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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

113 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 6

Shipping Disaster in America a Passenger Steamer Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 3

A shipping disaster has occurred on Puget Sound, Washington, U.S.A. The passenger steamer Dix collided with another boat and sank almost…

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Wreck on Kangaroo Island

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 3

Early on Sunday morning the French barque Monte Bello was totally wrecked off the coast of Kangaroo Island, to the south of South…

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Newfoundland Fisheries Dispute. Captain of a Fishing Schooner Fined. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 2

The difference between the Imperial Government and the State of Newfoundland, arising from the agreement between Great Britain and the United…

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Vessel Refloated After a Year. the Steamer Bavarian

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 2

The mail steamer Bavarian, which was, stranded near Quebec in 1905 has been refloated. The underwriters are paying the…

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Adventures OF Captain Doyle (Copyright.) the Desperate Venture of the Schooner Mary Lane

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 4

“We pay your-passage over to New York by the Majestic’s, next sailing,” said the [?]ble gentleman behind the counter, “and that is all we can say…

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War Pinnace Cut in Two. Sailor Killed by Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 7

A fatal accident occurred during the visit of the Medway Reserve Fleet to Margate on 12th September. The pleasure steamer Conqueror,…

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Shipwrecked Crew. Extraordinary Adventures

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 6

The Board of Trade have issued the finding of the Court of inquiry which investigated the circumstances attending the stranding and the total…

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Launch of a Steamer for the New Zealand Trade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5

The new sp[?] Ar[?] built to the [?] of the Shaw Savill & Albion Company was laun[?] Wailsend on Tyne [?]day…

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A Steamer Breaks Down

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 3

A message was received to-day that the steamer "Age" had broken down off Jervis Bay and become disabled…

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German Steamer Ashore. Captain Blows His Brains Out London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 2

The Hamburg-American liner Prinzessin Victoria Luise, while making a tourist cruise among the West Indian Islands, stranded while attempting to…

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Wreck on the English Coast

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 2

A large steamer, believed to be the Healthpool, bound from Hull to Bucnos Ayres with a cargo of coal, foundered in a severe storm off the…

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Cablegrams. General Cables. Plague on a Steamer. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 December 1906 · page 3

The steamer Berlin from Adelaide had an outbreak of plague during the vovage and two cases were landed at Suez…

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Storm in Great Britain. Wreck of Several Ships. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 2

A terrible snowstorm has swept over Great Britain, the drift being from 7ft. to 8ft. deep in several counties…

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