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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Clan Ranald Wreck

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 11

It is now definitely stated that there were 64 persons on the wrecked steamer Clan Ranald. The body of one of the European victims…

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Disabled Steamer

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 4

A report from Port Stephens states that a big steamer is drifting about in a disabled condition and is believed to be the German steamer Solingen…

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The Clan Ranald Wreck

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 4

Thediver who examined the wrecked steadier Clan Ranald was unable to find any damage to the hull that would account for the disaster…

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The Clan Ranald Wreck

Nambucca News · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 3

The four white members of the crew of the wrecked steamer. Clan Ranald, who survived, are very reticant as to the actual cause of the disaster. From what…

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Supposed Wreck Near Coff's Harbour

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 11

Pieces of wreckage have been picked up near Coff's Harbour. These together with boxes of fruit that have been washed up on the…

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S.s. Lady Mildred Ashore

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

The steamer Lady Mildred loaded with 3,500 tons of coal, went ashore during. heavy weather at Wilson's Promontory. The captain and crew…

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Wreck of s.s. Penguin. 68 MISSING

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

OUR Sydney correspondent wired on Saturday morning that the union Company's steamer Penguin had become a total wreck on Tom's Rock,…

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Thrilling Sea Adventure. a Barque and Schooner

Nambucca News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7

The Warren liner Iowa has reached Liverpool from Galveston, after a very rough passage, during which the after wheel-house, 35ft. above the sea, was…

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Terrible Wreck. Off the New Zealand Coast. Steamer Penguin Goes Down. Over Seventy Lives Lost. Splendid Heroism of the Women. Only One Woman Saved. Her Terrible Experience

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

At ten o'clock on Friday night, of last week, in a heavy southerly gale, and enveloped by a thick, rain-laden fog, the Union Company's steamer…

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A Terrible Wreck. THE S.S. Penguin Sinks. Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2

A terrible wreck occurred last night. The well-known Union S.S. Company's coastal steamer Penguin, while bound on her usual voyage from Nelson and Picton to Wellington, struck on…

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Danger to Navigation. Supposed Submerged Wreck. in the Tasman Sea

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

On her voyage from Dunedin to Kaipara, the barquentine Mary Isabel passed on February 10, in latitude 42.40dag. south, long. 173.5deg. east,…

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The Penguin Wreck. a Death Roll of 75. Funeral of the Victims

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

The funerals of the victims of the Penguin disaster took place on Tuessome being accorded a public burial, and others being buried privately…

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Steamer Burnt

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 4

The steamer President Roca, bound from Southern Argentine to Buenos Ayres caught fire and sank, twenty passengers being drowned…

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Thrilling Sea Adventure. a Barque and Schooner

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 10

The Warren liner Iowa has reaches Liverpool from Galveston, after a very rough passage, during which the after wheel-house, 35ft above the sea, was…

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The Penguin Wreck

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

The Nautical Court found, that the cause of the wreck of the Penguin wits owing to the exceptionally strong flood tide, coupled with the breach of…

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Ship Forest Hall Wrecked

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

The ship Forest Hall bound from Newcastle to Antofgaster was wrecked near the North Cape, New Zealand, on Friday night. All hands wore…

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Big Ship Wrecked. on the New Zealand Coast

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 14

The ship Forrest Hall, bound from Newcastle to Antofagasta, was wrecked somewhere near North-Cape late on Friday night…

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Rammed by a Whale Schooner Sunk. After an Exciting Battle

Nambucca News · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 7

A graphic account (reports the London "Daily Mail" of November 1st) has reached Liverpool of an encounter in the North Atlantic Ocean with a huge sperm…

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Collier Ashore

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 11

The collier Wallsend, while on her way from Sydney to Woolongong to load coal, went ashore at Bellambi…

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Latest Cables. LONDON, Saturday. Steamer Short of Fuel

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 4

The Tiberius, from Melbourne, has put into Durban (South Africa) for repairs to her machinery. During the voyage the vessel ran short of fool, and the ship's stores…

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