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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

20 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Steamer Reported Missing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

The [?] Loodians, which [?] for Caloambo on January 10th with 300 passengers should, is reported as mining…

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Supposed Waratah Wreckage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

The steamer Tomsas arrived yesterday, and reports that when 500 miles from the Caps the forward and of a boar was in night. It was pointed whits. All the…

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General Cables (Per Independent Cable [?]) LONDON, Monday, Steamer Lima Wrecked

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 2

The Pacific Navigartion Co.'s steamer Lime was wrecked in the Camblin Passage, Magellan Straits. The Chief pilot and 50 passengers were drowned…

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MELBOURNE, Monday. Steamer Drifting Under Sail

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 2

A cable menage was received last night stating that the captain of the schooner Ulca, which arrived at Durban from Marion Island, reports that on…

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Later Particulars of the Wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 2

Later particulars of the wreck of the Lims shown that the steamer Hathumet was forced to let we 88 behind. It is feared these perished…

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Wreck of a Tug

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 2

The tug Port Jackson, which was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle, broke down on Saturday night, and drifted ashore five miles south of…

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Dutch Steamer on Reef BRISBANE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 2

The Dutch steamer [?] Hagen is on a reef [?] Cape Meiville, 100 miles north of Cook town. The steamer is in a…

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The Foundered Pericles. Cost Quarter of a Million

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 2

As reported by telegram in Friday's issue of the "Mercury," a sensational shipping disaster occurred on Thursday off Cape…

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Wreck of the Pericles. View From Lighthouse. Courageous Scenes on Deck. Karridale (W.a.)

Delegate Argus · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 4

The chief lightkeeper, Mr. Lyori's, was not inclined to be communicative regarding the loss of the Pericles. It was, however,…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY. Wednesday. The S.S. Satara Foundered

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 2

The British India Co's S.S. Satara of £200 tons, [?] Newcastle to Queensland [?]…

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The Wrecked Minehaha

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 3

Three steamers and a [?] are standing by the wrecked Minehaha. All hopes of saving the vessel are practically abandoned…

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Wisconsin Steamer Wrecked

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1910 · page 2

The [?] steamer "J. S." was reported burning near Victory. There were 1500 persons aboard, and she was beached on an Island. [?]…

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Japanese Steamer Seized

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 2

The Japanese steamer Tokai Maru, with her crew of thirty-eight, has been seized in the Bobring Sea, by the revenue cutter…

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Armoured Cruiser Ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1910 · page 2

The armoured cruiser. Duke of Edinburgh, went ashore in a thick fog, and is on a rocky ledge off Cowes, in a dangerous position…

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Shipwrecked Sailors

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1910 · page 2

A British steamer rescued, near Barbadoes, six men or the wrecked sloop Sunlight The men were in an open boat,…

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Wreck of Portugese Gunboat

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 2

The Portuguese gunboat Tejo was wrecked yesterday, at Berlangas Islands, a small rocky, group 75 miles north of Lisbon. The…

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Steamer Tymeris on Reef. BRISBANE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 3

The steamer Tymeris, bound from Calcutta to Newcastle, is ashore on a reef near Cooktown. Efforts to flost the steamer were unsuccessful, but it…

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The King's Island Wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 2

Several steamers have arrived from Tasmania, having passed close to King's Island. A sharp look-out was kept, but nothing was seen of the…

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Wreckage from Unknown Steamer. LAUNCESTON (Tas.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 2

A quantity of wreckages has been found at Straits Island. A derrick was found at Eddystone. Two dead horses and a boat were picked an at Swan…

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Steamer Kurdistan Foundered

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1910 · page 2

The steamer Kurdistan foundered off the Sloily Tales, and 46 out of 48 persons on board were drowned…

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