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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

124 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 7

Mine Explosion at Sea. Another Vessel Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 2

A few days ago it was reported that the steamer [?]sleho, 1698 tons, owned by the China Steam Navigation Company, had struck a floating…

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Wrecked Sailor's Strange Experience

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

It is not the fortune—or should it be misfortune?—of every one to have been wrecked on a rat's paradise. At the present time, however,…

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News Brought by Steamer. Telephone and Telegraph Wires Cut

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

This news was brought from Peterhof, the Czar's Palace, by steamer, as all telegraph and telephone lines had been cut by the revolutionaries…

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Steamer Rams the Quay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 3

The recently-built stemmer for the Manly trade, the [?]to-day crashed into the sen wall at Circular Quay. Her nose remained deeply embedded in the…

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A Plague-stricken Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

The German steamer Undine, homeward bound from Chili, is suspected by the Antwerp authorities to be plague stricken, and in consequence has been…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. a Steamer Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 5

The steamer Wollumbin is ashore at Bellinger Heads, where she was beached to prevent her foundering at sea. The vessel, which belongs to the…

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Wreck at Warrnambool. Seven Lives Lost. Warrnambool

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 3

The La Bella, a brigantine, hailing from Kaipara, New Zealand, having on board a carge of 350,000 feet of pine timber, consigned to a Warrnambool…

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Wreck at Warrnambool MELBOURNE

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

The latest news in connection with the [?] wreck of the La Bella at Warrah[?] is that although mounted [?]are diligently…

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Another Wreck

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

News, front Warrnambool (Vic.) states that the week off the breakwater there proved to be the barquentine La Bella, from New Zealand…

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INTERCOLONIAL. Sensational Wreck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 28

A painful gloom has been cast over Warrnambool by the disastrous wreck of the schooner La Bella, and the loss of more than half of her crew. The circumstances…

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Gas Explosion in an Hotel. the Building Wrecked. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 2

A gas explosion attended by [?] occurred at the Waverley Hotel,Exhibition-street,Curlton , of which Mrs [?] M'Cralth is the [?]…

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Terrible Shipwreck. Ninety Three Persons Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 2

The sailing vessel Hilda, commanded by Captain Gregory, and [?] by a crow of 18 sailors shipped at South-hampton, has been lost, She carried…

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Wreck of the Hilda. a Long Death Roll

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 2

The bodies of the passengers and crow of the ill-fated steamer [?] which was wrecked at Cosambro off the coast of Brittany on Sunday…

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The Wreck of the Hilda

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 2

Amongst the bodies washed ashore from the ill-fated steamer. Hilda, which was wrecked off St. Malo, on the coast of Brittany, on Sunday,…

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The Wrecked Torpedo Boat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 2

King Edward has telegraphed to the German Kaiser condoling with him upon the loss of life in connection with the wrecking of the torpedo boat…

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Disaster at Sea. Channel Steamer Sunk. 123 People Perish London November 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 26

Off the coast of Britany, near the small island or Cezariibre, north-west of St. Maro a terrible wreck occurred on Sunday night. The vessel lost was the, steamer Hilda…

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The Channel Wreck. Total Fatalities, 129. London, November 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 37

Several dead bodies have already been recovered from the tragic wreck of the Channel steamer Hilda, which was lost in a gale on Sunday off the coast of Brittany…

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Disaster at Sea. Japanese Steamer Sunk. London. November 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 4

A collision has occurred between two Japanese steamers near Shimonoseki, Japan. The steamers were the Kuta Maru and the Fukuna Maru. Tho Kuta Maru…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Cause of Mrs. E. COLE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 5

A narrative well worth reading is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Cole. of No. 78 Carlton Crescent. Summer Hill, in the company of a…

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Fire on Al Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 2

A fire broke out on the cargo steamer lager, lying alongside the South Wharf at an early hour this morning. The outbreak was extinguished, but…

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