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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Disastrous Shipwreck

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 5

LONDON, TUESDAY.— The steamer Ohio lias been wrecked near Alaska, the wireless telegraphy operator and four others were drowned. The…

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Steamer Waipara

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 11

A telegram from Brisbane states that the steamer Waipara was successfully floated off last night. The steamer is to be taken to Sydney for…

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The Steamer Waratah

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 11

A telegram from Melbourne states that the Federal Cabinet have decided to despatch a steamer in search for the missing Waratah…

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The Steamer Waratah. Her Probable Fate

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 6

A GENTLEMAN with experience in the laying of cables writes to the Sydney press suggesting that the Waratah might have swallowed up by one…

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Supposed Wreck

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 11

A cable from New Zealand states that 25 life belts have been found on the coast near Cape Maria Van Dieman. A heavy gale had been…

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Wreck of the Umhlali

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1909 · page 6

The Natal liner Umhalali went ashore on Cape Point during Friday night. The weather at the time was with a little fog…

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A Steamer on Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 7

The steamer Harlaw has arrived at Manila. She reports that on July 27, when. 180 miles out from Durban, she passed…

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Schooner in Distress

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 11

The schooner Alpena was towed into Newcastle yesterday. The vessel had sustained severe damage to her hull and it is expected that it…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Thursday. the Steamer Marama

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 11

Some consternation was occasioned when the news arrived in Sydney that the steamer Marama had stopped outside the Heads. On the…

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Steamer Wrecked

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 11

News has been received of the loss of the Pacific Phosphates Co.'s new steamer Ocean Queen, which was on her maiden voyage among the…

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Charred Wreckage on South African Coast

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 November 1909 · page 5

LONDON, MONDAY.—A quantity of charred and broken docking and hatches has been washed ashore at Port Alfred, which is practically…

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All-irish Steamer. a New Idea

Nambucca News · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 7

The Heroic, the new twenty-knot passenger steamer of the Belfast Steamship Company, made her maiden journey cross the Irish Channel on 27th April…

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Steamer Yulgilbar's Movements

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 11

Owing to the strike the officers and crew of the steamer Yulgilbar will have a day ashore at Kempsey. The men are generally at sea-- in a literal, not a…

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Heroes of the Berlin Wreck Dutch Captains in London

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

A remarkable welcome was given in London yesterday (7th March) to the heroic Dutch skippers, Captains Sperling and Jensen, who effected…

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New Steamer Wrecked. North Coast Co's. Ourimbah

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 9

THE North Coast Steamship Co. on Saturday last received a cable intimating that their new cargo steamer Ourimbah was ashore at Cape…

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All-irish Steamer. a New Idea

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 12

The Heroic, the new twenty-knot passenger steamer of the Belfast Steamship Company, made her maiden journey- across the Irish Channel on 27th April…

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Steamer Yulgilbar

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 11

The Yulgilbar is timed to leave Sydney at 9 a.m. this Saturday, the 11th. She will leave Kempsey for Sydney at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 14th…

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Fate of the Waratah. All Hope Abandoned. Return of the Search Steamer. a Vain, and Uneventful Search

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 8

Reuter's Capetown correspondent states that the search steamer Sabine has returned after a rough and un-eventful voyage, during which no…

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Local and General News. Another New North Coast Steamer

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 9

Mr. R. A. Bell, the general manager of the North Coast S.N. Co., has received a cable stating that the company's now steamer Minimbah had been successfully…

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