Steamer Dunmore Runs Down a Pinnace. Fifteen Men Drowned
A TELEGRAM was received in Kiama yesterday afternoon to the effect that the steamer Dunmore ran down a pinnace that morning in Sydney harbour as a result of which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
7 stories in Illawarra's papers
Terrible Wreck. OVER 70 Lives Lost
AT 10 o'clock on Friday night, in a heavy southerly gale, and enveloped by a thick, rain-laden fog, the Union Company's steamer Penguin struck the rocks a little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Bellambi Reef. Steamer Wallsend's Perilous Position. Loses her Propeller. Crew Leave in the Boats. Steamer Floats Off with the Rising Tide. Towed Back From Sydney To-day
The steam collier Wallsend, while on her way to Wollongong from Sydney, for a cargo of coal, ran on to the Bellambi Reef between 7 and 8…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Kiama Damaged. Strikes Tom Thumb Island
DURING the thick rainstorm at about 5.45 on Wednesday morning last, while the steamer Kiama, belonging to the Kiama Road Metal Company, Ltd., was on her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adrift at Sea. Boat in Peril. Men Have a Rough Time. Picked Up by Pilot Steamer
At about half-past three o'clock on Sunday afternoon a boisterous cold westerly wind sprang up, which immediately commenced to blow at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of Steamer Kurrara
Some excitement was caused in Wollongong yesterday morning by the arrival of the steamer Kurrara at an early hour. She immediately took up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Coastal Steamer
The new steamer Merimbula, built built to the order of the Illawarra South Coast S. N. Company, Limited, for the passenger and cargo trade…
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