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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Another Total Wreck. the Narooma at Cape Three Points. All Hands Saved. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

The vessel which was driven ashore near Cape Three points last night proves to be the Narooma, which left Sydney on Wednesday for Broken Bay…

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Breakdown of a Steamer the Tugs Have a Fruitless Search. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

No tidings have as yet been received of the large steamer which was reported last night to be in distress off Port Stephens…

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Shocking Shipping Disaster. the Steamer Penguin Wrecked. in Cook's Strait. Sixty-four Persons Drowned. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

News has just been received of the wreck off Cape Terawhiti, near Wellington of the steamer Penguin, belonging to the Union Steamship Coy. of New…

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Terrible Shipwreck. Passenger Steamer Strikes a Rock On the New Zealand Coast. Seventy-three Persons Missing

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

At 10 o'clock on Friday night the Union Steamship Co's. Penguin, of 824 tons, a well-known steamer, when bound from Nelson and Picton to Wellington, struck…

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The Wreck of the Penguin. 73 Persons Drowned. Forty-four Bodies Washed Up. Three Boats Overturned Close in to the Shore. Crim Fight for Life in the Surf. the Victims Terribly Mutilates. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

The bodies of the [?] times of the [?] of the [?] Penguin on Tom a Roch, on Cape Tera whiti, on the North Island of New…

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Another Vessel Wrecked

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

At 10 o'clock on Friday night there occurred off Cape Terawhiti, Cook's Strait, the narrow and dangerous passage which separates North from…

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

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

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

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Torrlble Shipping Disaster on New Zealand Coast. Passenger Steamer Wrecked. Auckland. Saturday Morning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 43

Great excitement and sorrow was created in the city early this morning when news arrived that the U.S. Company's steamer Penguin, 824 tons, had been…

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Collier Wrecked. All Hands Saved

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 43

Another shipping sensation was reported on Monday morning, but although it involves the probable total destruction of the well known collier Lady Mildred, fortunately to…

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Cablegrams. Steamer on Fire. Twenty Lives Lost. the Vessel Sinks. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

A shipping catatrophe, accompanied by serious [?] was occurred off the coast of South America. The [?] President been, employed…

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Fire on a Steamer. Forty Lives Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

The loss of the steamer Presidents Ross, off the east, coast of South America, was attended by more serious loan of life than was at first stated…

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Wreck of the Penguin. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

The martine court inquiry into the loss of the steamer Penguin off Cape Terawhitl in Cook Strait, was continued to-day…

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Steamer Wrecked Total Loss Feared. Auckland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 43

News of the wreck of the steamer Forest Hall, 2,052 tons, owned by Messrs. Roberts, Owen, and Co., of Liverpool, was brought to Parenga-renga on Sunday by…

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The Franco-canadian Steamer Service. Subsidy More Than Doubled. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

Owing to the decision of the France-Canadian Convention Canada is about to increase her subsidy for a direct line of steamships between the two countries from…

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Colonial Sugar Refining Cots New Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 March 1909 · page 2

The new si[?] Flena, which has been constructed for the Colonial Sugar [?] Company of Australia, has complated suceeded trials at Sunderland…

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A Rush for a Wreck. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 3

The syndicate which was formed to purchase the wreck of the steamer Aeon, which went ashore at Christmas Island a few months back, sent a…

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Steamer Wallsend Helpless. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 2

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association this morning despatched the steam [?] Leveret to the assistance of the steamer Wallsend. The…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. the Governor Sales in a Day. Anese Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 3

Admiral Sir Harry Ramon, the departing Governor of New South Wales, accompanied by Miss. Rawson and Mr. Wyall Rawson, have booked [?]…

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German Steamer Short of Coal in Mid[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 2

The German steamer Tibbrins 1110 tons which left Melbourne on February 9 for Tene[?] has put in at Durban for repairs to her machinery. On the trip [?]…

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Wreck of the Burrawano. Manning Entrance Blocked. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 March 1909 · page 2

The North Coast Company's steamer Burrawang, when crossing the entrance to the Manning river yesterday afternoon, struck the spit. Rebound…

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