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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Mail Boat Ashore. Passengers and Mail Rescued

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 3

The North German Lloyd mail boat Koningen Wilhelmina, while returning from New York to Bremen, was stranded outside Flushing harbour on the…

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Ashore on the Goodwin Sands a Red Star Liner. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 2

Early this morning the harbour master at Dover was informed that the Red Star liner Vanderland had gone ashore on the treacherous Goodwin…

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A New Mail Steamer

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

The new 11,000 ton steamer for the Royal Mail line, named the Lady Pirrie, has been launched at Belfast. It is reported that she is intended…

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Ashore on the Goodwin Sands German Crew Escape. Eight Men Row to Dover. London

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

The captain and seven members of the crow of one of the two German steamers which collided on the Goodwin Sands on Sunday morning have…

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Ashore on the Goodwin's. Two Steamers Collide. London, March 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 43

Three steamers were in serious difficulties on the Goodwin Sands this morning; and it is feared that one has been sunk. Early in the morning the harbourmaster…

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Shipping Disasters. Norwegian Steamer Sunk. London, March 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 43

The loss of a Norwegian steamer occurred yesterday, off Beachy Head through a collision with another steamer. Fortunately there was time to take off the crew…

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Wreck at Tonga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 33

The captain and crew of the Norwegian ship Montgomeryshire have arrived at Auckland, N.Z., by the steamer Navua, and report that the vessel, which was…

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A Shipwrecked Crew

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 3

Among the passengers by the steamer Warrimoo which arrived here from New-Zealand to-day, were 21 members of the crew of the French barque…

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General Cables. French Cruiser Wrecked London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

There is now no hope of refloating the French cruiser Jean Bart (1011 tuns) which was wrecked on the Barbary coast, in the north of Africa, on…

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Cablegrams. Wreck of the Dakota. Great Liner Breaking Up. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 3

The immense 20,000 ton liner Dakota, belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, which ran ashore, some days ago at the entrance to…

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Shipwrecked Mariners. Arrival of the Catherine's Crew

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 43

The balance of the crew, with the owner (Mr. H. J. Bull) of the Norwegian motor schooner Catherine, which was wrecked on Possession Island, one of the Crozets…

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Castaways. A Shipwrecked Crew

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 3

Six more members of tho schooner Cathrine, which was wrecked on the Crozet Islands on December 4 of last year, reached Melbourne in the…

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Suevic Strikes a Rock Off the Lizard Lighthouse. Four Hundred Australian Passengers. Safely Conveyed Ashore. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The White Star liner Suevic, which left Sydney and Melbourne about six weeks ago with a large number of passengers for London, after an…

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When Jack's Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 4

"There's a dale more done in the field than iver gets into Field Ordhers," said Private Mulvaney, of famous memory, and this remark…

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Position of the Steamer. Possibility of Refloating Her

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

Last night the Suevic was lying comfortably on the rocks, though she was leaking badly. The weather was fair and the sea moderate…

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Two Shipwrecks. Suevic Strikes a Rock. on the Terrible Brandles. How the Disaster Occurred. During a Dense Fog. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

Details have now been received as to how the White Star liner Suevic, 12,500 tons, bound from Sydney to London, with a large number of…

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Wreck of the Jebba. at Salcombe Haven. Passengers Saved by the Rocket Apparatus. Hauled Up the Cliffs

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

The steamer Jebba, homeward bound from Lagos, on the west coast of Africa, is also reported to be ashore at Salcombe Haven, on the south coast…

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Vessel Cannot Be Floated Off. Suevic Must Become a Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 2

Latest information from the scene of the wreck announces that there is very slender hope of floating the Suevic off, and though no further damage…

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The Wreck of the Suevic. Hope Being Fast Abandoned Twenty-three Feet of Water in Her Hold. Miraculous Escape of the Passengers. Heroism of the Women and Children. Story of the German Quarter Master. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 2

It appears that the White Star liner Suevic, in going ashore on the Brandies Rock, struck the only place in the reef where she could possibly have…

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Steamer Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 4

The striking of the White Star liner Suevie, from Australia, on the Lizard has been quickly followed by news of another shipping disaster, in this case at Salcombe…

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