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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Schooner Returns

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 8

Tho schooner Nugeara arrived at Coff's Harbor after a terrible trip from Solomon Islands. She was hove to for six days. Several of the crow were…

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Fastest Channel Steamer

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

What promises to be the fastest Channel steamer was recently launched from the Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness of the…

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Spanish Liner Wrecked

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 4

The Spanish liner Larache, 1505 tuns, during a fog, struck the rocks at the entrance of Muros Harbor, on the north-east coast of Spain, and…

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Struck an Iceberg. Shipwrecked Crew's Plight in Atlantic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 7

Three men were landed at South Shields who had formed part of the the crew of the steamer Norwood, a vessel of over 2000 tons register, and…

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Typhoon at Hongkong. a Destroyer Ashore. Passenger Steamer Founders Three Hundred Persons Missing

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 7

A typhoon, which lasted two hours, at Hongkong, injured much shipping. The torpedo-boat destroyer Whiting, 380 tons, 5900-horse power,…

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Removal of a Wreck

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 4

CEVERS PERRY HELEBRAND at the Water Summons Court, before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., proceeded against Joseph Weston and Mary Salmon…

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Wreck or the s.s. Mareeba

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 7

ON Friday last our Sydney correspondent wired as follows:—The steamer Mareeba with a cargo of sugar from Rockhampton for Sydney…

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A Vessel Ashore German Barque Josefa

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 7

The navigation authorities received a telegram on Wednesday afternoon stating that the vessel ashore is the German barque Josefa, of 779 tons, 83…

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A Missing Steamer

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 8

Steamers have been sent out from Auckland in search of the missing steamer Hawera…

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New Coastal Steamer

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 6

THE North Coast S.N. Company's new cargo steamer Tintenbar, which was launched from the yards of the Ardrossan…

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The Steamer Aeon Overdue

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 8

Anxiety is felt in Auckland regarding the steamer Aeon, which is a week overdue from San Francisco…

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The Disabled Steamer Hawea

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 4

A BOAT from the disabled steamer Hawea reached the south Solitary Island yesterday, and reported that immediate aid was required. The…

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Steamer Hawea. Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 4

Another steamer has been despatched in search of the missing vessel Hawea, now believed to be 80 miles cast of Byron Bay…

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Arrival of the Fleet a Generous Welcome. Afloat and Ashore. Wonderful Scene at the Heads

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 9

The United States Fleet of sixteen battleships made its entry of Sydney Harbor sharp to the appointed hour of 11.30 a.m. on Thursday. It was a…

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To Wreck a Church

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

1. Don't come. 2. If yon do come, come late. 3. If too wet or too dry, too hot or too cold, don't think of coming…

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The Missing Steamer Hawea

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 4

Nothing has yet been heard of the missing steamer Hawea, which would now be drifting 26 days. [An account of the landing of the…

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Missing Steamer Hawea. Officers Land at South Solitary. the Mens' Terrible Experience. Seven Days and Nights in Open Boat

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 5

A TELEGRAM from Sydney on Monday week stated that the chief officer, third engineer, and a seaman from the missing…

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Castaways Eaten. Shipwreck Crew's Terrible Fate

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 3

Details of a terrible disaster on the River Congo, involving the wreck of the Ville de Bruges and the loss of between seventy and eighty lives, were…

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Steamer Hawea Safe

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 2

From Mr. J. C. Dorward, post and telegraph master at Harrington we received the following wire on Saturday morning:--…

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The Steamer Hawea

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 4

The steamer Hawea, after drifting about for a mouth, arrived at Sydney on Sunday in tow of the steamer Rakanoa, which picked the vessel up…

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