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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Wreckage Brought to Sydney. Did the Vessel Strike Nfish Rock

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 9

Further wreckage, supposed to be from the steamer Rosedale, was brought to Sydney on Wednesday. It comprised a bucket and the meat…

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More Rosedale Wreckage

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 4

Yesterday morning Mr. Joe Barber, fisherman, found at Hat Head beach a dead sheep, and a case of oranges branded "Morten" similarly to those…

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Another Wreck. Steamer Macleay Ashore Sydney

Nambucca News · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 4

The steamer Macleay has gone a shore on Broughton Island. It is feared that she will become a total wreck, and rescue parties have gone…

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Steamer Macleay Wrecked. Strikes a Rock and Turns Turtle. Great Loss of Life Feared. Bodies Washed Ashore. Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 7

THE steamer Macleay struck a reef near Broughton Island on Wednesday night, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. Two sailors made their way to the mainland on planks. Rescue…

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The Rosedale Disaster. Pilot Steamer's Search. 1300 Miles Covered

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 9

The pilot steamer Captain Cook, which was despatched by the Government from Sydney last week to search for traces of the Rosedale off…

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Shipwreck Near Port Stephens

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 6

The steamer Macleay struck a reef near Broughton Island on Wednesday night last week. She turned turtle and sank, there being only…

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Rosedale Wreckage

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 4

Wreckage from this ship is so freely coming ashore of late that there should be little difficulty in locating where she came to grief. On Sunday…

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The s.s. Macleay Wrecked

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

KEMPSEY got another shock on Thursday evening when THE MACLEVY CHRONICLE posted up its special wire that the Macleay—a boat that for…

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Macleay Wreckage

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 4

The beach north of Port Stephens is strewn with hatches, coverings, cross-pieces and other timber from this ship. A horse washed up shows…

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Wreck of the Macleay. Survivor's Story

Nambucca News · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 8

The story of the wreck, as told by the survivor, William Swanney, emphasises the overwhelming suddenness of the disaster. He was on…

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The Macleay Wreck

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

THREE are only two survivors from the wreck of the steamer Macleay, the re[?] of the crew being drowned. The steamer crashed upon rooky [?] off North Head, near Port Stephens, and…

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Wreckage From the Rosedale. Discoveries at Port Spephens

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 7

The lighthouse keeper at Point Stephens observed a floating raft at sea on Saturday, and signalled the North Coast Company's steamer…

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Missing Fishermen. Wreck Feared

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 3

An oil launch containing five Italian fishermen is missing from Wollongong since Saturday, and grave anxiety is felt as to the fate of the…

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Sudden Wreck and Rescue

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 4

Captain O'Connor, now master of the Illawarra S.N. Coy's. Moruya, but a few years ago in the North Coast Coy's boats, and well known in…

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Hat Head Wreckage

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 4

We are informal that Muster Eric Seale, son of Mr. H. Sonic, of Belmore River, found on October 17th on the sea-beach, a portion of a log, which…

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Rosedale Wreckage

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 10

A lifebuoy has been picked up by Mr. L. Whitfield on Wintles Rock, near the mouth of the Wallage Lake, belonging to the missing steamer…

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Explosion. Oil Cake Mills Wrecked. Appalling Loss of Life. Many Terribly Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 5

A disastrous, explosion has occurred in Bibby's oil cake mills in Liverpool. Thirty-three people have been…

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Giant Steamer Building in Germany

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

Work has been proceeding for the last 12 months at the Vulcan Shipbuilding Yard at Stettin, Germany, on a new vessel for the Hamburg…

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