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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

9 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Steamer Mystery. New Light on Englishwoman's Death

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

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

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Facing Death. Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

The fully-rigged French ship Leon has gone ashore three miles northeast of Quilty, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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The Fastest Channel Steamer

The Picton Post · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

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

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The Fastest Channel Steamer

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

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

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The Suffragettes. Mob Wreck Windows. Women's Meeting Routed

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 3

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Cardiff on llth May (says the "Daily Chronicle"), in connection with a Woman Suffragist demonstration. Mrs…

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

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 7

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

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The Gladiator. Her Wreck Rising. a Weird Spectacle

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 7

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

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A Wreck Chart

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 3

As a result or 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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Pleasure Steamer Sunk. Exciting Rescues. Lifeboat Capsized

The Picton Post · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 3

The pleasure steamer Rhos Neigr (162 tons), which left Llandudno yesterday, (July 20) morning for Blackpool with sixty passengers, all visitors to…

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