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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Wreck of the G.e.r. Steamer Loss of Twenty-one Lives Feared

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 8

All hope for the safety of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Yarmouth was abandoned yesterday, October 29, the company…

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One-fourth of the Schooner Vesta

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

The schooner Vesta turned into the Saxifrage River under full sail, and after traversing nine miles of that placid stream, Captain Pumphrey ported his…

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Jack Ashore British Tars at Smyrna £30,000 Spent

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 3

Never has the city of Smyrna beheld such an impressive sight as that presented by the portion of the British Mediterranean fleet which…

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German Steamer Fired Upon. London, Jan. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

Advices from French West Africa state that the Liberian Customs gunboat Lark commanded by a British naval reserve officer, fired on a steamer belonging to the…

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Great Steamer Sunk. All Hands Saved. London, Jan. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

The White Star liner Republic, 15,378 tons, yesterday came into collision with an unknown vessel, in a dense fog off Nan tucket, Massachusetts…

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New Orient Steamer

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 6

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched from their yard at Govan on November 21 a twin serew steamer of 12,000 tons for the…

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New Orient Steamer

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 6

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched from their yard at Govan on November 21 a twin screw steamer of 12,000 tons for the…

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Telegrams. Disaster Off the Australian Coast. Steamer Sunk. 46 Lives Lost. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

The steamer Clan Ranald, which left Adelaide yesterday for England, sank off Troubridge Head last night, and 46 persons were drowned…

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Terrible Shipwreck. Death Roll of Forty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

Adelaide, Monday.—One of the most terrible shipping disasters in the history of South Australia, resulting in appalling loss of life, occurred late on Sunday night in St. Vincent's Gulf…

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Appalling Shipwreck. in St. Vincent’s Gulf. Forty-six Lives Lost. Adelaide

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

Telegraphic information from Edithburgh this morning states that the steamer Clan Ranald, loaded with wheat, foundered eff [?]bridge-hill, seven miles from…

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Thrilling Sea Adventure. a Barque and Schooner

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 3

The Warren liner Iowa has reached Liverpool from Galveston, after a very rough passage, during which the after wheel-house, 35ft above the sea, was…

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The Latest. Another Wreck. the Penguin. Many Lives Lost. Auckland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

The steamer Penguin has been totally wrecked on the Now Zealand coast. Thirty-seven passengers are missing. Sixteen of the crow are supposed to have reached shore safely…

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Terrible Wreck. Steamer Penguin on the Rocks. Fifty Five Lives Lost. Wellington

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

One of the most appalling maratime disasters that has taken place on the New Zealand coast, occurred on Friday night, near Cape…

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Wreck of the Penguin. Sixty-seven Lives Supposed Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

One of the most appalling maritime disasters that have taken place on the New Zealand coast occurred on Friday night, near Cape Terawhiti, in Cook Strait. The Union Company's…

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Dreadful Wreck. on the New Zealand Coast. Penguin Dashed to Pieces. Boats Sink with Women and Children. Seventy-two Passengers and Crew Missing. Wellington (N.z.)

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

There has been a dreadful wreck at Tom's Rock, near Cape Terawhite. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Penguin was dashed on the rocks at…

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Terrible Wreck. Off the New Zealand Coast. Seventy Lives Lost. Wellington

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

AT 10 o’clock on Friday night, in a heavy Southerly gale, and enveloped by a thick, rain-laden fog, the Union Company’s steamer Penguin struck the rocks a little…

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Appalling Shipwreck. 73 Persons Drowned

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 2

The well known Union S.S. Company's coastal steamer Penguin, 824 tons, while bound on her usual voyage from…

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The Penguin Wreck

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 4

Auckland, Tuesday Morning.--So far 51 bodies of the victims of the Penguin disaster have been recovered, and all have been identified. It is…

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The Penguin Wreck

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

The nautical inquiry into the loss of the steamer Penguin was opened in New Zealand on Monday. The captain contended that be sat a course that made…

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Steamer Tryst Sunk. London, April 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 4

The R.M.S. Ortona homeward bound, when 20 miles south of the Eddystone Lighthouse, in the English Channel, collided with the small steamer Tryst, which, foundered. The Tryst struck the…

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