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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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

Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 6

(I. Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Wreck of the Steamer Cambria. All Hands Saved

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 2

THE steamer Cambria, about 100 tons, trading between Bunbury and Freemantle struck on a reef a quarter of a mile south of Garden Island, when making Rockingham…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 5

(1. Benjamin Bunting so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 6

(I. Beajamin Boating, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle. Mr. Robert Blizzard, deccased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 1

1. Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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The Troop Steamer Annsley

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 2

The troop steamer Annaley is expected to reach Port Kembla to-morrow for a cargo of coal for South Africa for the Admiralty. She follows the Windsor, is a large vessel,…

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Fire on the Steamer Bega

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 2
Also in Illawarra Mercury

AFTER leaving Sydney on Monday afternoon, bound for Eden and other South Coast porte, the steamer Bega was found to be on fire. Captain Bishop put back…

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New Steamer for the Illawarra Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 2

THE Illawarra S. N. Company have just had a new steamer built to replace the Kameruka, which was lost on the South Coast some three years ago. The new…

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The Illawarra S.N. Company. a New Steamer

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 2

A new steamer named the Eden, has just been built and launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Russell and Co., Port Clasgow. The Eden will replace…

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Accident to the Steamer Werfa

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 2

Yesterday morning while the steamer Werfa was proceeding into Belmore Basin for a cargo of coal she had the misfortune to foul one of the buoys making the…

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A Well-known Mail Steamer in Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

During a fog on Saturday tho transport Orotava, with 1200 troops aboard for South Africa, came into collision with the German steamer Bremen off Ushant and sank her…

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A Well-Known Mail Steamer in Collision

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 3

DURING a for Saturday the transport Orotava, with 1200 troops abeard for South Africa, came into collision with the German steamer Bremen, off Ushant and…

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New Steamer for Coastal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's now steamer Eden, intended for the South Coast trade, is now on her way to Sydney from Glasgow. Mr. T. J…

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New Steamer for Coastal Trade

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

THE Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Eden, intended for the South Coast trade, is now on her way to Sydney from Glasgow. Mr. J. T…

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Neatly Wrecked

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 10

The steamer Whangape, from England, was very nearly wrecked on the coast near Jervis Bay during the dirty weather of last week. She had no…

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Arrival of the Eden. a New Steamer for the South Coast Trade

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

A valuable acquisition to the fleet of South Coast traders flying the Illawarra Steam Navigation company's flag has been made by the arrival in Sydney on Sunday last of…

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The I.S.N. Co.'s New Steamer Eden. Arrival in Sydney on

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Eden arrived in Sydney from England on Sunday last. The Eden was specially designed by Captain Turner,…

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The New Steamer Eden. Trial Trip

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1900 · page 2

The steamer Eden, the latest addition to the fleet of the Illawarra S. N. Company, was taken for a trial trip down the harbour on Monday afternoon. There were on…

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The Steamer Eden

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 August 1900 · page 2

The I.S.N. Co.'s new ste mer Eden made her first trip to Wollongong on Monday evening last Owing to the lateness of the hour of arrival—10 p.m. —the boat…

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