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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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

Steamer Mystery. New Light on Englishwoman's Death

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote on 17th October:— The body of Miss Gardiner, the…

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A Strange Light in Channel. A Sketch on a Channel Steamer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

Rain, mist, and tumbling seas. A black might with thin, driven rain licking the masts and funnel, the houses and bridge with a soft, dull patter…

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Oil Ship on Fire. Runs Ashore on Irish Rock. Two Men Drowned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

The oil tank steamer Housetonic, formerly the Northern Light, of which Captain Henry is master, was wrecked on the Allan Rock, near Larne, County…

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The Wreck of the Bega

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 4

The sensational foundering of the coastal steamboat Bega, in calm weather last week, is still causing widespread comment, It has been hinted…

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The Fastest Channel Steamer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 7
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

What "Engineering" calls the fastest Channel steamer was launched recently from the Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness of the…

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Officers' [?] Wrecked. Two Lieutenants Killed. in a Night Collision

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 7

From Berlin, on 5th June, the correspondefit of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— Lieutenant-Commander Assmann and Lieutenant Fritzsche, two well-known…

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A Wrecked Ruler

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

The Sultan of Morocco has been captured by followers of Abdul, Azez…

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A Wrecked Airoplane

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

The left propeller of Wright's airoplane snapped off when the machine was at a height of 75 feet. The macl[?]dually everturned…

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A Wreck Chart

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 3

As a result of the numerous storms and cyclones over the Atlantic which characterised the beginning of the year 1908, the number of floating wrecks and…

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A Wreck Chart

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 7

As a result of the numerous storms and cyclones over the Atlantic which characterised the beginning of the year 1908, the number of floating wrecks and…

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The Gladiator. Her Wreck Rising. a Weird Spectacle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 3

From Yarmouth on the night of July 26 the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— The wreck of H.M.S. Gladiator is…

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In Darkest London Fog Accidents and Incidents. Many Fatalities. East-end Gas Supply Fails. Vessels Wrecked and Delayed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 6

"A city of dreadful night." Such was London on 22nd December; that London extends from Hampstead to Croydon, and Ilford to Acton Green…

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A Ship Ashore

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

The timber laden steamer, Hawia went ashore at Greymouth, N.Z. She is in a bad position, and her cargo of timber is floating…

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A Wreck

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

The cargo steamer, Yarmouth, foundered in a [?]eavy sea between Holland and Harwick. It is feared that 21 persons are drowned…

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