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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Fire on a Steamer This Warrimoo in Flames. No Loss of Life. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 3

At a very early hour this morning the steamer Warrimoo of the union Company's fleet signals of distress. Later advices showed that…

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The Wrecked Australia Hull to Be Blown Up

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 15

The syndicate which bought the hull of the P. and O. liner Australia, lying on the Corsair Bock at the Heads, hoped for a long time that it would be possible to…

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The Missing Steamer. Pilbarra

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

The steamer Tambo arrived at Norfolk island last night from the New Herbrides. She saw nothing on her [?]of the steamer Pillbura. The…

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Shipping Disaster Ship Kilyber Wrecked. Twenty-three Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

The sailing ship Khyber, 1927 [?], belonging to T. and J. Brecklelank, of Liverpool, which left melbourne on October 27 last, with a cargo of wheat…

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The Khyber Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

Of the three men saved from the wreck of the Khyber, two joined the vessel in Australia. Johansen signed on as a seaman in…

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The Steamer Pilbarra

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

No further news has been received of the steamer Pilbarra, which had the blades of her propeller stripped when 120 miles east of Tanna, in the New…

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Wreck of the Khyber. Twenty-three Lives Lost. London, March 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 27

The ship Khyber, 1927 tons, which left Melbourne on October 27 with a cargo of 28,769 bags of wheat, for Queenstown, has gone ashore on the coast of Cornwall, and is a total wreck…

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Vessel Ashore at Cronulla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

The mailman from Cronulla, on his arrival at Sutherland this morning, reports that at daylight he saw a three masted steamer on the recks at the…

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Latest by Telegraph Latest News From Sydney. Wreck of the Steamer Albany. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

The latest news from the wreck of the steamer Albany, which went ashore on a reef north of Nambucca River on Sunday night, states that…

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CABLEGRAMS. Revolt in Russia. Incendiarism in the Crimea. Police Stations Wrecked. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 2

At the seaport of Yalta, in the Crimea, the agents of the Revolutionary Party are becoming very aggressive. Five different large buildings were…

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A Wreck Sold for £20

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 3

The steamer Albany, which was wrecked near Nambucea Heads on sunday and subsequently broke up, was to-day sold by auction for £20,…

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The Steamer Pilbarra. Letter From the Captain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 38

The brief announcement published on Tuesday morning that the steamer Pilbarra had anchored at Port Vila put an end to a great deal of anxiety in regard…

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Steamer Collision. Both Vessels Damaged. London, March 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 27

A serious disaster has occurred at sea, off Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Allan liner Parisian, 5395 tons, and the Hamburg Amerika liner Albano, 3747 tons, came into collision…

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Shipwreck Crew Safe

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

The crew of the steamer Albury, which went ashore on a reef near Natubucca Heads about 220 miles north of Sydney, on saturday, reached here to-day by the…

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Accident to a Ferry Steamer

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

The forty steamer kuringai, belonging to the Port Jackson Company, on arriving from Mainly on Saturday morning crashed into the masonary wall of…

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Successful Trip by Turbine Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 3

Messrs J. and A. Allan's (Allan line) steamer Victorian, which has been fitted with turbines, has made a successful trip across the atlantic…

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Ferry Steamer Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 2

A heavy fog prevailed in the harbour yesterday, which greatly impeded the movements of vessels of all classes. It especially interfered with the heavy…

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Cablegrams. the Earthquake in India. Lady Curzon's Rooms Wrecked London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

A stone chimney which fell in the room above Lady Curzon's bedroom and sittingroom in the Government House at Simla, wrecked the rooms…

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Marine Court and Recent Wrecks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 3

The Marine Court gave a decision to-day that the week of the Albury, at [?]on 20th ult., was caused by the neglect of the chief officer,…

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The Earthquake in India Two Towns Wrecked. One Thousand Fatalities. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 2

The recent earthquake which devastated the north-west portion of India wreecked the towns of Sultanpur (about 30 miles south-east of Ameritsar) and…

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