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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday, Motor Boat Wreckage Found

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 5

Whilst camping at Broken Bay during the Easter holidays. Air B. Miltin, acting secretary of the Royal Exchange found several parts of what appeared to be the…

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Sensational Wreck. Steamer on Goodwin Sands. London, April 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 42

The streamer Mahratta, 5700 tons, owned by Messrs. T. and J. Brocklebank, and bound from Calcutta to London, went aground on the Goodwin Sands yesterday, and became a…

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Wreck of the Dawn. Thrilling Experiences. Launceston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 5

The passengers and crew of the ketch Dawn, which was wrecked near Low Head on Monday morning, while returning from the islands in Base…

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Remains of an Old Wreck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 32

Mr. W. Beckett, the well-known diver, returned to Melbourne says the "Age"), from the scene of the wreck of the Falls of Hallldale, near Peterborough. He…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 3

A fire has occurred aboard the s.s. Pan and 8850 tons, belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company. The outbreak occurred while the vessel was in port in…

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Body Washed Ashore Manacled Man Dressed As a Woman London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 3

On Saturday a dead body was washed ashore in the vicinity of penzance, Cornwall, Remarkable features are that the body, though dressed in the ball [?]…

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Penzance Mastery. Manacled Body Washed Ashore. London, May 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 43

A remarkable discovery, which suggested a mysterious murder of a most sensational character, was made on Sunday afternoon at Penzance, in Cornwall. A body…

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Lake Steamer Founders. Twenty One Live Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 3

A [?] accompanied by serious [?] of life, has occurred on Laka [?]. The aleamer [?] off Whitellah…

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Jammed in the Joe Thrilling Experience on a Steamer. Peril of 500 Passengers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 May 1909 · page 2

The Allan Beer Mongoltan, of 4800 tones, engaged in the passenger trade between Great Britain and Canada has come safely through a series of thrilling experioners…

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Baby in a Wreck. Father's Frantic Appeal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 8

A pathetic story of a shipwreck—of which one of the victims was the baby son of the captain—was told at Lowestoft, where nine members of the crew…

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Steamer Founders; All Hands Saved

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 May 1909 · page 3

The steamer Narara sprung a leak while on her usual trip from Sydney to Havebury River yesterday morning and foundered off Newpott about a mile and a half…

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Mystery of the Sea. Missing. Wreck Discovered. London, May 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 42

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the British sloop Condor in December, 1901, has at last been solved. The vessel was known to have been in the…

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Cunard Steamer Ashore Passengers All Safe. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 2

The Cunard Steamship Company's liner Stavonia, bound from New York for Mediterranean ports, ran ashore at Flores, an island in the Azores, an archipelage in the…

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Wreck of the Slavonia the Vessel Full of Water. Value of Wireless Telegraphy. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

The Cunard liner Slavonia, 10,000 tons, [?] the islands of the Azores, is now full of water. The steamer was on a voyage…

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Two Barques Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

The Marine Underwrites. According to day received a cable message to the effect that the Norddentcher Lloyd cadet training form masted barque Herogin…

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Submarine Wrecked. Twenty Sailors Drowned. London, June 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 42

Reuter's correspondent, reports that a serious disaster occurred in the Black Sea during the progress of Russian naval manoeuvres…

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Hurricane in Sydney. Eighty Miles an Hour. Houses Unroofed and Gardens Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 23

Winter manifested itself in Sydney on Sunday in a most aggressive fashion, for throughout the day a violent gale raged from the north-west, carrying with it…

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A Steamer to Be Blows Up

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 5

An interesting shipping case was concluded to-day, in which the Department of [?] against the North Coast Shipping Company for an order…

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British Steamer Fired On. Four Men Wounded. Russians Take No Chances

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

The very strict precautions which have been taken to guard the parton of the Czar during his cru[?] in the Baltic led to a most unfortunate incident on…

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Russian "Nerves." Guarding the Czar. British Steamer Fired On. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 4

The strict precautions which have been adopted to guard the Czar during his cruise on board the Imperial yacht Standart have led to another…

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