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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Steamer Clavering. Wrecked in the Tees. London, February 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 42

The steel screw steamer Clavering 3328 tons, belonging to the Clavering Steamship Company, has been wrecked. She was proceeding from Middlesborough near the…

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Steamer Ablaze Stirring Story of the Sea

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 3

A stirring story of the sea was told by members of the crow of the liner Haversham Grange, who arrived at Southampton from Capetown on the 19th…

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Shipwrecked Crew

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 5

The Government steamer Captain Cook reached Sydney to-day with 40 men, representing the crews of the barques Annasona, and Maelgwyn. The Annasona…

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A Fearful Wreck. Steamer Goes to the Bottom. with One Hundred and Fifty Souls. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 2

The steamer Larchmont, bound from Providence, Rhode Island, to New York (U.S.A.), collided with the collier Harry Knowlton off…

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A Fearful Wreck. How the Passengers Died. Frozen to Death and Encased in Ice. Men and Women Fight for the Poats. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

Heartrending particulars of the events following the collision of the steamer Larchmont and the schooner Harry Knowlton near Rhode Island…

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Fearful Explosion. Dynamits Factory Wrecked. Eighty Persons Killed. Over Two Hundred Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

English flies to 80th November give particulars in telegrams from Berlin correspondents of the terrible disaster at Witte[?], Westphalia, on the 28th…

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A Ship Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 3

A two-masted steamer went ashore near fort Albert this morning. The disaster is briefly reported in telegrams from the Port, which add that the…

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Tire on a Mail Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 5

Passengers on board the Orient, which reached Fremantle (W.A.) on Monday, had an exciting experience on Sunday. Shortly before noon it was found that…

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Horrors of Shipwreck. the Midnight Collision. Terrible Tales of Suffering. London, February 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 42

The further details published of the disaster to the steamer Larchmont, which sank off Rhode Island at midnight on Monday, invest the whole story with a peculiar…

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Cablegrams. a Fearful Wreck. 180 People Drowned. Loss of a Passenger Steamer at Holland. Only Two Persons Saved. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 2

Full details have been received of an appalling shipwreck at Rotterdam, in Holland, early on Wednesday morning…

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Two More Shipwrecks Large Steamer Founders. All Hands Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 2

Several more shipwrecks, due to the fierce gales and storms which have been raging round the European coast, have been reported…

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The Bodies Coming Ashore. Story of a Faithful Steward

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 2

Dozens of bodies are now being washed ashore, and are identified as rapidly as possible. A pathetic incident is disclosed by…

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Norwegian Ship Wrecked. Sailors Washed Off and Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 2

A Norwegian sailing vessel, the name of which also has not transpired, has been wrecked off the west coast of Jutland in Denmark…

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Wreck of the Berlin. Harrowing Scenes. Fifteen People Saved. By a Chain of Men. High Seas Running. Passengers Swept Off in Batches. the Message on the Plank. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 2

Additional details have been received concerning the wreck of the passenger steamer Berlin at Rotterdam, by which it was reported 180 lives were…

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Cablegrams. Another Shipwreck. Off the Island of Crete. Australian Lloyd Steamer Imperatrin. Rescue Work in Progress. by a British Warship. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 2

The loss of another vessel has to be added to the tale of shipwreck after shipwreck which has thrilled the world during the past few days…

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A Steamer Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 3

A telegraphic message received from Strahan, Tasmania, to-day stated that the cargo steamer Karitane, which entered the Heads from Newcastle at…

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Cablegrams. the Shipwrecks. Loss of the Berlin. Bravery of a Dutch Hero. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 2

A Dutch captain named Sperling has been universally acclaimed as the hero of the Berlin disaster at Rotterdam. Captain Sperling swam 60 feet in the…

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Wreck of the Imperatrix. Forty of the Crew Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 2

Forty of the crew, of the Lloyd-Austrian liner Imperatrix were drowned in the wreck of the vessel, which recently occurred in a heavy gale on…

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Steamer Lost. War-ships to the Rescue

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 28

The heavy gales which have been raging for some days in European waters, with consequent serious loss of shipping, have been responsible for the wreck of another…

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Cable News. Great Shipwreck. Appalling Loss of Life. Vessel Lost at a Pier, London. February 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 42

A shocking catastrophe has occurred on the Great Eastern Railway Company's service, between Harwich, on the Essex coast, and Rotterdam…

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