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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

187 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 10

Remarkable Fight Whales Driven Ashore

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 43

Opportunity was presented at Eden on Monday of observing the methods adopted by "killers" in dealing with ther prey. Between 6'. and. 7 o'clock on Monday morning about a…

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Cablegrams. Collisions at Sea. a Turkish Catastrophe. Laden Ferry Steamer Sinks. in Persons Drowned. London

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

A lengthed calamity occurred yesterday just outside the harbor of Smyran, the capital of Turkey-in-Asia. A large Turkish steamer collided with…

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Barque Wrecked. Disaster on Tasmanian Coast. Only Foue Survivors. Hobart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 31

An appalling shipping disaster occurred on Saturday morning, when the barque Loch Finlas struck a reef off Foster Island, near Cape Portland, on the north-east coast of…

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Wreck of the Loch Finlas

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 3

A second body has been washed ashore from the wreck of the Loch Finlas, which foundered off Cape Portland, on the north-east coast of Tasmania, on…

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The Wreck of the Loch Finlas. Survivor's Graphic Story

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 4

The four survivors who were honsed at the residence of George Groves, near Gladstone, last Sunday night, were seen on Monday morning. With the…

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Wreck of the Loch Finals Was the Captin Sober. Launceston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

At the inquest on the two bodies washed up from the Loch Finals wreck, which was held at Gladstone last night, Carlson, one of the rescued men, identified the…

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The Wreck of the Gladiator. Towed Into Portsmouth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 3

H.M.S. Gladiator, which sank off the late of Wight after colliding with the American liner St. Paul, has been safety lowed into Portsmouth…

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Ferry Steamer Sunk. 140 DROWNED. London. October 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 43

Terrible loss of life has occurred through a steamer collision outside Smyrna, in Asia Minor. A Turkish steamer ran into a ferry steamer, which sank, 140 of her…

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Saved From a Wreck. Captain the Sole Survivor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 41

A thrilling tale of the sea has been narrated by Captain Ybert, of the French schooner Juanita, who was rescued from a mass of floating wreckage in midocean, half dead…

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Stealing From a Cabin. on the Steamer Noorerar. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 5

Two men named John Buras and Frank Miller were charged at the Quarter Sessions to-day with stealing a watch, chalm, pendant and a sum of…

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Wreck of the Fireshire. on a Submerged Reef. Near the Gilbert Islands. Crew Brought on to Sydney. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 5

News has been received that the iron [?], 13[?] tons, which left Newcastle on August 2 with a cargo of coal, bound for Portland, Oregon…

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Ship Ashore

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 2

The ship Walden Abbey, bound from Australia to Hamburg, is ashore in a dangerous position on the coast of Essex…

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Crossing the Manning Bar a Steamer Broken Up. Two Persons Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 5

The following message was received by the New sOUTH Wales Navigation Department to-day:— "Taroo. Friday,—The captain and one Scaiaan of the steamer Kineumer, which was wreeked whlle attempting to cross the at the Manning river last night, were drowned drowned, Five…

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Venezuela and Trinidad Trading Schooner Seized. Passengers and Crew Imprisoned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2

The trading schooner Lady Kensington bound for Trinidad, while becalmed off the coast of Vo[?], was seized by officers of the Republic, and the passengers and…

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The Missing Loch Lomond. Barque Probably Wrecked. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2

A [?] marked "Looh Lomand" has been placed up on the beach at Ho[?]angar, This circumstance, taken in conjunction with the finding of…

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British Castaways. Three Weeks on a Wrecked Steamer. Crew in Constant Fear of Attack by Natives

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 3

A thrilling story of the sea—of three weeks spent on a wrecked steamer, and of constant hanger from a tribe of savages—has been…

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The Wreck of the [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 3

The wreck of the steamer Kineumba, was sold by auction to-day for £30. The lifebont of the veasel which was practically [?] brought £30…

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Castro the Dictator. British Schooner Seized. London, October 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 42

President Castro, of Venezuela, who has already incurred the displeasure of the United States, Holland, and other powers by his extraordinary disregard of international…

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A Steamer Founders. Twenty Persons Missing. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 2

The Great Eastern Railway Company's cargo steamer Yarmouth, bound from Holland to Harwich, foundered in the heavy seas which prevailed yesterday…

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Australian Steamer Ashore Quebi[?] to Melbourne, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 November 1908 · page 3

The stonmer Annesley, bound from Dalhousie, the part of entry to Quesbee, Canada, to Melbourne, is ashore at Bonaventure, on the southern shores…

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