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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

24 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2

The Wreck of the Kanahooka. Death of the Captain and Engineer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

Normanion, Friday.—In connection with the landing of Captain George Campbell and three men of the steamer Kanahooka, Arthur Rodgers, who was…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society. Presentation of Medals for Bravery

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 2

The presentation of models by the above Society to Messrs. R. Faddon, E. D. Seymour, H. C[?]lumbes, W. Campbell and James Walker, in recognition of their…

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The Minnamurra Boating Fatality. Shipwreck Relief Society's Awards

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 2

The presentation of the medals awarded by the National Shipwreck society to richard Fadden (gold), E. D. Seymour (silver), H. Colambus, W…

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The Minnamurra Boating Fatality. Shipwreck Relief Society's Awards

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 2

ONE of the most pleasing ceremonies we have ever attended, took place in the Oddfellows' Hall, Kiama, on Saturday night, when the medals awarded by the…

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National Shipwreck Society of New South Wales. the Silver Medal Award

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 2

As will be noticed by the following letter from Captain Webber the secretary to the National Shipwreck Relief Society Mr. John Ryan of the post and telegraph…

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National Shipwreck of New South Wales. the Silver Medal Award

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 2

As will be noticed by the following letter from Captain Webber, the secretary to the National Shipwreck Relief Society, Mr. John Ryan, of the post and telegraph…

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Steamer Collision and Loss of Sixty Lives

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1894 · page 4

By the Eastern mail to hand on Friday news was received of a frightful collision between two British-owned steamers, the Ngapoota and the…

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The Steamer Resolute Ashore

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 2

News reached Kiama yesterday evening that the steamer Resolute, which left this port the same morning for Sydney laden with blue metal for Messrs. M'Sweeney…

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Accident to the Steamer Resolute

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 3

The steamer Resolute, with a cargo of 280 tons of metal, left Kiama at half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning. When off the Five Islands she sprung a…

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Accident to the Steamer Resolute. Reached at Wollongong. in a Sinking Condition

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 2

NEWS reached town last night that the steamer Resolute had been beached on the Wollongong beach (close to the harbour) yesterday morning in a sinking…

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Shipping Accident at Wollongong. the Steamer Resolute Sunk

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 4

A message was received on Friday last in the forenoon from Wollongong to the effect that the steamer Resolute, of Sydney, had put in there in a sinking…

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Accident to the Steamer Resolute

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 2

THE following further particulars in reference to the accident to the steamer Resolute briefly announced in our last issue, are clipped from the Mercury:…

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The Steamer Resolute

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 2

The steamer Resolute, which beached at Wollongong the other after springs a leak, was successfully floated on Sunday, Pumping operations…

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Great Wreck

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 2

The rotten old ship "Protection'' has during the last three years trimmed and retr[?]mmed her sails—many a time to catch the fair wind of public opinion. She has…

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A Sydney Steamer Missing

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 3

Fears are expressed in shipping circles for the safety of the steamer Little Violet, owned and sailed by Captain Brown, of Sydney. The wife of the captain called on…

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Accident to the Steamer Resolute

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 3

The steamer Resolute, which, it will be remembered, had a narrow escape from foundering off the coast recently, arrived safely in Port Jackson on Tuesday morning,…

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Narrow Escape of the Schooner Norman. Good Work by the Pilot Boat. Not Even Thanked

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 2

THE schooner Norman had a narrow escape from being wrecked on Wednesday afternoon. The vessel left Kiama in ballast for Wollongong, and the wind,…

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The Steamer Dunmore

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1894 · page 4

The steamer Dunmore is employed chiefly in carrying blue metal from Shellharbour, on the South Coast, to Sydney. She is a wooden-built vessel…

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National Shipwreck Relief Society

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 1 September 1894 · page 2

The 17th annual meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales was held on Wednesday. The financial statement showed that the…

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Loss of a Steamer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1894 · page 3

The Steamer Rodondo, bound from Sydney via ports to West Australia, was wrecked on Pollock Reef, in the Great Australian Bight, on Saturday, when, it is…

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