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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Wyoming Wrecked. All Hands Saved

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 3

THE coasting steamer Wyoming, owned by Captain Joseph Weston, of Balmain, which left Sydney at 7 o'clock on Friday morning last for Kiola, to load a cargo…

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Wreck of the Dom Pedre

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 9

On Tuesday. 28th May, 1896, intelligence was received of the loss of the steamer Dom Pedro on the north-west Spanish coast off Cerril, in the province of…

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Fears For a Steamer. Missing in the Mediter. Ranean

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 9

It is feared that the steamer Abhono, with a crew of 90, including 13 whites, has foundered in the Mediterranean, while on the voage from…

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Fortune from a Wreck. Find of Spanish Galleon

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 10

The men at work salving the battleship Montagu, wrecked on Lundy Issland four years ago, have had the good fortune to stumble on a Spanish…

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Schooner Australia

Nambucca News · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 4

The stranding of the schooner Australia on the beach near Scott's Head, Macleay River, on October 25, formed the subject of an inquiry in the…

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Late Cablegrams. Shipwrecks. London

Nambucca News · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 5

Ten ships founded with all of their crews during a great storm at Astrachan…

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Ketch Sunk. Sydney

Nambucca News · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 4

The Ketch Myrtle, laden with firewood, sank off Adams Bay, near Melbourne. Only two hands were aboard and they escaped in a dingy…

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Brazilian Mutiny. Capital Again Bombarded. City Property Wrecked

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 7

Details of the latest naval mutiny showed that the people were awakened at 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the mutinous crew of the scout…

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The Steamer "Age" Aground. Trouble with Steering Gear

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 5

The steamer Age was leaving Newcastle Harbour, on her voyage to Wallaroo, at about 6 on Saturday morning, when a mishap occurred to…

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Deep Sea Treasure Hunting. a Century-old Wreck

The Macleay Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 7

The search after hidden, wealth is a most engrossing subject for the man in the street. Partly because wealth is always fascinating to hear…

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