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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

274 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 14

A Steamer Missing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 2

The steamer Limantour has been reported missing. It is believed that she foundered in a big hurricane which has recently been experienced off the [?]…

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Why India Wrecks White Men's Lives

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 4

The Indian rice is cooked in hundreds of ways, and other vegetables are prepared, simply or combined in a multitude of appetite-coaxing…

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INDIGESTION & Kidney Trouble Became a Wreck and often. Wished for Death. Compete Health Restored by Bile Beans

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 6

Mrs. M. Scanlon, of I Avon Place, off Haines St., North Melbourne, says:—"Four years ago I was a great victim of indigestion, which laid me up for days and…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 October 1910 · page 2

It is feared that the steamer Barlouse has been wrecked off the coast of Sweden…

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Steamer Sinks: Her Crew Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 October 1910 · page 2

The steamer Peveril has collided with and sunk the steamer Ville de Rochefort. The crew of the latter vessel numbered 26 and of these 25 were drowned…

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Wreck of a Pearling Ketch. Thursday Island

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 4

Word has been received here that Burns, Philp and Co's pearling ketch.Osiris had become a total wreck off Cocoanut Island. The crew was landed safely and all the…

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Norwegian Steamer Wrecked Eleven Castaways Picked Up. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 2

The steamer Germania arrived fron Hong Kong this afternoon. The caption reported that the day after the vessel left Hong Kong he picked up 11 men. comprising the…

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Crippled Steamer Repaired

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 5

The Atlantic Transport Company's liner Minnehaha, 13,400 tons gross, which struck one of the outlying rocks of the Scilly Islands while on a voyage from New York…

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A British Steamer Wrecked Twelve Lives Lost. London, Tuesdey

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 2

The past week has been very prolific in the matter of shipping catastrophes, and news of still another disaster has been received…

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A German Steamer Founders Sixteen Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 2

The Hamburg steamer Staleria has foundered off Reval, one of the chief Baltic seaports. Sixteen of the crew were drowned…

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Cablegrams. End of the "America" an Aerial Wreck. Crew and Cat Saved. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 2

The great project of Mr. Walter Well-man of journeying from Atlantic City to London in his dirigible balloon, the "America, has ended in disaster, fortunately…

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Steamer Loses Rudder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 33

The steamer Australind, which arrived in Fremantle from London on Thursday afternoon, had a somewhat sensational voyage. On August 19 when 1750 miles from…

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Wreck of a Steamer. London, October 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 28

The steamer Portmarnock, 3080 tons, owned by Messrs. J. Weatherill and Sons, of Dublin, has been wrecked on Cape Frio, near Rio do Janeiro…

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Mosquito-proof Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 6

A mosquito-proof steamer named the Thomas Holt left the Mersey on Thursday for Wesr Africa. The vessel is proof against the mosquito,…

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Largest Steamer Afloat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 5

The mammoth White Star liner Olympic, which with her sistership the Titanic, will in point of size eclipse everything afloat, has been successfully launched at Belfast…

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Another Shipwreck. Rio De Janeiro

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 October 1910 · page 2

The steamer Walley has been wrecked off the coast of Para. Some of those on board were saved, but 50 are still missing…

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Steamer Wrecked.—19 Sailors Drowned. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 2

The steamer Regulus engaged in the coastal trade between New York and Newfoundland, broke her shaft in the Bay of Bulls. The vessel was taken in tow but…

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Disasters of the Sea Portuguese Liner Wrecked. Capetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 2

Another disaster has occurred on the dangerous coast of South Africa. The Portuguese liner Lisbon has been wrecked on Paternoster Point, a cape on…

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Wreck of the Lisboa Brave Wireless Operator. Capetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 2

The latest news from Paternoster Point, on the west coast of Cape Colony, where the new Portuguese liner Lisboa, 7700 tons, has been wrecked, is that seven lives were…

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Aviation Hunt for Wrecked "America" Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 2

The wrecked balloon America, in which Mr. Wellman made an attempt to cross the Atlantic, has not yet been located. Searchers left Toronto on behalf of the St . Louis…

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