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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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The Wrecker

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 43

On the age of the Great Bahama, near the turn of the Caicos bank, the hull of the Stella Polare lay high on tho coral reef. She was a Spanish steamship, built…

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An Appalling Scene City of Reggio Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 21

Those who escaped from Reggio, the city across the straits, declare that it was not only wrecked by the shock, but that the lower part of the town was swallowed up…

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Steamer Founders

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

The steamer, Ngatiewa, bound for Opotici, from Auckland, struck a heavy squall and grounded while attempting to pass over Opotic bar. Captain Steen…

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The Steamer Paparoa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Paparon, which recently put in at St. Vincent, one of the Cape Verde Islands, with a fire on board, has been…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor. Steamer and Pinnace. Fifteen Sailors Drowned. Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

The steamer Dunmore collided with a naval Pinnace containing about 75 men, in the harbour, this morning. Fifteen sailors are missing, and are…

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Terrible Harbour Accident. a Steamer Collides With a Boat. Fifteen Men-of-Warsmen Lose Their Lives. Men Cut to Pieces by the Steamer's Propeller. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 1

A terrible accident took place in Sydney Harbour this morning, fifteen blue-jackets losing their lives as a result of a collision. A party of eighty…

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A Schooner in Distress. Captain and Mate Die at Sea. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2

A telegram received at Capo Hawlt yesterday states that the schooner Lurenia, from the Salesmen inlandu, bound for Sydney, had arrived flying…

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A New Steamer Ashore. the Karnall on Stockton Death. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

The Newcastle and Hunter river Company's now steamer Karnah ran ashore at Stookton Heath carly the morning, about a mile to the worth of the spot…

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The Karuah Ashore. Position More Favorable. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

The steamer Karuah is still ashore at Stockton, Beach, and efforts to refloat her have so far been resultless. Her position on the beach, however,…

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A Steamer Disabled. Harbart Towed to Albany. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 5

A message was received by Mr. William Blandford, Manager of Telegraphs, from Ali[?]to-day, reporting a shipping mishap. The steamer Clan Fergnson (1808…

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Negro Republic Aggressive German Trading Steamer Fired On. a Guardhip Sent to Liberia. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 2

Advices have been received from French West Africa to the effect that the Liberian customs guaboat Lark, which was commanded by an officer of the British Naval…

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Blizzards and Shipwrecks a Coat Steamer Founders. Seventeen Persons Perish. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

A very severe blizzard has swept across the United States. Fierce snowstorms have been experienced in Scotland…

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The Karuah Refloated. Steamer Quite Uninjured. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

The steamer Karuah, watch had been aground on Stockton Beach for the past few days, at a spot near where the ill-lated Mareeba was wrecked, was…

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Liberia and Germany. the German Steamer and the Lark. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

The correspondent of "The Times" at Berlin says that the owners of the W[?]mann line deny that the Liberian customs ganbo[?] Lark fired shots at one of…

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Wreckage of a Water Pipe. Broken Hill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 44

Contrary to expectations, the closing down of Block 10 was accomplished last night with but a single unpleasant incident-the wreckage of the water pipe…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Off Yorke's Peninsula. Forty-six Persons Drowned. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 3

The steamer Clan Ronald, which left Port Adelaide yesterday with a full cargo, sank off Tronbridge [?] yorke's Peninsula…

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Shipping Disaster Near Adelaide. The Steamer Clanrenald Wrecked. Forty-six Persons Drowned. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 3

The steamer Clanronald, which left Adelaide yesterday for England, sank off Troubridge Head last night. Forty-six persons were drowned…

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Wreck of the Clan Ranald What Caused the Disaster? All the Survivors Reticent. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 5

The came of the wreck of the steamer Clan Racakl off Troubridge Hill, Yorke's Peninsula, on Sunday, has not yet been ascertained…

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Fate of a Wrecking Party. Boat Blown Up While Blowing Up a Sunken Barge. Six Lives Lost London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

A sensational and curious experience fell to the lot of a wrecking party from Trinity House yesterday. A barge laden with goods had become…

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Terribly Sudden Disaster. Large Steamer Founders. Forty Drowned. Adelaide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 23

A terrible shipping calamity occurred in St. Vineent's Gulf during Sunday night. The steamer Clan Ranald, 3500 tons, wheat laden, and bound for South Africa, foundered off…

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