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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

18 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Japanese Steamer Sunk

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 2

The Japanese Consul-General received the following cable on Saturday afternoon from Japan:— The Governor of Hokksido…

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Wreck of the Schooner Orbost

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 5

THE schooner Orbost, from the Snowy River, has been wrecked at Waratah Bay. The following' information was supplied by Captain Mortimer, who was…

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Sinking of the Schooner Venture. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

Nothing mere has been heard in regard to the tug which sunk the schooner Venture off the heads. It is thought the vessel might have…

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Coasting steamer fertility

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 2

The coasting steamer Cambodge, 815 tons, has foundered off the coast of Cochin China in a storm. Fifty people, mostly Annamese,…

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Wreck of the S.S. Aramac. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 March 1904 · page 2

The steamer Aramac, 1114 tons, belonging to the Australian Scam Navigation Co, struck Breakses Spit, Sandy Cape, in rough weather…

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LONDON, Friday. A steamer aground

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 2

The largo steamer Trebia, in ward from Sidney, went aground. at Stockton beach and was towed off a few hours later on the rising…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer. the Australia Lost at Port Phillip Heads. Melbourne

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

The P. and O.R.M.S. Australia, one of the finest liners that come to these shores, is a total wreck at the Heads. Her bottom ia stove in, her…

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Wreck of the R.m.s. Australia. Salvage Operations Begun. Preparing for a "Break-up."

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

The position of the R.M.S. Australia, of the P. and O. line, which grounded on the [?] Roof, off Point Nepean, [?] off Port Phillip Heads, at [?] o'clock on…

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The wreck of the Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

Rough weather prevents the resumption of salvage of the wreck of the Australia. The Pilot has applied to be…

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Wreck of the Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

There is no apparent alteration in the weekend P. and O. statement Australia. Four divers and sixty men are at work on the vessel…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY Saturday. The wreck of the s.s. Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 2

The fire which broke out yesterday in the wreck of the P. sand O. steamer Australian, which is [?] on the…

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General Cables. LONDON, Thursday. Russians seize a P. and 0. steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 2

The action of the Russian Volunteer cruisers, St. Petersburg and Smolen[?]k, is causing much excitement in England. Last Thursday they…

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British Steamer Sunk. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 3

The Vladivostock squadron has appeared off Idzu Island, at the entrance to the Bay of Tokio, and sunk the British steamer Knight Commander…

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Taking a Steamer Overland

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 2

To takes beached steamer, fix her up, and then launch her in a river a quarter of a mile overland from the point she went ashore is a somewhat unique…

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Wreck of the Dom Pedro

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 3

On Tuesday 28th May, 1895, intelligence was received of the less of the steamer Dom Pedro on the north-west Spanish coast off Carril in the province of…

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Wreck of a Barque

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 2

The four-masted barque Saragossa bound from Newcastle to San Francisco, has been wrecked off the Island of Mangsia in thick…

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A wreck sold

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

The wreck of the P. and 0. m. Australia hat been sold fur £290,1 ?nd the caryo fur £50…

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Shipwrecked at Sea

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 4

Same few yearn ago a Swansca vessel was caught in a terrible gale. The captain had his wife on board, and when the wing was still rining he told her to go…

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