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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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The Wreck of the Rodondo Sensational Statements

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 October 1894 · page 2

THE passengers saved from the Rodondo have been brought to Adelaide, and information has been given to the press by several of them. The…

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The Wreck of the Rodondo. Statements by Passengers. Cowardice and Selfishness

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1894 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The passengers and crew of the ill[?]fated steamer Rodoudo arrived at Adelaide to day from Port Malcolm by the steamer…

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The Wreck of the Rodondo. Melbourne

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1894 · page 4

The Marino Board held a special meeting to-day to consider what action should be taken in the matter of the…

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The War in Corea a British Steamer Fired Upon

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1894 · page 5

A FRENELL warship has fired upon the British steamer Taynen (Taiyuan) in Chinese waters, compelling her to display her dag. In all Probability…

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Wreck of the Wairarapa. Awful Loss of Life. 134 Persons Find a Watery Grave. Sydney, Thursday morning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 3

The steamer Wairarapa was wrecked on Sunday night on the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand Captain McIntosh and 112 lives were lost. Later…

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Yet Another Disastrous Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 3

News has been received of the wreck of the barque Richard Parsons, bound from Newcastle to Manila, off Mindora Coast. The chief officer and six of the crew were drowned…

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Apalling Disaster. Wreck of the Steamer Wairarapa. Terrible Loss of Life

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—Uneasiness is caused by the non-arrival of the Union Steamship Company's steamer Wairarapa from Sydney. The…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa. Particulars of the Fearful Mishap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

Where the Wairarapa struck was a particularly dangerous locality, the only landing consisting of narrow shelves of rock at the base of the cliffs, which ran to a height of 600ft. or 800ft Most of…

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The Bowra Wreck. the Crew at Port Stephens. Nelson's Bay

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

The crew of the ill-fated steamer Bowara, which foundered on Saturday off Seal Rocks, arrived in Nelson's Bay at 2 o'clock on Monday having…

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Latest News. SYDNEY, Thursday. The Wreck of the Wairarapa. One Hundred and Thirty-five Persons Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

News is just to hand from Auckland that the Wairarapa became total wreck on the Great Barrier Is land 60 miles from Auckland…

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Wreck of a New Zealand Steamer Runs on an Island. Terrible Loss of Life. A Pitch Dark Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 3

ON Thursday morning a telegram was received, announcing the total loss of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand's steamer Wairarapa, with a…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 2

Miss Dickenson, the first lady to cross from the rigging of the Wairarapa to the shore, says that while on the mast she saw a woman with two little children, one in her arms and the other at her side…

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The Wairarapa Steamship Wrecked. 134 Persons Drowned. Sydney, Thursday morning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 3

The steamer Wairarapa was wrecked on Sunday night on the Great Barrier Island, Now Zealand Captain McIntosh and 111 passengers and 23 of the crew were lost…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa. Mourning in Sydney. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 5

IN token of mourning for the loss of life by the wreek of the Wairarapa, the flags to-day were flying at half mast at all the shipping companies, banks and…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa. Fuller Particulars

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 4

LATER accounts of the wreck of the Wairarapa give the number of missing as 88, saved [?], and doubtful 10. An inquiry [?] the loss of the…

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Wreck of the Wairarapa. Some sad Stories. The Inquest

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 2

SOME sad stories are told in connection with the wreck of the Wairarapa. The last farewells of parents to children, sister to sister, and friend to friend,…

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The Fearful Wreck of the Steamer Wairarapa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 6

Miss Dickenson, the first lady to cross from the rigging of the "Wairarapa to the shore, says that while on the mast she saw a woman with two little children, one in her arms find the other at her side…

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The Wreck of the Dorunda

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 6

The Board of Trade has held an inquiry into the circumstances of the wreck of the British-India Company's steamer Dorunda on an island off the coast of Portugal in September last. It is expected…

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Wreck of the Wairarapa. The Captain's Condition. A Scoter's Statement. The Official Enquiry. The First and Second Officers. An Adverse Opinion

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 3

IN view of the rumours concerning Captain M'intosh, Dr. Coughtry, or Dunedin. thinks it only fair that it should be. known that before starting…

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Gale in Moreton Bay. a Steamer Swamped. [By Telegraph]. Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 3

A SMALL river steamer, the Sivoli, was swamped in Moreton Bay early this morning. The crew were rescued by the steamer Tarshan, and were…

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