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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Polar Exploration Steamer Wrecked at Iceland. Fifteen, Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 5

News has been received that Captain Larsen's polar steamer Fredjof, after accompanying Mr. W. Wellman's airship party from Spitsbergen northwards, was…

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Wreck of British Airship Nulli Secundus Destroyed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 5

An unfortunate accident has happened to the new British airship "Nulli Secundus. which accomplished such a remarkable trial trip over London a few days…

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New Steamer for Australian Trade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 3

Messrs. M'llwraith, M'Eachern's new steamer the "Kooyong" has been launched on the Clyde…

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Lake Steamer Wrecked Twenty-two Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 3

A shipping disaster has occurred on Lake Superior. Canada. The small steamer "Cypress" was totally wrecked during a stor, and twenty-two persons perished…

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Salvaging a Wreck. Enterprise That Will Not Pay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 3

Salvage valued at over £600 has been recovered from the wreck of the Tomki at Richmond Heads. However. as duty Whatmore, the purchaser of the wreck,…

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Steamer in a Gale Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 5

The steamer Monaro, of the Melbourne Steamship Co's. fleet returned to Hobson's Bay this morning for the purpose of landing two men who…

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Wreckers and Smugglers of the Cornish Coast

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 4

Rev. S. Baring Gould tells some interesting stories of the wreckers and smugglers of the Cornish coast. One incident he describes as follows :…

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Lake Steamer Wrecked. One Survivor on a Raft. London, October 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 42

The wreck of a steamer trading on the great lakes of North America, attended by heavy, loss of life, is reported. The disaster happened on Lake Superior, where…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Steamer Aground. Not in Dangerous Position

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 3

Pilot Bellinger telegraphed to-day that the North Coast Company's steamer Rosedale was ground on the north beach inside the bar, but the message states that…

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Wreck of a Swedish Barque Five Sailors Drowned—seven Missing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 6

News has been received that the Swedish barque Aliheld, 1223 tons, bound from Rio de Janeiro, to Hobart, was wrecked on the west coast…

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Short Story. Among the Wreckage

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 2

Business with Sir Augustine Harris took me some years ago behind the scenes of Drary Lane Theatre while the great battle scene in one of…

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Wreck on Scottish Coast 20 Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 3

A shipping disaster has occurred off the coast of Scotland. The Danish steamer "Alfreder Landsen." bound from Libau in the Baltic Sea was totally wrecked of…

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Ferry Steamer Burnt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

The well-known ferry steamer Queen was almost totally destroyed by fire at William town early this morning. The watchman had a very narrow escape from…

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Cablegrams. a Huge Steamer. Ocean Liner of Nearly 50,000 Tons. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

Some particulars have been published regarding the mammoth steamer ordered from Messrs. Harland and Wolff Limited, of Belfast by the Hamburg-American line…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Twenty Lives Lost. London, October 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 43

The wreck of a steamer, accompanied by loss of life, has occurred near [?] Abb's Head, on the north coast of Berwickshire. The wrecked vessel was the Danish steamer…

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Largest Steamer. Britain's Jealous Rival. London, October 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 43

An announcement was made a month ago that the Hamburg-America Company had decided to build a steamer considerably larger than the 32,500-ton Lusitania, of the…

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Wrecked Alfhild the Captain's Body

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 3

A telegram from. Hobart states that the search party, who went to seek for castaways from the wreck of the Alfhild returned to Hobart to-day,…

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Wreck and Loss of Life. Five Seamen Drowned. Hobart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 41

The steamer Koonookarra, which returned to-night after a visit to Maatsuyker Island with stores for the lighthouse, brings news of the wreck of the barque…

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Wreck of the Steamer Trilby Captain Found in Fault

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 3

The Marine Court to-day found that the wreck of the steamer Trilby at Port Macquarie on October 16 was dur to the master. Captain Frederick Gray attempting…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Fishing Schooner Sinks. a Calk Off Newfoudla. Eighteen Lives, Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 2

During a great gale, which raged along the coast of a disaster involving great loss of life has occurred. The schooner Orion engaged in the fishing…

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