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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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Fatal Wreck. The Catterthun Stranded. Great Loss of Life. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 2

The steamer Catterthun, bound from Sydney to China, foundered off Seal Rocks early this morning. Several Europeans and a number of Chinamen are believed to be…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Sydney. Thursday, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

The steamer Cattert[?] sank off [?] during last night. The captain [?] Mr Crane, and 46 [?] but it is believed that a boat with [?]…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. The Vessel Gone Completely out of Sight. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 4

The tugboat Gamecock reached Seal Rocks yesterday, after cruising about some time, but secured no tidings of the Catterthun, which has gone completely out of sight…

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Terrible Marine Catastrophe, the Steamer Catterthun Wrecked. Struck on the Seal Rocks. Great Loss of Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 20

News of an appalling shipping disaster reached Sydney on Thursday afternoon, 8th inst., when from Forster, an ontlying station on the north coast, came the…

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England and Venezuela. Outrage on a British Schooner. London, August 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 15

A serious outrage has been committed on the British schooner Ellen. She was fired upon by a gunboat belonging to the Republic of Venezuela, with…

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The Hay Musical Society. "The Wreck of the Argosy."

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 2

The second grand orchestral concert of the Hay Musical Society took place at the Academy of Music on Friday evening. There was only a fair attendance, the performance…

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A New P. AND O. Steamer. the Palawan Launched at Greenock. , LONDON, September 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1895 · page 15

The Palawan, a large steamer built for the P. and O. Company by Caird and Co. Limited, of Greenock, was launched at the shipping yards of that firm, on the Clyde,…

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Launch of the Largest Cargo Steamer in the World

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 4

Last month Messers. Harland and Wolff successfully launched the twin-screw steamer Georgic from the northern end of the Queen's Island…

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Terrible Disaster at Sea. the Steamer Iona on Fire. Seven Ladies Burnt to Death. London, September 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 18

A terrible disaster occurred last eight to the steamer Iona, 608 tons, belonging to the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company, Leith, and running between that…

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Reported Shipwreck

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 2

It is reported that the ship Stoneleigh, which left Melbourne last February for London and was last week posted at Lloyd's as missing, has…

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Wreck of a Spanish Cruiser. Collision at Havana. London, September 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1895 · page 24

The Spanish [?] Sanchez Barcais[?] 935 tons, 7 guns, one of the vessels engaged in the blockade of Cuba, has been totally wrecked at the entrance to the…

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England and Venezuela. a British Schooner Fired On. London, November 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1895 · page 25

Another serious outrage has been com-mitted by the authorities of the South American republic of Venezuela on a British vessel…

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An Italian Emigrant Ship Ashore. Twenty Lives Lost. London, November 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 November 1895 · page 26

The Italian ship Solferino, b[?]u[?]d for the Argentine Republic with a large number of emigrants, has gone ashore at Centa, on the coast of Morocco, opposite Gibraltar…

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Arrival of the First “Turret” Steamer at Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1895 · page 16

A large curious-looking steamer arrived in Sydney Harbor a few days since. Some took her for a new type of warship, and persons passing on the ferry boats made all…

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Wreck of a Brazilian War-ship. the Commander and Five Men Drowned. London, November 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1895 · page 27

The Brazilian warship Uranus, one of the new vessels just built for the republic, has been wrecked. The commander and five of the crew…

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Wreck of an English Steamer. Twenty-nine Lives Lost. London, December 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 27

The steamer Principle, 1790 tons, owned by the Arrow Shipping Company Limited (Dent and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne), has been totally wrecked on the Faroe Islands,…

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The Wreck of the Wai[?]arapa. a Romantic Incident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1895 · page 23

A touching incident arising out of the now almost forgotten wreck of the Wairarapa has just been made public. Among the passengers by the steamer Wa[?]ora, which arrived at…

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