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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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

One-fourth of the Schooner Vesta

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

The schooner Vesta turned into the Saxifrage River under full sail, and after traversing nine miles of that placid stream, Captain pumphrey ported his…

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Rammed by a Whale Schooner Sunk. After an Exciting Battle

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 9

A graphic account (reports the London "Daily Mail" at November 1st) has reached Liverpool of an encounter in the North Atlantic Ocean with a huge sperm…

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Japanese Steamer Sunk

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 5

The Japanese steamer Natorigawa struck the harbor works at Osawaka, Japan and sank immediately. Ninety-four of those on board were drowned…

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The Wreck of the Favourite

Western Champion · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 5

Gold and gems are not the only treasure-trove worth seeking, as at least, one instance serves to prove. A syndicate of Detroit and Toledo…

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Ten Minutes' Havoc. Tornado's Devastation. Theatre and Churches Wrecked

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 3

From New York, on 9th May, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Twenty-four persons were killed and…

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Wrecks

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 6

Out to the west of the mountain range, Out in a land of life-long pain, Out where the dawns come red and strange…

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Echo of a Great Disaster. Wreck of the Birkenhead

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 7

Yesterday, June 21, there wag unveiled in the Parish Church of Reckingham, Notts, a memorial to the late Mrs Marian Parkinson, one of the last survivors of…

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Boy Pirate. a Stolen Launch Steamer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

Few boys have dared to attempt the feat of Charles Snarth, of Hull, who was charged at Boston, Lincolnshire, on August 18th, with the theft of a steam…

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