea. Steamer in Flames. Deeds of Heroism. London, Nov. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

The loss of life on the Sardinia was 123. Of the crew of 44 18 were drowned or burned; of the 11 ordinary passengers five, including a passenger of British nationality, perished; and of…

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Palmistry Mania Wrecks a Life

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 4

When "Cheiro," the notorious palmist, last carried on business in Paris, his card bore addresses in Fifth avenue, New York, and Hyde Park court…

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Wreck on the Irish Coast. London, Dec. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 2

The steamer Irada, 8124 tone, with a cargo of 22,000 bales of cotton from Galveston, U.S.A., to Liverpool, was totally wrecked on Mizen Head, Cork. The steamer ran ashore in a fog, a heavy…

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