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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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

New Orient Steamer

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 6

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Englneering Company launchcd from their yard at Govan on November 21 a twinscrew steamer of 12,000 tons for the…

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Dreadful Wreck on New Zealand Coast. Heartrending Incidents

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 1

One of the most appalling maritime disasters that has ever taken place on the New Zealand coast occurred on Friday night, near5 Cape Terawhil, [?]…

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Army Aeroplane. Wrecked After Flight. a Marvellous Escape

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 3

Again Mr S. F. Cody, the inventor of the British Army aeroplane, has encountered defeat when victory seemed within his grasp. This morning (said the…

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Baby in a Wreck. Father's Frantic Appeal

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 26 May 1909 · page 2

A pathetic, story of a shipwreck—of which one of the victims was the baby son of the captain—was told at Lowestoft, where nine members of the crew…

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