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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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

New Orient Steamer

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 6

The Fairlield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched from their yard at Govan on November 21 a twin-screw steamer of 12,000 tons for the…

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Wreck of the Penguin

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 1

On Saturday we issued an extraordinary, giving the sad news of the wreck of the Penguin on the New Zealand coast, with the loss of 37 lives. The vessel was bound…

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The Strike the Broken Hill Trouble. a Dastardly and Daring Outrage. Attempt to Wreck Pumping Station. Sydney

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

Saturday's explosion at Broken Hill is now found to be much more serious than at first supposed. In addition to the damaged pipe, a deliberate attempt was made to…

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Train Rescues by Lifeboat. Flood Adventure

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

Passengers in a train on the South of France line between Armargues and Agues Mortes, in the Gard Department, had a thinking experience on Saturday night…

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THE Myalong Aduorate. Wednesday, June 16. the Remnan[?]s of the Wreck

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 2

LAST NIGHT our Federal member, Mr. Chanter, beguiled the tedium of an otherwise dreary winter's evening, by delivering a…

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British Steamer Lost. Twenty-one People Missing

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 7

The steamer Oak Branch has been totally wrecked through striking a derelict off the South American coast. There were some forty people on…

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Students' Riot. Objectors to Brown Dog Statue Break Out Afresh. Scenes in the Square. Attempt to Wreck the Memorial a Miserable Failure

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 6

Riotous scenes were witnessed in Trafalgar-square on Tuesday night and early on Wednesday morning as the outcome of an atempt by medical students to hold a…

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Sensational Shipwreck. (By Wire.) Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 July 1909 · page 5

The Norwegian barque Errol was wrecked on Moreton Reef. Twenty-two perished, Five survivors were picked up by…

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Mystery of a Warship. Wrecked Condor Discovered. After Eight Years

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 6

An English naturalist named Bonnycaste Dale has arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, with tidings of the discovery, near Barclay Sound,…

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Mystery of a Warship. Wrecked Condor Discovered. After Eight Years

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 7

An English naturalist named Bonny-caste Dale has, arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, with tidings of the discovery, near Barclay Sound…

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A Midshipman's Romance Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Chapter Xi. the Shipwreck

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 3

I do not think that Mrs. Trevor would have succeeded in persuading Bowser to make a cabin passenger of me. Neither do I think that the old lady…

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Line Ashore. 500 Passengers in Peril

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 3

Five hundred passengers of the incoming Spanish liner Antonio Lopez were transferred by lifeboats through a heavy sea to the tender Relief off Fire Island Beach…

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Washed Ashore

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 4

A sober resident in a small village on the East Coast occasioned quite a commotion by saying that the bodies of three children had just been…

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