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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Wreck of the Berlin Finding of the Inquiry. Due To-the Captain's Error. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 3

The British Board of Trade has held an inquiry into the wreck of the passenger steamer Berlin, belonging to one of the English railway…

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River Tragedy. Steamer Strikes Ice-floe. 65 Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 6

A shocking disaster is reported from Russia. It was due to the wreck under remarkable circumstances of a river Steamer, by which 65 people lost their lives…

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Wreck of the Suevic. Finding of the Inquiry. Capt. Jones' Certificate Susplended. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 2

The inquiry into the stranding of the White Star liner Suevic on the Manacles Bed, off The Lizards, some weeks back has been concluded. The…

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The Suevio Wreck. Letter Prom a Sydney Passenger

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 46

Writing to Mr. H. F. Wilson, of the Sydney Harbor Trust, Mr. W. J. Goodman, who was a passenger from Sydney by the White Star liner Suevic, gives a thrilling account of his own…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Stranded Steamer Sold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

The stranded, steamer Easby, which now lies in the harbor of Gabo Island, was to-day sold by auction in Melbourne for £170. The cargo of the…

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Cablegrams. Wreck of a French Steamer Passengers Panic Stricken. Spanish Emigrants for the Argentine. Nearly All Saved. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

The French steamship Poitlof be the from Marseilles for Buenos Ayres, has been wrecked [?] Cape Santa Ma[?] on one of the lonian Islands, during…

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A Boat Washed Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 3

The Ports and Harbors Department this afternoon received a telegram from Mornington, stating that a lad named Lobb had found a flat-bottomed boat Washed…

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Steamer Burnt in Mid-ocean

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 2

The steamer "Thorahill, bound from New York to Brazil, caught fire and foundered in mid-ocean. The crew, which numbered 29. took to four of…

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Jack Ashore

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 5

Two sailors were sitting in the gallery of an old country church, paying great intention to the service. During the sermon one of them heard a distinct sound of snoring…

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The Berlin Wreck. a Deed of Heroism

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 7

The saving of the last three survivors of the wreck of the Berlin by a Dutch merchant. Captain Martin Sperling, helped by his two nephews, in a…

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An Old-time Wreck. Story of the Dunbar

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 23

Interesting relies of the most appalling shipping disaster in the history of Australia, in the shape of the anchors of the immigrant ship Dunbar, were found on…

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Story of the Wreck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 23

It was on August 20, 1857, that the Dunbar met her fate on the rocks at South Head, and out of a crew of 59 and 66 passenvers, only one man escaped…

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Disastrous Shipwreck. Emigrant Vessel Lost. London, May 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 43

A disastrous shipwreck, attended, by considerable loss of life, has occurred off the coast of Uraguay, South America. The French steamer Poiton, a three-decked iron…

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A French Cruiser Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 May 1907 · page 2

Shanghai advices state that the French cruiser, "Chanzy" has gone ashore and lies in a very dangerous position at the Saddle Islands in…

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Wreck of the See[?]^ Salving the Wool

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

It is reported that hundreds of peasants on the Cornish coast are clearing the rocks of the wool which has been washed ashore in large quantit[?]…

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DIVEr Locates a WRECk

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 5

About five years ago the coastal man[?] Thomas Andrea, laden with nearly 100 tons of copper are suddenly [?]ouderad at night six miles off the…

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Sale of a Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

The steamer Unity, which was recently wrecked on Stockton Beach was offered at auction to-day and was sold for £90…

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Wreck of the Suevlo. Flotsam and Jetsam. London, May 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 42

Remarkable scenes are being witnessed along the coast of Cornwall, in the vicinity of the spot when; the steamer Suevic, from Australia, was wrecked. The wool, which…

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Ships Wrecked by Monkeys and Potatoes

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 2

Exhaustive experiments have now proved-what has all along been suspected-that wool will, under certain conditions, ignite spontaneously, and…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Master of a Ferry Steamer Censured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 3

The case of Captain LLoyd, master of the ferry steamer Lilac, who was adjudged guilty of negligence in the collision between the Lilac and Sunbow on April…

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