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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Two Shipping Disasters. Oil Steamer Blows Up. an Exciting Shipwreck. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 3

The Anglo-American Oil Company's steamer "Housa[?]," carrying a cargo of petroleum, struck the Maiden Rocks off the North-East coast of Ireland…

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Surgery of the Suevic Sections of the Mail Steamer Re-united. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

The several sections of the mail steamer Suevic, which was so badly wrecked in the English Channel some months back that she had to be sawn into sections and towed…

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Damage to a Steamer. [?]. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

The steamer Koromiko, a new vessel owned by the Union Steamship Company, and trading between Sunderland and Australia, has been slightly damaged on her…

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Wreck at Fiji

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 3

A wire from Suva, the capital of Fiji, reports that the steamer Parna has become a total wreck off the island of Lau, No loss of life…

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Another Creep at Newcastle Widespread Damage. The Anglican Cathedral Practically Wrecked. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2

A serious creep took place at Newcastle last night. This morning the Anglican Cathedral is practically wrecked, and the falling material renders It dangerous to…

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A Steamer Founders. Thirty Persons Perish London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 2

A quantity of wreekage which has been washed ashore at Vanconver points to the foundering of the British steamer Hart[?]old, hound from Liverpool. The…

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Wreck of the Hartfield. All Hands Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Recent reports from Vancouver stated that wreckage indicating that the British ship Hartfield had foundered at sea, had been washed on the coast of…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. a Norwegian Steamer Ashore. Hopeless Situation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3

During a howling, southerly gale, accompanied by rain last night, the Norwegian steamer Thode Fagelund, from Adelaide to Sydney, went ashore…

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Wreck of the Liberal Party

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

The "Chronicle," commenting on the vote in favor of Socialism, says that organised labour may possibly weather the wreck of the Liberal party…

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Steamers Ashore at Cronulla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 5

An atempt was much this morning to re-float the steamer Shrule [?] which went ashore a few days back off Crenulla beach. The effort was [?]…

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Steamer Moruya Aground

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 5

The steamer Moruya went aground this morning at Crookhaven Heads, inside the bar. It is hoped that the vessel will floated off to-morrow…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 3

The steamer Windsor, 2892 tons, bound from Fromantle to Hongkong with a cargo of West Australian sandalwood, was totally wreeked off the Abrolhes Island,…

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Facing Death. Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 8

The fully-rigged French ship Leon has gone ashore three miles north-east of Quilty, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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Facing Death. Chew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2

The fully-rigged French ship Lech has gone ashore three miles notecases of Qulity, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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Accident to a Manly Steamer. a Thousand Persons on Board

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 3

The steamer Brighton, plying between Manly and Circular Quay, broke down off the heads at a quarter past nine last evening. The Brighton had over 1000…

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Wreck of the Windsor. on the Abroholos Reef

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 3

A telegram received from Geraldton last night states that the steamer Windsor, which, bound from Fremantle to Hongkong with a cargo of sandal wood, was…

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A Wild Man Caught. The Shipwrecked Sailor. Remarkable Mystery

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 4

Long before Peter the Wild Boy, there were stories of human beings who hod run wild, and Mr. Kipling, in one of his ingenious stories, introduces us…

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Wreck of the Emily Reed. Eleven Sailors Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5

The ship "Emily Reed," bound for Portland, Oregon, United States, from Newcastle, has been completely wrecked on the Pacific Coast, when nearing…

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United States Squadron on Its Cruise in the Pacific. Shadowed by a Japanese Steamer. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 3

Several prominent New York newspapers of the "yellow" order accuse the Japanese Government of despatching the steamer Kasatomaru to shadow the United…

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Repairing a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 3

The tender of Mort's Dock and Engineering Company has been accepted for effecting repairs to the Norwegian steamer Thode Fageland, which went…

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