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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

17 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Wreck of a Coasting Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

A coasting steamer believed to be the Naroons, went ashore not far from Barranjosy, where the [?] Maitland was wrecked some years…

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Terrible Shipwreck off New Sealand

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

The Union Steamship Co's. steamer Penguin 624 tone, register, bound from Nelson to Wellington, N.Z., struck on Tom's Rock, Cape…

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Wreck at the Penguin. New Zealand

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

The latest pars[?]isrs of the wreck of the Penguin states that [?] 70 persons were drowned, fifty-two bodies have been…

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Wreck near North Cape New Zealand

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 2

The ship Forest Falls, from Newcastle, on 7th February, to Antofa[?], South America, was wreck and somewhere near the North Cape…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. A Collier runa ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

The collier, "Wallsend," while on the way of Wollongong from Sydney for coal, went ashore on Belambi [?] and lost her property…

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Wreckage Sighted

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 2

Wreckage apparently a schooner's topmast, with rigging attached, has been sighted near Hammer Island…

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Norwegian Barque Wrecked. TASMANIA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

The Norwegian barque Orleans bound from the Seychelles Islands to Dunedin, foundered twelve days ago about 200 miles from the…

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Barque Natal Queen Wrecked

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

The barque Natal Queen was wrecked last night in Adventure Bay. The vessel was completing loading at the jetty when the…

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Wrecked Steamer Aeon. Looted by Pirates

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 2

THE scow Zingars, which set out from Auckland, New Zealand, four months ago to salvage the cargo in the wrecked steamer Aeon at…

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Terrible Shipwreck Sufferings

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 2

The wreck of the Norwegian barque Errol, bound from Chambots on the west coast of South America to New South Wales, was…

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The Missing Steamer Waratah. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 2

No news has as yet been received in Sydney of the missing steamer Waratah, bound from Durban to Capetown. During…

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Wreck of the S.S Maori. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 2

The steamer Maori which was wrecked 30 yards off a rock was found on the coast near Capetown, in an inaccessible position…

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West Australia, Friday. French Barque Foundered

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

The French barque Gael, from London to Hobart, foundered last Monday 200 miles east of Leenwin. The First and Third Officers and 11 men…

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The Missing Steamer Waratsh. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

Less business is doing among underwriters in connection with the missing liner Waratah, but re-insurances could be effected at…

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Wreck of the Umhlali. Scene $N the Deck. "Eternal Father Strong to Save."

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1909 · page 2

messwrs [?], King, and Company's Natal line steamer Umhlali went ashore during Thursday night on Cape Point…

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Schooner in Perilous Position

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1909 · page 2

While the schooner Alpena was proceeding to Newcastle in tow of the tug Leveret, the tow-line parted. The schooner saved…

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The Thistlemoa Foundered

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 2

The ship Thistlemoa foundered during a gale off Clovelly, She carried a crew of 30, of which 9 were rescued…

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