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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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Wreck of the R.M.S Dorunda. a Total Wreck Expected.the Passengers and Crew Saved. London, September 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 18

The British-India Company's R.M.S. D runda, from Brisbane July 31, has been wrecked. The steamer ran her bows on to the rocks at…

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Wreck of the S.s. Rodondo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 28

The following message has been received from Israelite Bay:—On Sunday night the Grace Darling, Captain Douglas, picked up a boat containing 12 survivors of the steamer Rodondo,…

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The Military Riots at Athens. Wrecking of a Newspaper Office. the Officers Acquitted. London, October 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 18

On September 2, 130 officers and soldiers attacked and completely wrecked the office of the Akropolis, a leading daily newspaper in Athens, the outrage being committed in…

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The Wreck of the Rodondo. Singular Experiences of a Passenger. Adelaide

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 4

This morning Messrs Howard, Smith, and Sons received a telegram from Captain Hill, at Israelite Bay, confirming the news of the loss of the Rodondo on Pollock Reef…

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[By Electric Telegraph.] Wreck of the Bodondo. Sydney. Monday. October 8

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 3

[?] steamer Rodonto from Sydney has been [?] wrecked on the Pollock Beef, about eighty [?] from Esperance Bay, West Australia. The [?] and crew were landed on the South-east…

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The Australian Trade. a Direct Steamer Service with Manchester. London, October 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1894 · page 18

Some time . ago. an offr was made by Messrs. Clarke, M’Kerrow, and Co., of Manchester, to ran a direct line of steamers between that city and Australia and New…

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Another Wreck

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

News has just been received of the wreck of the American barque Richard Parsons, which left Newcastle early in October for Manilla with nearly 2000 tons…

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Latest by Telegraph. Wreck of the S.s. Wairarapa. Great Loss of Life. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

News has been received of the wreck of the Steamer Wairarapa, which was due at Auckland some days ago. Great anxiety was occasioned at her non-appearance, and…

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The Wreck of the Bowra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 29

The crew of the steamer Bowra, which foundered on Saturday off Seal Rock, arrived at Nelson Bay on Monday. They report that the vessel left Newcastle on Friday, and put…

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Wreck of the Wairarapa. One Hundred and Twelve Lives Lost. (By Wire—From Our Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Thursday, 10.30 a.m

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

The Union Steamship Company’s Steamer Wairarapa was wrecked on Sunday night on Great Barrier Island, off the Gulf of Hauraki, the…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa. Sydney

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 2

The steamer Watraraps, from Sydney to New Zealand, has been totally wrecked, The captain and 112 people were drowned Later…

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A Terrible Shipwreck.. an Enormous Loss of Life. Auckland. Thursday, November 1

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 3

The steamer Wairarapa from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand, has been totally wrecked, and the captain and 112 of the passengers and crew have been drowned…

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Wreck of the Wairarapa. Appalling Shipping Disaster

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 4

The following further particulars of the wreck of the Wairarapa are taken from the Australian:—News reached Melbourne on…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 2

Nineteen bodies have been recovered by the search party They were placed on the rocks above high-water mark, and several of them were identified, including…

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The Wreck of the Steamer Wairarapa. Fearful Loss of Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 25

The Wairarapa left Sydney on Wednesday, 24th October, and she was due in Auckland on Monday, 29th. All went well, it seems, until Sunday night. Directly the steamer took to…

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The Scene of the Wreck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 25

Miners’ Head, the spot at which the disaster occurred, Is situated at the north of Catherine Bay, on the north-west coast of Great Barrier Island. The summit over this Head is a…

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Wreck of the Wairarapa

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 2

The great maritime disaster is still a subject of great interest.. Fuller, particulars that the Wairarapa struck Great Barrier. Island at about midnight last Sunday week,…

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Wreck on the English Coast. Twenty-two Lives Lost. London, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 18

The heavy gales prevailing in the Channel and the North Sea for the last few days have led to one serious maritime casualty. The sailing ship Culmore, 1750 tons,…

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Traveller. Steamer 13,000 Feet Above the Sea

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1894 · page 2

A triumph in engineering is reported from the mountains of Peru, where a thin-screw steamer of 540 tons, 170 feet long and 30 feet wide, has been successfully launched…

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