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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

66 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 4

Marine Disaster. the Steamer Atalanta Ashore London, November 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 27

The iron screw steamer Atalanta, 1164 tons owned by Messrs. J. S. Allison and Co., of West Hartlepool, South Durham. England, has gone ashore at Newport,…

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Wreck of the Clan Drummond. Arrival of Survivors. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

Twenty-seven survivors of the wrecked ship Clan Drummond have arrived at Lisbon…

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A Steamer Abandoned

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 2

The liner Londonia has been abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, eighty of the crew are still missing…

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Andree's Expedition. Wreck of the Search Party. London, December 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 26

In April last Herr J. Stadling and a companion were despatched from Stockholm to the Arctic regions to search for the missing Andrea expedition…

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The Wreck of the Londonian. Heroic Efforts of the Vedamore. London, December 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 26

Further particulars ard to hand respecting the loss in the Atlantic Ocean of the fourmanted Steamer Londian, 5532 tons, of Hull. The steamer Vedamore, 6330 tons, owned…

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Collision at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. London, December 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 26

A disastrous collision, which resulted in the sinking of a steamer, and probably in serious loss of life, has occurred off the mouth of the Tyne…

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