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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Wreck of a Steamer. No Lives Lost. London, August 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 42

The Canadian Pacific Railway Company's steamer Princess May, 1717 tons gross, has been wrecked off the coast of Alaska. The vessel, which had 150 people on board,…

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Barque Ashore at Fiji

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 2

Messrs. E. Pike and Company, shipping agents, of Sydney, received a cable message this morning stating that the barquentine Helga was ashore near Honolulu. It is…

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P. & O. Steamer Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 2

Tie P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Oceana, bound from London to Bombay, is ashore at Cape Faro in the Straits of Messina. Her cargo is being taken off in lighters…

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Steamer Rescued by a Warship

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 5

The P. and O. steamer Oceana, 7000 tons, which ran ashore at Cape Faro near Messina, while on a voyage from London to Bombay, has been rescued by an Italian…

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Wreck of a Liner London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 August 1910 · page 2

The East African liner Kedive has been totally wrecked on the rocks off Cape Morgan. The chief officer was drowned…

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Antarctic Steamer. Fears for Her Safety. Overdue at the Cape. London, August 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 42

The steamer Terra Nova, which is to convoy the members of Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition from Lyttelton to the polar regions is twelve days overdue at…

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Airman Wrecked in a Tree

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 2

M. Latham, the famous airman, who also left Paris for London, was wrecked in a tree near Amiens…

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Relics of Ancient Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 4

The mayor of vaucluse will to-morrow afternoon at Watson's Bay open an exhibition of relics recovered from the ancient wreck of the Dunbar. It is…

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Danish Explorer Wrecked. Sedition in India Conspirators on Trial. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 2

M. Mikkelsen, the well known Danish explorer, has been wrecked off the coast of Greenland. His vessel, the Alabama, ran ashore on the east coast. The trial of forty Indians who were arrested in Bengal early this month on a charge of conspiracy, has been commenced at Dacca, 150 miles north-east of…

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Cablegrams. Wrecked British Cruiser H.M.S. Bedford on the Rocks. Eighteen Lives Lost. Lonton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 2

Further details of the wreck of the British armored cruiser Bedford, 9800 tons, on the island of Quelpart, south of Korea., state that the cruiser was engaged in full…

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Cablegrams. Wreck of the Bedford. British Cruiser on the Rocks. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 August 1910 · page 2

The disaster to the British first-class cruiser Bedford, 9800 tons, which ran aground on the Island of Quelpart, off the southern coast of Korea, while steaming…

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Steamer on the Books. a Total Wreck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 41

The German East Africa Company's steamer Khedive, 5,106 tons-gross-register, has gone ashore on tho rocks at Cape Morgan, on the south-east coast of Cape…

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Sensation on a Steamer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 33

On the voyage from London Captain Bevan of the steamer the Ashburton had considerable trouble with one member of the crew. On the arrival of the ship…

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Modern Pirates. Attempt to Seize Steamer. Captain Shot Dead. London, August 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 28

A daring attempt to capture tho smart steel screw steamer Buckman. has been made by two men off the Californian coast…

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Steamer on Fire Sensation at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 5

A serious fire broke out in the steamer Indrani's starboard bunkers in the old coal this morning. As soon as the alarm was sounded nearly every tug in the…

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Wreck of H.m.s. Bedford

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 5

It is officially announced that the Admiraity, have given up all hope of floating H.M.S. Bediord, which was wrecked off the island of Quelpart, and the vessel's hull…

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Australian Bound Steamer Damaged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 2

The Australian Steamship Company's steamer Australind, 4200 tons, bound for Fremantle from European port with an Australian cargo, is delayed at Capetown…

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Ferry Steamer Founders Through Freight Train Casting Loose. Thirty Passengers Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 2

A shocking disaster occurred on Friday on Lake Michigan, in the United States. The ferry boat, Pere Marquette, carrying a railway train with 63 passengers,…

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Australian Steamer Launched

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 2

The steamer Maianbar, constructed for the North Coast Navigation Company of New South Wales, has been successfully launched at Ardrossan, Scotland…

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Steamer Ashore. Dangerous Plight. Vancouver, September 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 43

The North Pacific steamer Roanoke, 2354 tons, has gone ashore at San Diego, on the coast of California. The vessel is in a dangerous position…

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