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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

176 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 9

The Novik Driven Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

The Japanese cruisers Tsushima and Chitosi encountered the Russian cruiser Novik off Korsakovsk, in the south of Saghalion, and after defeating her,…

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Russian Cruiser Caught. Novik Driven Ashore

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

The Russian cruiser Novik, which escaped from the naval battle of Port Arthur on 10th inst. and got round the east of Japan, has been caught by…

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Schooner Ashore

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 4

The schooner Imperial, laden with timber, has gone ashore near Manuwatu, New Zealand. A passenger named Scott was drowned…

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British Steamer Hipsang

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 2

The Shanghai Naval Court has decided that the Russian destroyer Raztorpni, which torpdoed the Indo Steam Navigation Company steamer…

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Wreck of the Nemesis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 3

The marine inquiry into the wreck of the collier Nemesis was resumed today and concluded. The finding of the court was that the vessel was both…

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The Wreck of the Australia

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 2

The [?] whether [?]hy steps will ultimately he taken to remove the wreck of the Australia from point Nepean has not yet been even remotely considered by…

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The Saragassa Wreck

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 4

Particulars of the loss of the Saragassa show that the vessel went ashore on a reef. Heavy seas swept completely over her, and her boats could not be launched. The…

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British Steamer Seized

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 September 1904 · page 2

Advices received from Willae, in Spain, state that a Russian Cruiser has seized a British steamer off Cape Santa Maria…

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The War. the Russo-german Agreement. Diplomatic Action by the British Government. A Russian Repulse. Reported Seizure of Another British Steamer. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 4

The Globe says Mr Balfour and the Marquis of Lansdowne have initiated diplomatic action in reference to the reported Russo-German understanding…

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British Destroyer Ashore. Dazzled by a Searchlight

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 1

During a night attack upon Portsmouth Harbour, arranged for the delectation of Prince Henry of Prussia, the destroyer Teazer went ashore…

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Another Volunteer Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 September 1904 · page 3

The steamer Nijninovgored of the Russian Volunteer [?] has passed through the Bosphorus and arrived at Port Said…

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New Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

The Shaw-Savill and Albion Co.'s steamer Mamari, for the New Zealand trade, was launched at Belfast yesterday…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Wreck at Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

The four-masted French barque Adolphe, while entering port at Newcastle this morning in town of a steam tug, broke her cable and drifted upon an…

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Voyaging In a Ketch

The Independent · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 4

Messrs Napper and Langford left Brighton, England, on August 20, in a 14-ton ketch for West Australia for the pearl fisheries. The little craft was given a…

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Wrecks of a French Barque

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 29

The four-masted steel barque Adolphe, 3204 tons, owned in Paris by Bordes and Son, is a total wreck at Newcastle. The vessel, which came front Antwerp in ballast, was, in the teeth…

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Sale of a Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 3

The wreck of the French ship Adolphe, which grounded on Oyster Bank at Newcastle last week was sold today for £740…

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British Steamer Stopped by Japanese

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 2

The British steamer Chensan, while off the Miaotao Islands, to the north of Shantung, was fired at and stopped by a Japanese cruiser, which examined…

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The Steamer Corio Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 3

The steel steamer Corio, 2061 tons, owned by Huddart, Parker, and Co., went ashore o a sandy bottom at Catherine Hill Bay, 126 miles north of…

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Japan Seizes a British Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 2

The Japanese have seized off Niuchwang the British steamer Sichan, bound from Hong Kong with a cargo of cattle and flour intended for the…

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Mail Steamer Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 3

A message from Port Said announced that the mail steamer Orient, homeward bound, went ashore on the northern entrance to Lake Timsah in the…

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