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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Steamer Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

engaged in salvage work on wrecked steamer Australian commanded an increase of wa[?] struck work. It was alleged…

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Fires on a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

The fire which recently occurred in the third hold of the s.s. Buteshire on her way from New York to Melbourne has broken out broken out afresh…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). General Cables. London, Friday. Terrible Sufferings of a Shipwrecked Crew

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 3

The survivors of the dredge Texas, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay, were rescued thirteen day after the vessel was lost…

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Dutch Steamer Captured by the Japanese

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 2

A Dutch steamer named the Wilhelmina, which was carrying coal from Cardiff to Vladivostock, has been captured by the Japanese in the Tsushima…

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Steamer Lost. London, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 27

The steamer Cara Panama, of Liverpool, "which was bound from Liverpool to Para, in Brazil, met the storm in the Irish Sea, and was unable to weather it. She foundered,…

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Marine Disasters. Shipwrecked Sailors' Experiences. London. January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 27

The sufferings of the survivors of the dredger Texas, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay while on a voyage from Dantzic, in Prussia, to Galveston, the chief seaport of…

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STORYTELLER. [All Right Reserved.] the Inn by the Shore. Chapter Xviii. the Wreck in the Bay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

In the weeks which followed Nell's departure for London the spirits of her uncle declined day by day until the red-faced, genial innkeeper had become little more…

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Schooner Founders

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 3

The schooner Violet Dropped foundered at son this morning, about five miles from Bellingen Bar. The crow and captain were saved…

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A Railwa Station Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 2

At Dombrowa the strikers have compelled the railway employes to cease work. They have wrecked the railway station, and stopped all traffic…

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German Contraband Steamer Captured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

The Japanese have captured a German steamer carrying a cargo of shipbuilding material and foodstuffs to Vladivostock…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer. The Orizaba Aground Near Freemantle. The Passengers Landed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 3

The Orient mail steamer Orizaba, inward bound from London, is ashore at Garden Islands, thirteen miles from Freemantle…

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Wreck in Japan. Ninety-four Drowned. London, February 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 39

A shipping disaster, attended with serious loss of life, is reported from Japan. The steel serow steamship Natorigawa Marn, 149 tons, struck the harbour works at Osaka during a…

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Wreck of the Orizaba. the Vessel Doomed. She Will Become a Total Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3

The wreek of the Orient Company's well-known mail steamer Crizaba near arden Island on Thursday has caused profound sensation in Fremantle and…

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Wreck of the Brier Holme. Found Off the Tasmanian Coast. Only One Survivor. Hobart

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 3

The steamer Malunapu from Strahan (Tasmania) arrived at Hobard at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning. She reported as having passed at 6…

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Wreck of the Orizaba. the State of the Vessel. Difficulty in Removing Cargo Fremantle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 3

Lloyd's surveyor has returned from the Orizaba, and reports that the vessel may go to pieces at any moment. Five hundred tons of cargo have been…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

The R.M.S. Orizaba, the incoming mail steamer from London, went aground of Garden Island, near Perth, on Thursday. The Orizaba should have…

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Wreck on the Brier Holme

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 3

The seamen Larson, the only survivor of the Brier Holme, adding to his previous account, states that he and six other members of the verew were…

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Wreck of the Orlzaba. Finding of the Inquiry. the Captain in Error. Fremantle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 3

The marine inquiry into the came of the wreck of the mail-steamer Orlzaba outside Fremantle harbour has resulted in the finding that the commander…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Collier Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 3

The steam collier Tharsallia, belonging to Thompson and Co., Liverpool, bound from Newcastle to Manilla, coal laden, has gone ashore. Her holds…

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The Wrecked Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 4

The syndicate which bought the hull of the P and O. liner Australia, lying on the Corsnir Rock at the Heads (vic) hoped for a long time that it…

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