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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

13 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The steamer Tye returns to Port

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

The cargo steamer Tye returned to post owing to the storm…

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Shipwrecked crews at Lord Howe Island

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

The barque Maelgwyn, which was abandonded off Norfolk Island, was yesterday reported as having become waterlogged, and, with her…

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General Cables. LONDON, Friday. The Wreck of the Larchmont

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

Men and women fought fiercely for places in the beats when the steamer Larchment was sinking. Many were drowned in the…

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Terrible shipwrecks near Rottendam. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

The British steamer "Berlin" from Harwich, was driven in a gate on to Voorn Island, Rotterdam, and broke smidships. No less…

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The wreck of the Berlin

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 2

Eight people have been rescued from the steamship Berlin, which was wrecked at Voorn Island, near Rotterdam, by means of a tug boat…

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General Cables. LONDON, Wednesday. The wrecked steamer "Suevic"

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 2

By cutting across the wrecked steamer Suevis, three-fifths of the [?] will be saved…

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General Cables. LONDON, Friday. Wreck of French Emigrant Ship

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

During a gale the French steamer Woiton, bound from Marasilles to Buenos Ayres was wrecked at Caps Santa Maria on the south…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. Wreck off New Zealand Coast

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

The [?]amer Ki[?]ora has been wrecked between Kawl[?]ia and Kohan on the west coast, North Island, New Zealand. Captain…

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The wreck of the S.S Ki[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 2

Eleven of the passengers and crew got on to a raft when the steamer Kisora broke, and rank 30 miles from kswhi[?], N Z. Three [?]…

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The Warrimoo goes ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 2

The steamer Warrimoo, bound from N.Z. to Sydney, to search for the Monowal waited at Cape Farewell for signals. She got too…

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A Barque wrecked

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 2

The bar[?] Adgot has been wrecked in Spence Gulf. The crew were saved…

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Wreck of the ship A[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 2

The ship Alfheld has been wrecked on the West Coast of T[?] Thirteen of the crew out of seventeen were save, the four…

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Nine months wrecked

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 2

It will be recollected that the barque Dundon[?], with a wheat cargo, was wrecked at the Auckland group on March 7th, when 13 of…

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