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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

18 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The Steamer Collision

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

The missing boat, with 21 passengers and seven of the crew from the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer…

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Stranded Steamer Floated

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1908 · page 2

The Thode Fagelund, a Norwegian steamer, which has been on a reef near Cronulla Beach for nine days was successfully floated…

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Wreck of a Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2

The steamer Windsor [?] from Fremantle to Hong Kong is a wreck on the Western Australian coast…

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The wreck of the Windsor

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 2

Heroic efforts made by the Geraldton (W A.) residents succeeded in getting the crew of the s.s, Windsor to shore…

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A Big Steamer's Advantages

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 4

The "Scientific American," discussing the effect of had weather experienced by the Lusitania, one of the Canard Company's new big…

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An Extraordinary Shipwreck

Delegate Argus · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

At first night our illustration seems nothing more wonderful than two ships lying side by side, but it really represents an extraordinary shipwreck which took…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. CONE

Delegate Argus · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 3

A narrative well worth reading in long which was told by Mr. [?] Cole, of No. 73 C[?] Summer Hill, in the [?] of a…

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Steamer Bogs, Capsized

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 2

The steamer Bega capsized on the South Coast last night. The passengers and crew were landed in boats and a raft at Wallagoot…

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The wreck of the Steamer Bega

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 April 1908 · page 2

The Superintendent of Navigation, Mr. Newton, has received a telegram from the South Coast suggestion that the enquiry as to the loss of the…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. COLE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 4

A narrative will worth reading is one which was told by Mrs. Elizebeth [?] of No. 78 Carlton Crescent Summer Hall in the company of a…

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Spanish Liner Foundered LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

The Spen[?] foundered at the [?] to [?] Harbor, Spain, after [?] rock in a fog [?]…

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The Larache Wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1908 · page 2

Latest accounts state that only 38 of the passengers and crew of the Spanish steamer Larache (which stuck a rock…

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Overdue Steamer Found

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 2

The overdue steamer Komora was towed into Newcastle last night by the [?] Nowehar, The Komm[?] last three blades of her propeller…

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Terrible wreck off Tasmania. TASMANIA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 2

A bargue, name [?], struck a reef at Foster's Island, north east of Tamania, this morning, in rough weather. All [?] to lower…

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The Foster Island Wreck. TASMANIA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 2

The vessel wrecked on the reaf at Foster Island on Saturday proves to leadership Loch Finals bound from Port Pirie to South…

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Ferry steamer run down

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 2

A Turkish steamer ran down ferry steamer outside Smorns and sank her. 140 lives were lost…

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Wreck at the Manning River Heads

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 2

While attempting to enter the Manning River Heads, the steamer Kincomber strack the training wall, and was thrown on the beach…

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Turkish Steamer Foundered

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 2

Turkish steamer from constantinople to Sevastopol foundered in a storm. The crew and fifty passengers were drowned…

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