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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Overdue Steamer Arrives. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 6

The steamer Indradevi arrived safely this morning, having been delayed by minor accidents to her engines. She encountered a cyclone after passing the Tasmanian…

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The Japs at Last Mysterious Steamer in the North-west. Clandestinely Surveying the Coast. Fremantle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 2

A sensation has been caused in the north-west of the State by mysterious movements of a steamer in the vicinity of Cape Cloates…

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Not the Japs After All a Cattle Steamer in the North-west. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 3

Advices from Broome explain that the mysterious steamer manned by Japanese, which, was declared yesterday to be making clandestine surveys of the North-West…

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Express Wrecked. Carriages on Fire. Passengers Roasted Alive. Driver Makes Up Lost Time. London, June 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 42

Scenes of anguish and despair were witnessed on Saturday at the Villepreux station, near Versailles, whore a slow train standing in the station was run into by…

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Albury to Wentworth by Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

A Mildura item reads:--As the result of a slight rise in the rivr at Albury Messrs. Permewan, Wright & Co. promise to despatch the steamer Trafalgar on…

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Nearly a Holocaust River Steamer Burnt to the Water's Edge. with 1500 Passengers on Board. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

A Mississippi river boat, while carrying 1500 excursion passengers yesterday, was burnt down to the water's edge. The lives of practically all the passengers were saved…

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Wreck of the Lauderdale. Laden with Timber for Australia. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

The New Zealand Steamship Company's steamer Lauderdale, when entering the harbor at Greymouth last night, struck the North Tip. The steamer was so badly…

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Fire on Mississippi Steamer

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 2

A Mississippi boat caught fire and burned to the water's edge after being beached. Four people were killed and dozens of others burned. Some were…

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Cablegrams. General Gable News London, Wednesday. Wreck of Zeppelin Vii

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

The latest German military airship, Zeppelin VII., has been wrecked in Westphalia after an exciting cruise extending over ten hours against a strong wind. A body…

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Steamer Founders. Sole Survivor Washed Ashore. London, June 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 43

At Land's End, in Cornwall, yesterday the single survivor of a serious shipping disaster Mas washed ashore. He was a Spaniard…

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Steamer Lost with All Hands

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

The steamer Quilpue, belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, is considered to have been lost with all hands during a terrible gale off the…

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Steamer Ablaze. Mississippi River Tragedy. Sensational Incidents. London, June 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 43

A Mississippi River steamer, crowded with excursionists, was burned to the water's edge yesterday, and only the coolness of the captain and crew prevented…

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Removing a Deserter. Piraeus Steamer Incident. Insult to the Hohenzollerns. London, June 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 43

The Kaiser is said to be greatly offended at the insult offered to the House, of Hohenzollern, to which the Roumanian Royal family belongs, by the action of a Greek…

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Airship Wrecked. Passenger Vessel Destroyed. Dashed Into a Tree. London, June 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 24

Zeppelin VII., the huge. Gorman air-ship, which was completed a few days ago, and had just begun a passenger service between Prussian cities, has shared the fate of its…

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South Australian Wheat Cargo Wrecked on a Coral Reef. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

The Marine Underwriters' Association this morning received a cable message stating that, the Norwegian ship Irmgard had been totally wrecked upon a coral reef on…

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Missing Steamer Arrives

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

The Pacific Steam Navigation Co[?]s steamer Quilpue 3669 tons, which was so long overdue that it Was feared that she had foundered off the south-west of…

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Return of a Mail Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

The German mail steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold reappeared in Sydney Harbor this morning after an absence of five years, during which time she had been running in the…

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Mishap to a Steamer. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer Whangape while making the run between Sydney and Newcastle, broke her tail shaft and lost her propeller at one o'clock this (Sunday)…

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"Black" Steamer Gets Away

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

The Houlder line steamer which caused the strike among the dockers at Newport, has completed her loading and has taken her departure. The extra police who were…

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A Steamer Disabled. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 2

The Marine Underwriters' Association received a cable this morning stating that the steamer Foxby, which left Sydney on May 14 en route from Nauru to the…

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