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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

187 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 10

Wreck of the Bega Inquiry Adjourned for a Month. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

The Inquiry into the wreek of the steamer Bega off the South Count a few weeks back was continued by the Marine, Court to-day. Further…

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Steamer Boveric Damaged. London, May 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 43

to the Bank Company, of Glasgow, and bound from Astoria, Oregon, to Sydney, has put into San Francisco in a damaged condition. The Boveric, after leaving the…

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Vanity Which Wrecked an Empire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 6

By the Peace of Tilsit, that remarkable compact made between Napoleon and the Tsar in a, tent on a raft moored in midstream of the River Memel, Bonaparte became the master of…

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Wreck of a French Vessel. Twenty-two of the Crew Saved Brought to Christchurch by the Pegasus. Christchurch

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 2

The third-class cruiser Pegnens, on the Australian station, arrived here the evening. The worship had on board 23 of the…

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The Missing Steamer Orion Wrecked on Barren Island. No Lives Save. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

The Premier of Tasuna has received a message to the effect that the ketch Helen Manda, tending in the [?]Islands has pluked up a quantity of wreckage at Long…

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Missing Steamer Orion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 6

A sailor on board the Wareatea, who was formerly on the Orion, has identified the ladder found in the straits, 26 miles from T[?] Heads,…

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The Steamer Orion Evidence of Diaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 21

The discovery of wreckage, which once formed, portion of the steamer Orion, has confirmed the fears which have been entertained for some days past that the vessel…

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A Steamer on Fire. the Blaze on the Ionic. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 2

The fire on the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's steamer lonie, 12,234 tons, lying at the Wellington wharf, is proving more difficult to overcome than was at first…

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"Food Sheds" on Remote Islands For Shipwrecked Mariners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 44

The recent recent of fifteen castaways from the wrecked barquentine Dundonald illustrates anew the value of the relief depots maintained in the far Southern seas…

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Aeroplane Wrecked. Occupants Escape. London, May 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 42

The Wright Brothers, who a week or two since were announced to have made. a successful flight with their flying-machine in North Carolina, have had an unfortunate…

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Wreck of the President Peter Faure. Sixty Days on an Island. Living on sea Birds

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 1

In regard to the wreck of the French barque President Felix Faure, bound from Now Caledonia to Havre, on Antipodes Island, in the Pacific Ocean, the…

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Wreck of a Schooner. on the Rocks at Port Stephens. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 2

The Marine Underwriters Association received a message this afternoon from Port Stephams, on the North Coast, announcing the total wreck of the…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Near the Hen and Chickens

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 3

A cable message received from Auckland to-day announces that the Northern Steamship Company's steamer, Muritai, 1230 tons, had been wrecked…

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Alleged Murder on a Steamer

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

At the Central Criminal Court the hearing of the charge against. Alfred Bear, of murdering Charles Richards on April 10 was commanded this…

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Delights of Perry Steamer Tray Elling

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 3

The Sydney Ferrice Ltd, steamer Kangaroo, collided with the Watson's Bay steamer King Edward at Circular Quay to-day. The latter vessel was…

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Wreck of a Kutch

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 3

Mr. Blanford, manager of the Central Telegraph Office, has been advised that the kotch Hazard was wrecked in Smith's boat bachor, near Whale…

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Squatters' Enterprise. Flocks Transferred by Steamer

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

Some little time ago Mr. W. H. Williamson, a Victorian squatter and breeder of pedigree shorthorn stock, purchased an estate of 10,000 acres…

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Storm at Fremantle. a Small Steamer Stranded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 3

After a week of fine weather at Fremantle, W.A., rain squalls arrived on Saturday afternoon, and have been succeeded by a storm which has done…

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Cannibals on the Congo. Fourth Shipwrecked Europeans. Killed, Cooked, and Eaten,. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

The Bolgian steamer Kille do Bringer lan been wrecked on the Cengo coast East Africa) with great long of life. Seventy natives were drowned, and…

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Cablegrams. Storm Near Japan. Fifty Fishing Boats Wrecked. 350 Sailor Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 2

A terrible storm has occurred of the coast in Japan. The seas [?] to a great height, wrecking 50 fishing boats off Kogashima…

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