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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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The Great Shipwreck. Pathetic Details. Total Death Roll, 626. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 4

The survivors of the emigrant ship Norgo, which was wrecked on Rockall Island on Tuesday, while proceeding from Copenhagen to Now York, give…

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Wreck of a Ketch

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 July 1904 · page 3

Owing to the heavy weather the ketch Bellflower was wrecked at Newcastle whilst on her maiden voyage from Port Macqaurie…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Wreck of the Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 3

Salvago operations on the steamer Australia, which was wrecked on the Corsair reef on June 20 last, have been proceeding with very slight…

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CABLEGRAMS. General War News. Prize Steamer Confiscated. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 2

The Russian Prize Court sitting at Vladivostock has confiscated the steamer Cheltenham, which was found on being overhauled by the squandron…

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General War News. British Steamer Overhauled London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

The Russian warship, St. Petersburg, has overhauled to the south of Jiddah, a seaport of Hedjaz on the Red Sed the British steamer Mountains, and…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Wreck of the Nemesis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

No more news has been received from Cronulla Beach regarding the supposed wreck or foundering of the Nemesis. No personal effect or bodies of the…

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Steamer Nemesis. Believed to Be Foundered

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 4

There is little room left for doubt that at least one interstate steamer has met with disaster in the late gale. It is now generally accepted that Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s…

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Another Wreck. the Missing Steamer Nemesis. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

There is practically no reason to doubt that the steamer Nemesis went down with all hands during the terrible southerly rule and mountainous seas which lashed…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Wreck of the Nemesis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

Nothing further has been heard of the missing steamer. Nemesis, but the search is still being continued. Dr Slate, a resident of Kogarah,…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. a Sugar Schooner Wrecked. Four Men Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 3

At two o’clock this morning the steamer Tagliaferro collided with and sunk the schooner Western Star, which was from Cairns (Q.), and laden with…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Fire on a Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 3

A fire has broken out on board the R.M.S. Australia, which was wrecked on the Corsair Rock a few reeks ago. The discovery was made this morning,…

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The Wreck of the Nemesis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 3

All hopes of the safety of the steamer Nemesis, which is supposed to have been wrecked off Cronulla beach during the recent heavy weather on the…

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Correspondence. the Late R. H. Woolhouse and the Wreck of the Nemesis. (To the Editor)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 2

Sir, By Saturday morning's express from Sydney Mrs F. Stanley, sister of Mrs Woolhouse, journeyed to Melbourne to see her sister, who is quite…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. the Wrecked Steamer Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 3

The fire on board the R.M.S. Australia. which was wrecked on the Corsair Rock on June 20, continued to smoker all day, Before salvage…

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Telegrams. Inter State. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Wreck of the Nemesis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 3

At last amongst the a very large quantity of wreckage a human body has [?] washed ashore on the Cronulla Beach which is almost certain to be…

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A Doubly Doomed Wreck. R.H.S. Australia on Fire. Ablaze from Stem to Stern

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 4

The surprising information was received in "The Ago" office yesterday morning from our correspondent at Queenscliff that the hapless R.M.S…

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Wreck of the Nemesis

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last the only discovery of any importance made on Cronulla beach was the finding of a cabin door, bearing the number 18. Cabin 18…

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Shipwrecked Fishermen

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 4

A bottle containing a message from two shipwrecked fishermen has been found at Mandurah, Western Australia, stating they had been cast ashore on a small island on…

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The Nemises Wreck

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 4

Captain Sangster, of the Navigation Department, yesterday made a search along the reefs off Cronulla Beach, but saw no further wreckage from the Nemises…

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Wreck of the Nemesis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 July 1904 · page 2

No further bodies of the crew of the Nemesis have been thrown up on Cronulla Beach…

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