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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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The Steamer Eastern

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2

A combined effort by Several steamers tailed on Wednesday to float the Eastern from the sandbank near the mouth of the Brisbane River…

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Shipping Disasters. Two Steamers Ashore. Vancouver, Jan. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

The Pacific Coast Company's Steamship Cottage City, bound from Seattle to Shagway, grounded at Cape Mudge, British Columbia, during a blinding snowstorm. The…

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Steamer Ruahine. Las Palmas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 5

The steamer Ruahine has sailed from the Canary Islands…

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The Wreck of the Aotea. Cargo Being Landed. London, Jan 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2

Sixty-five per cent is being quoted for the reinsurance of the steamer Aotea, which went ashore close to where the steamer Maori was wrecked in Table Bav…

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The Steamer Eastern. Floated by a Gale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 4

The steamer Eastern, which had been fast on the Salamander Bank (Q.), for 10 days, was driven off by a gale early on Saturday…

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Local and General News. Steamer Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 4

On saturday afternoon next, the steamship Namoi will be despatched from the steamers' wharf at Newcastle at 2.30 o'clock for an occan excursion to Catherine Hill Bay, on the shores…

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Wrecked Steamers Time

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 2

Adelaide, Wednesday.-The steamer Time, which was wreeked a fortnight ago at Beachport, was unmoved by the recent rough A weather. A member of…

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Stowaways Cremated. Steamer's Risk. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

The steam liner "Hero," from Dunkirk, arrived at. Hull with a fire in the hold. When the fire was extinguished. the bodies of three foreigner stowaways were found. it is…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. a Trader Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

The Speculant, a regular trader between New Zealand and Victoria, this morning, and became a total wreck. The…

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Wreck of the Barque

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 4

Melbourne, Friday.- The barque Speculator, trading between New Zealand and China ports, was wrecked at Cape patten,on the Victorian coast this…

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Wreck on West Australian Coast

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 4

Fromantle, Friday.-News has reached here of the less of the russian barque, Glenbank, which sank off Cossack, on the notrh-west coast, on Monday Inst…

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Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 5

A telegram from Eden states that a steamer like the New Guinea is ashore in a thick fog in Disaster Bay, near Green Cape. The vessel ashore at Green Cape is the New…

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Russian Steamer Founders

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 3

St. Petersburg, Saturday.—The Russian steamer Sturman has foundered oft Sevastopol, in a gale. Forty-one persons were drowned;…

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Steamer on a Reef. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 2

The steamer New Guinea went on reef during fog near Green Cap lighthouse that morning, and is now lea[?]ing. One boat landed, and three othen…

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Steamer Eastern. Disabled Vessel's Trip. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 2

The steamer Eastern, which was recently aground aear Cape Moreton, arrived at Sydney from Brisbane this morning, after a record trip of 31½ hours…

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The Wreck of the New Guinea. News From Eden. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 5

A report from Eden last evening says :— "In a dense fog which prevailed along the coast the steamer New Guinea (Captain Coleman and a crew of about 28 men…

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Schooner Capsized. Vancouver, Feb. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 5

A schooner capsized at the month of the Columbia River, Oregon, and seven of the crew were drowned. The captain was saved…

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Stranded Steamer Reinsured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 5

The steamer Aotea which stranded at Capetown, has been reinsured at 15 per cent. for total loss, and at 45 per cent. free of all average…

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Wreck of the New Guinea. a Total Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 5

Latest advices from Green Cape state that the steamer New Guinea has slipped back from the rocks, and the bridge is only now visible above water. The…

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Wreck of the Annesley. Finding of the Court. London, Feb. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. A. H. Hutton in delivering judgment in the Board of Trade inquiry in regard to the wreck of the barque Annesley, which struck Tuska Rock, off the coast of Wexford, on…

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