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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 11

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night except Sunday, travellers to an from Sydney…

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Chinese Pirates. Attack on a British Passenger Steamer. Exciting Incident Off China Coast

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 6

PARTICULARS of a Sating piratical attack on the British steamer Tai On, off the China coast, were brought to Sydney last week by the steamer Changsha. The piracy was not…

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A Liner Ashore

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 10

The steamer Indrabarah, of the Tyser line, is ashore on the new Zealand coast, in a serious position. the vessel was on a voyage between…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 11

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 7

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 11

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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The New Mail Liner Niagara Arrives in Port a Magnificent Steamer

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 11

The R.M.S. Niagara, the new passenger evssel built by the Union Steamship Company, specially for the Canadian Australian service, came…

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Total Wrack at Bellinger Heads. A. Manning-built Steamer. Our Jack Re-floated

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 5

Two steamers were aground within 50 yards of each other at Urunga, Bellinger River, on Friday last. The Sydney Marine Underwriters'…

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Wreck at the Bellinger Heads. a Manning-built Steamer. the "Our Jack," Re-floated

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 2

TWO steamers were aground within 50 yards of each other at Urunga, Bellinger River, on Friday last. The Sydney Marine Underwriters'…

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White Star Australian Liner. Largest Steamer to Australia

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 13

THE White Star Line have encircled the Globe with British-built ships, and their connection with the Australian trade has been a long and honorable one;…

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Steamer Our Jack Ashore

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 7

THE steamer Our Jack ran ashore at the Bellinger River entrance on Saturday, but floated off by the evening's tide. Subsequently she put out to sea, and when nearing Camden Haven heads sprang a…

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Tug-boat Ashore

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

The tug Buccra has gone ashore on the South Beach at Bellinger River, and at last report she was high and dry. Thee tug Volunteer, usually employed at the Bellincer…

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Steamer Ellerslie Wrecked

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

THE steamer Ellerslie was crossing out of the Bellinger River on Thursday night when she was struck by a sea, turned side on, and drifted ashore, and is now lying across the south wall at the heads…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 11

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.' Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every Slight, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Wreck of the Ellerslie

The Northern Champion · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 3

The steamer Ellerslie, which went ashore lit the Ballinger River entrance last week, is a total wreck. A telegram received on Monday by…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 11

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers to and from Sydney…

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Six Months on an Island. Remarkable Adventures of a Shipwrecked Crew

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 8

Sydney underwriters last were received a graphic acount from South Africa of the loss of the schooner Sea Bird, and the remarkable adventures…

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Steamer Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 7

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. Steamer leaves Sydney and Newcastle every night, except Sunday, travellers, to and from Sydney…

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Schooner Wrecked

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 11

The schooner Norma which left Sydney a few daya ago to proceed in search of the wreck of the steamer Yongala was wrecked herself on…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Thursday. New Steamer for the North Coast

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 11

The North Coast Co.'s new steamer Poombar, en route from the Clyde to Sydney direct, was signalled off Albany, West Australia,…

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