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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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A Barque Wrecked

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 11

The Norwegian barque Orleans, bound from Seychelles Islands to Dunedin, foundered twelve days ago two hundred miles from the…

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Steamer Kallatina

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 11

The North Coast Co's steamer Kallatina, which recently struck on Yamba Point on the Clarence, was surveyed at Morts Dock yesterday…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 12

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:— The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Steamer Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 4

The French cargo steamer Circe struck the steamer Whakatane from London to Auckland in a fog in the English Channel. The latter was…

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Steamer Aground at Bellinger Heads

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 4

The steamer Austral ran aground on the north spit at Bellinger Heads yesterday, and is now broadside on. A fairly heavy sea is breaking over…

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The Burrawong Wreck

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 3

In pursuance of the power recently granted to the Department of Navigation to remove the wreck of the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer…

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Shipwrecked Kitten. Special Trip Of. Rescue

Nambucca News · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 8

An electric launch put out from a wharf near Trent Bridge on 22nd December for the special purpose of rescuing a shipwrecked kitten which was…

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Barque Errol Wreck

Macleay Argus · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 11

The survivors of the barque Errol state that two days before the Tofua rescued them a steamer passed within view. If they had been…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Thursday, Sad Shipwreck

Macleay Argus · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 11

The Norwegian barque Errol, bound from the west coast of South America, was wrecked at midnight on June 18th on Middleton Reef,…

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Wreck of the Errol. Seventeen Lives Lost. a Tragic Story

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 22 July 1909 · page 4

NEWS was received in Sydney of the wreak of the Norwegian barque Errol, Captain Audre[?]son, bound from the west most of South Among to Newcastle, on Middleton…

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Steamer Maori Wrecked. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 11

The steamer Maori, bound from London to New Zealand, was wrecked near Capetown. As far as can be ascertained two of the crew were…

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Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Overdue Steamer

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 11

No news has been received of the steamer Waratah, which is very much overdue at Capetown…

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Steamer Maori Wrecked

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 3

The Shsw-Savill liner Maori, 5317 tons, bound from London for Lyttelton, was wrecked between Cape Point and Cape town. Two of the crew were drowned…

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The Steamer Waratah

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 11

There is still no news of the missing steamer Waratah…

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New Coastal Steamer. Macquarie Starts for Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 9

THE news reached Sydney last week that the new steamer Macquarie, specially designed and built for the passenger and cargo trade between…

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A Steamer Tragedy

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 11

Early this morning John Lynch; a firemen employed on the steamer Polyphemus, now lying at Miller's Point, was stabbed over, the left…

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New Coastal Steamer. Trial Trip of the Tuncurry

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 18

THE new steamer Tuncurry, which was launched a couple of months ago at Forster, on the North Coast, was taken on her official speed trials on Saturday…

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The Missing Waratah. Still No Sign. a Captain Who Searched. Saw No Wreckage

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 8

The steamer Paparoa arrived at Hobart on Tuesday morning, from London, via Capetown. Captain Clifford states that he fell in with very…

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Struggle for Life in Locked Cabin. Escape From a Wrecked Yacht

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 3

A terrible struggle for life in the locked cabin of a yacht took place recently in Torbay (England.) Colonel Vaughan and his wife were…

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The Steamer Waratah

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 8

LAST year a thousand ships were lost, and a like number the year before. When a [?]ssels's reinsurance reaches 95a ns. [?] as has…

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