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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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

A Vessel Wrecked

Western Champion · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 26

The Tyser liner, Indratirah, was wrecked seven miles from Rangitiki River on Friday night. The weather was dark and stormy, and a big sea…

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A Stranded Schooner. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

The American schooner George E. Billings was got off the sand at Botany Bay last night and taken to a safe anchorage…

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Bellinger Heads Wreck. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 2

The wrecked steamer Ellerslic, at Bellinger Heads, broke her back, and will be sold at public auction…

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His Domestic Happiness Was Wrecked

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 6

"It's just awful how criminally ignorant I've been regarding our food," said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the other day. "I can never be thankful enough that…

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His Domestic Happiness Was Wrecked

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 4

"It's just awful how criminally-ignorant I've been regarding our food," "said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the other day. "I can never be thankful enough that I…

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A Stranded Steamer. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 5

Already £10,000 has been spent in efforts to float the stranded steamer Indrabarrah…

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A Missing Ketch. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 2

Fears are entertained as to the safety of the ketch Alfred Fenning, which put to sea from Trial Bay last Wednesday in order, to escape being driven…

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Melbourne-bound Steamer Lost Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 3

The Underwriters have received a cable from London, stating that the steamer Taunui, 1103 tons, bound for Melbourne from the Clyde, fonndered with all hands…

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A Steamer Capsized

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

The United States survey steamer Beaver capsized in a storm and nine of the crew were drowned…

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Signs of a Wreck. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 3

A quantify of wreckage, consisting of a ship's hatches covers, beams, and also fruit, has been washed ashore near Nowra…

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Schooner's Crew of Women Captain's Husband the Only Man Not Suffragettes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 9

W. S. Gilbert, in his "Bab Ballads," treated the idea of a ship being manned by women from a humorous standpoint; Clark Russell, in one of his sea stories, also utilised the…

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Mystery of a Wreck. Cruiser Abandoned Five Years Ago

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 4

The mystery of an abandoned vessel reported to have been seen at Cape Gatha Blanco, French West Africa, on May 10, and feared to be a Union-Castle liner, was…

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Wrecked on Desert Island. Six Months on Ice-clad Rock

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 9

News reached North Shields, of the safety of twenty of the crew of the sealing schooner, Sea Bird, belonging to Messrs. Vivian, of that town. The vessel was wrecked…

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A Vessel Ashore. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 2

The Federal Houlder liner Devon went ashore near Pericarron Heads (Wellington, N.Z.) last night. The vessel is hard on the rocks about a hundred yards from…

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The Devon Wreck

Forbes Times · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 2

Evidence at the inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Devon, at Wellington, showed that the mishap was due to a mistake with regard to the light at the…

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A New Zealand Wreck. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 2

The evidence at the inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Devon at Wellington showed that the mishap was due to a mistake in regard to a…

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New Chaff Steamer

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 4

Mention was made in our last issue of its being Mr. W. Brown's intention to supervise the working of a chaff or hay steamer on Mr. E. S. Twigg's space it our…

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Whale Butts a Steamer

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 3

A collision with a whale caused such seriout damage to the Danish steamer Wladm[?] Reitz that the vessel was forced to put into St. Johns. Newfoundland, for repairs. The…

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Directors and Wrecks. Fixing Responsibility

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 3

After the disaster, on the New Haven Railroad at North Haven, U.S., in which twenty-one persons were killed, the Coroner's inquest placed the blame upon the…

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Directors and Wrecks. Fixing Responsibility

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 5

After the disaster on the New Haven Railroad at North Haven, U.S., in which twenty-one persons were killed, the Coroner's inquest placed the blame upon the…

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