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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

32 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Latest Telegraphic. a Shipwreck. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 2

The ship G. W. Wollf, in ballast from Buenos Ayres to Newcastle, was wrecked in the Flinders' Group on Thursday last. A terrific gale…

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A Reported Wreck. Melbourne

Forbes Times · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 3

The ship G. W. Woolff, in ballast, bound from Buenos Ayres to Newcastle, was driven ashore stern on at Hammond Island, in Bass…

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An Overdue Steamer. Melbourne

Forbes Times · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 2

The steamer Perth, overdue from Newcastle, is reported safe, and is sheltering from the rough weather…

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The Aquidaban Wreck. Three Admirals Lost

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 6

The "Daily Mail" of 13th February wrote:— The explosion which sank the Brazilian ironclad Aquidaban on the night…

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The Dover Breakwater. a Steamer Charges. Damages, Forty Thousand

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 4

The Swedish steamer Olaus Olsson, entering Dover Harbor at midnight on Saturday, 21st October, crashed broadside on into the southern…

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Fire on Steamer

Forbes Times · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 5

A tire occurred on the steame[?] Tambo, off the island of Tulagai, near the Solomons, early this month, owing to a quantity of…

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British Steamer Captured

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 4

A British steamer, with a cargo of coal consigned to Constantinople, has been captured by a Greek warship and taken to Lemnos…

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Another Wreck. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 4

The liner Royal George, with 902 passengers, is ashere on the island of Orlcans, St. Lawrence. Her bottom is bad'y ripped, and it is…

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A Steamer Ashore. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1912 · page 3

The steamer Tilba went ashore at Wreck Bay on the South Coast yesterday morning, while on a voyage from Narooma to Sydney with a cargo…

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The Tilba Wrecked. All Hands Saved. Sydney

Forbes Times · Wednesday 20 November 1912 · page 3

The steamer Tilba went ashore on the South coast yesterday and became a wreek. All hands were saved…

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Wrecked By Debility

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 4

Lost Weight and Became Very Weak -- Strength and Health Restored by Bile Beans. Weary workers, and worn-out…

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Steamer Aground

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 1

The coasting steamer Friendship, running between Sydney and the Tweed, ran ashore at the southern entrance to the Tweed Heads, on Friday The vessel…

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