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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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Wreck of the Thermopylae. Details of the Disaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 25

The Cape Town files furnish full accounts of the wreck of the Aberdeen line steamer Thermopylae on the Black Reef, close under the Mouille Point lightship, on the night on…

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The Disabled Steamer. Arrival at Fremantle

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 4

A telegram dated from Cape Nelson, Victoria, said that the British India S N. Company’s steamer Uj[?]n[?] bound from the Mauritius to Newcastle, passed there and signalled having…

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Attempt to Wreck a T[?] Catastrophe Averted. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 2

A dastardly attempt was made in Melbourne on Saturday to wreck a tramcar it Bourke-street, by placing a bomb on the line. Fortunately it was discovered…

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Wreck of an American Cruiser. Charleston Ashore at Luzon. London, November 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 21

Information has just been received from the Philippines that a serious disaster has happened to the cruiser Charleston, of the United States navy, which was on…

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The Steamer Cordova. Overhauled by a British Cruiser. London, November 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 21

The action of the British cruiser Magicienne, 2950 tons, 20 guns, Captain W. B. Fisher, in boarding the French steamer Cordova, 2835 tons, of Havre, outside Delagoa…

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The War. Wednesday's Wires. the Bombardment of Ladysmith Proceeding. The Position at Mafeking and Kimberley. Arrival of Further Troops at Cape Town. A French Steamer Overhauled. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 2

Ladysmith reports that the Boer guns were silenced on the 9th instant, after four hours' fighting, during which, it is believed, the enemy lost heavily…

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To-day's Wires. the Modder River Battle. Further Particulars. Disloyalty in Cape Colony Increasing. A Transport Wrecked. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 2

At the battle of Modder river, the Boers were very strongly entrenched on both banks, also on an island in the middle of the river…

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The Transport Ismore a Total Wreck. London, Dec. 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 27

Further particulars have been received respecting the wreck of the steamer Ismore, which was carrying 500 artillerymen and Hussars to Capetown, and went ashore in…

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Boers Wrecking Railways. Annexing Districts. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 3

The Boers have wrecked the Indive Coalfields Railway, and have issued a proclamation annexing the Dordrecht district…

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Miscellaneous War News. A Transport Ashore. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 2

Seven hundred men have been enrolled at Durban for ambulance work. The transport Denton Grange is ashore at Las Palms. Her cargo included a number…

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Later Particulars. Transport Denton Grange Ashore. Kimberley Relief Column. Sydney

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 3

Gatacre has abandoned Molteno. At Durban 700 men have been enrolled for ambulance work. The Transport Denton Grange is…

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A Sunken Wreck in the Darling

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 December 1899 · page 4

It is reported at Wilcaunia that Captain Henry Thomas Freeman, of Echuca, has received notification from the Government of New South Wales…

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A Transport Ashore. London, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 27

The steamer Denton Grange. 5742 ton", owned by Houlder Bros, and Co. Limited, London, which had been chartered aa a transport by the British Government, has…

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