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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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Wreck of the s. s. Elingamite

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 3

From our Sydney correspondent we received a wire on Tuesday morning stating that the steamer Elingamite (one of Huddart Parker's boats of 2583 tons) bound from…

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Sad Story of a Shipwreck

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 6

NEW Zealand files just to hand contain farther details of the wreck of the barquentine May, which was totally lost near Kaipers. Six of the crew of…

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The Elingamite Wreck. 70 of the Missing Rescued. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 5

THE steamer Wanganui has picked up a boat containing 70 person from the wrecked steamer Elingamite, including Captain Reid, and Mr. Wylie and Dr. Goldie…

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Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the Elingamite

Macleay Argus · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 9

A TELEGRAM from Auckland, dated Monday, states:--The Three Kings, and the dreary waste of water which surrounds this cluster of islands off…

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Steamer Lady Musgrave Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 9

THE "Evening News" published a wire last week to the effect that the steamer Lady Musgrave, which is the trade between Brisbane and the northern rivers of New South Wales, was in…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 4

The third officer's boat is still missing. It if supposed to hare contained twenty persons, but that number is not authentic. Eight died on or were drowned from the…

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The Elingamite Wreck

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

LATE last Friday night, we received a wire stating that the missing raft from the ill-fated Elingamite had been picked up by H.M.S. Penguin, and eight persons saved…

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Wrecked. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 3

The Italian steamer, Bosnia, has been wrecked in the Black Sea. Eighty-two passengers were drowned…

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The Wrecked Ellingamite. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 3

The steamer Sterling has located the wreck of the Elingamite…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 November 1902 · page 4

The steamer Stirling located the wreck of be Elingamite. Two survivors taken from the raft absolutely deny that they sucked each others blood, or that the stewardess was…

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Latest Telegrams. The Elingamite Wreck. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 5

About fifty witness will be examined at the Eligamite enquiry. It is now estimated that 43 lives were lost. It is alleged that the boats…

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WrecKed Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 5

The captain and crew, numbering thirty, of the Austrian steamer Zvir, have reached North Gascogne, West Australia, in three boats. The…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 December 1902 · page 4

At the Elingamite enquiry yesterday Dr. Goldie said that half-an-hour before striking he knew they were approaching Three Kings Islands, and that it was an even chance…

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