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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

12 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Disaster at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. 27 Lives Lost

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 12

A cablegram from London, dated Jany 4, states that the steamer Wallawalla, bound from San [?] to Puget…

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A Tragedy of the Sea. Shipwreck, Murder and Cannibalism

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

The following remarkable story of a sea tragedy is hero published for the first time [?] Australia. More lucidly than any narrative of recent…

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Foundered

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 2

The Schooner Advance foundered off Botany, yesterday, and the Captain, Ingstreom, was drowned…

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Sketcher. the First Steamer to Cross the Atlantic

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 6

IN many quarters the idea seems still to prevail—and we gave expression to it quite recently in an article on Some Early Steamships'—that the…

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A Dreadful Wreck. Another Permanent Cure. The Case of Mrs. S. Wilson. (For North Shore Folks.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 9

A few years make a wonderful difference in the appearance of some folk, whilst others pile on year after year without any appreciable change being noticeable. Increased age…

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Wreck of the Dumont Airship. Aeronaut Saved, But Balloon Ruined

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 8

M. Santos Dumont, whose daring knows no limit had a miraculous escape from death at Monte Carla. His airship was totally wrecked in…

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How the Tulip Wrecked Holland

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 7

In these sober days, when the tulip the queen of spring flowers, is to be bought and sold as cheaply as 3s. a 100, it may seem hard to realize the…

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The Ventnor Wrecked. 500 Coffins Gone to Th Bottom

Forbes Times · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 8

SOME gruesome news reached Sydney this [?] (says Wednesday evening’s Star). It was to the effect that the steamer Ventnor had foundered on the New Zealand Coast with 500…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY, Tuesday. WRECKED

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 2

The steamer Elingamite from Sydney to Auckland, was totally wrecked at Three Kings Island, on Sunday morning, during a dense fog…

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The Elingamite Wreck

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday The full story of the experience of those who were found on the raft by H.M.S. Penguin has not been related, if certain…

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Lifeboat Disasters in Lancasnire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 5

The night of Thursday, 9th December. 1886, was fine and clear off the estuary of the Ribble, but there were huge white breakers out seawards. A braque called the Mexico,…

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The Elingamite Wreck. Experiments of a Local Passenger

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 5

M. P. F. D’AROY, of “Padoller,” F[?]hes, who was one of the passengers to New Zealand land in the ill-fated steamer E[?], has sent the following thrilling account of his…

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