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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Robbery on a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 3

An extensive robbery has been committed from the Land steamer Geolong, which has recently arrived in Sydney from South Africa. The…

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China and Japan. the Yelow Devils Fall Out. China Seizes a Steamer, for Landing Arms at Maoao London, Monday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

Early in February a Japanese sleamer was caught landing arms at Mnone, a Porluguose sei[?]ement on the south const of China, for the use of the Chinese rebels…

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Mishap to the Manly Steamer Brighton. Finding of the Marine Court. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 5

The huding of the Marine Could inquiry into the [?] to the Manly terry steamer Brichton some Weeks back, was delivered to-day…

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Japan and China. Seizure of a Japanese Steamer. Great Excitement in Japan. China Apologises. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

On Thursday, Japan reiterated her demand made on China for the immediate release of the Japanese steamer Tutsn Maru…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Scow and Steamer in Collision. the Scow Founders

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 3

The steamer Wairama, bound for Newcastle, collided with the scow Moonah, inward bound with a cargo of coal, at Auckland. N.Z., last night…

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General Cable News London, Monday. Wreok of a Mail Steamer. Off the Coast of Natal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

News of a serious shipping disaster has been received from Durban. The Union Castle There, Newark Castle, has gone ashore on the Natal [?] some miles north…

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Excursion Steamer on Fire. a Terrible Disaster Recalled London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 5

Through the agency of wireless telegraphy a repotilion of the terrible "General Slocum" disaster of June, 1991, has been narrowly averted at…

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Cablegrams. a Steamer Founders.. in the Red Sea. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 2

The steamer [?] bound from Sydney to Healing which [?]ing through the had [?] struck upon a turk. The rested who [?] injured, and fo[?]red…

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The Wrecked Coal Court. Colliery Employes Federation. Committee Threatens to Resign. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

The committee of management of the Colliery Employes Education held a meeting at Newcastle yesterday which was p[?]ed [?] by Mr. Bo[?]ing…

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A Terrific Explosion. Villages Wrecked in Chill London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 2

A terrific explosion is reported to have occurred at Butuco, in Chill, where a military powder magazine was situated. By some mischance the magazine blow…

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Fire on a Japanese Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 3

Yesterday morning a fire broke out on board the Japanese steamer Komura. It was caused by the yaper of some volatile spirit coming into…

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A Vessel Wrecked. All Hands Saved

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 2

The Saint Mary's Bay, 1115 tons, owned by Messrs. Hatsfield, Cameron and Co., Glasgow, which left Newcastle for Chill on Feburary 11 last, has been wrecked off…

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A Midnight Wreck, the South Coast Steamer Bega Founders. Passengers and Crew Saved,one Man Dies From Exposure. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

The steamer Bega, owned by the Hawarra Steamship Company, while making the voyage from Tathra to Sydney, capsized and foundered last night…

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Wreck of a Coastal Steamer The S.S. Bega Lost. The Passengers and Crew Saved. An Inexplicable Disaster. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

The steamer Bega, bound from Tathra to Sydney, capsized at 10 o'clock on Sunday night. The passengers an crew have been…

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British Steamer Fired on in Asiatic Turkey. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

A body of insurgent Arabs from the banks of the Tigris, in Asiatic Turkey, subjected the British steamer Blossel[?], which was proceeding down the river to…

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Wreck of the Bega. Bravery of WOMEn and Children. in a Leaky Boat for Twelve Hours. Sydney

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

The steamer peterborough, which was bringing some of the rescued passengers of the wrecked steamer Bega on to Sydney from Bega, landed…

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A Stranded Steamer. Re-insurances at Eighty Guineas Per Cent. London

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

The fine steamer Star of japan, which trades to Australia, is reported to have been badly stranded on a reef in St. Cyprian's Bay, in the Cape Verde…

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Wreck of the Bega. Sensational Rumors. Preliminary Inquiry Opened. Sydney

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

Captain Bishop and the Other members of the clew of the wrocked steamer Bega arrived in Sydney to day from Bega by the tenner [?] No[?]…

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Wreck of the Star of Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 3

A cablegram was received here to-day announcing that steamer Star of japan had been wrocked off the Cape Verde Islands, on the west coast of Africa. The…

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A Shipping Mishap on New South Wales Coast, Two Vessels Ashore. Ballina (N.s.w.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

A series of shipping mishaps is reported from Ballina, a port on the New South Wales coast, about 65 miles north-cast of Grafton…

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