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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Mr. Theodore Rendix. a Man Who Can Wreck the Highest Building with a Fiddle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 4

Just now, when the eyes of people all over the world are watching with interest the completion in New York of the highest buildings the…

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Steamer Rosedale Strikes Bellinger Breakwater

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 4

The ateamer Rosedale struck the South break water at Bellinger Heads and drifted on to the south beach. She has two holes in the port bow…

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One-fourth of the Schooner Vesta

Nambucca News · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 7

The schooner Vesta turned into the Saxifrage River under full sail, and after traversing nine miles of that placid stream, Captain Pumphrey ported his…

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Steamer Karuah Wrecked

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11

The steamer Karuah, which went ashore on the Stackton Beach, now lies in a, dangerously exposed position. Last night the waves were…

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Steamer Karuah Ashore. on Stockton Beach. Vessel in Dangerous Position. Crew Still on Board

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 10

Newcastle, Wednesday,—The steamer Karuah, recently built for the Sydney, Newcastle, and Port Stephens trade, went ashore on Stockton beach…

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Wreck of the Steamer Rosedale

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from the Bellinger Heads, dated Monday, says :— The steamer Rosedale is ashore on the south beach. She attempted to cross in this morning…

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A Steamer Ashore. Karuah on Stockton Beach. Vessel Settling in the Sand. the Passengers Landed. Later

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

The steamer Storm King returned to Newcastle at half-past 4 o'clock on Wednesday without being able to render any assistance to the Karuah,…

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Schooner Quarantined at Forster. Captain and Mate Buried at Sea

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 19

THE schooner Eugenie, which left the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, bound for Sydney, some three weeks ago, was observed by the…

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The Karuah Wreck

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11

The prospects of saving the steamer Karuah, strande on Stockton beach, is much more hopeful. The hull of the steamer is uninjured…

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British Steamer Wrecked. London

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

The British steamer Fidra has been wr[?]ked off Schlesweig, Holstein, and the crew, numbering 17, perished…

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German Steamer Fired At

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

Advices from French West Africa state that the Liberian. Customs gunboat Lark, commanded by a British Naval Resorve officer, fired upon a steamer belonging to the…

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Jack Ashore British Tars at Smyrna. £30,000 Spent

Nambucca News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

Never has the city of Smyrna beheld such an impressive sight as that presented by the portion of the British Mediterranean fleet which…

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New Steamer Ashore

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 11

The new steamer Arapawa, which only arrived at the Clyde a few days ago, is ashore in a bad position on the Patae Bar, New Zealand…

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One-fourth of the Schooner Vesta

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 12

The schooner Vesta turned into the Saxifrage River under full sail, and after traversing nine miles of that placid stream, Captain Pumphrey ported his…

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Rescued from Stockton Beach. Steamer Karvah Re-floated. Safe Arrival at Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 4

After being ashore for five days the coasting steamer Karuah was rescued from her dangerous position among the breakers and quicksands at…

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Steamer Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 4

The White Star Liner Republic 15,000 tons collided with an unknown vessel off Nantucke. The Republic was starting on an excursion to the…

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Jack Ashore British Tars at Smyrna. £30,000 Spent

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 6

Never has the city of Smyrna beheld such an impressive sight as that presented by the portion of the British Mediterranean fleet which…

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Steamer Clanranald Wrecked

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 4

OUR Sydney correspondent wired on Monday evening that the steamer Clanranald, which left Adelaide on Sunday for England, sank off…

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Coasting Steamer Ashore

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 11

A coasting steamer, which is believed to be the Narooma, went ashore yesterday not far from Barren joey where the Maitland was…

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Disastrous Ship-wreck. SYDNEY

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 7

THE steamer Clan Ranald, loaded with wheat, foundered off Troubridge hill, in St. Vincent's Gulf, last night. It is surmised that the cargo shifted, as the vessel took a sudden list, became…

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