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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Survivors’ Story. Wreck Disaster

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

Mothers and wives wept bitterly on the [?]erpool landing stage when, on Wednesday (says “Lloyd's Ne[?]” of July 17) the Pacific liner Or[?]sa came…

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Steamer Founders

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 4

The steamer Heathfield foundered off Norfolk. Two of those aboard were saved, but twenty are missing. AUSTRALIAN MEAT…

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Wrecks on English Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 1

Owing to storms there have been many wrecks, though all of minor character, on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. St. David's lifeboat stock a rock in Ramsay…

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French Liner Ashore. Vancouver, Oct. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 2

The French Trans-Atlantic steamer Louisiana is ashore 30 miles east of Key West, U.S.A. The passengers have been rescued, hut the…

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American Coaster Wrecked. Vancouver, Oct. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 4

The steamer Regulus, 1367 tons, engaged in the intercoastal trade between New York and Newfoundland, has been wrecked after an adventurous voyage. She broke her…

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Foundered in the Channel. London, Nov. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 1

The steamer Kurdistan foundered when 60 miles of Scilly, in the English Channel. Of the 18 people aboard only two were rescued…

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Wreck Off Dover. World's Largest Sailer. London, Nov. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 2

The mailboat Brighton, bound from Newhaven for Dieppe, France, when off Beachy Head came into collision with the world's largest sailing vessel, the German Pruesson, a five-masted…

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Over 100 Shops Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Times" at Ton-y-pandy telegraphs that, despite the assurances which the stipendiary magistrates received from the managers of the pits that no imported labour…

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New Passenger Steamer for Australian Trade the New Blue Punnet, Liner [?]

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 3

The famous Line Funnel line (Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co), which has been established over half a century, and comprises [?] steamers, is about to be extended by the inauguration of an Australian passenger service through the medium of three specially-designed screw [?]. The first of these, the [?], was launched on August 23rd. The liners will sail from Glasgow, calling at Fishguard or the outward voyage, and will [?] be over 10,000 tons register…

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A Year’s Wrecks. Increase Over 190[?]

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 7

The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up condemned, & c., published by Lloyd’s [?], shown that during 1909 such [?] numbered…

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A Year's Wrecks. Increase Over 1908

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 4

The statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up condemned, &c., published by Lloyd's Register, shows that during 1909 such vessels numbered…

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Cholera Riot in Italy. a Hospital Wrecked. Milan, Nov. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 2

A cholera riot has taken place at Ostuni, in the province of Apulia, owing to the Mayor on hygienic grounds vetoing a pilgrimage to a neighbouring shrine. The…

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A Mystery Ended. Miss Gibson’s Body Found. Washed Ashore at Fresh. Water

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

THE tale of Miss Bessie Gibson, who disappeared from Manly on November 1, was [?] on Sydney by her body being washed up on the beach…

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Steamer Olympia Ashore. Vancouver, Dec. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 6

The steamer Olympia has been forced ashore on Bligh Island, Alaska, with 106 people aboard. A wireless call was heard from the vessel, but soon became silent…

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