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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Steadier Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 5

A telegram has been received from the Harbourmaster at Kingscote, Kangarce Island, stating that a large four-masted steamer, supposed to be the Bech[?]…

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Wheat Ship Wrecked Escape of Crew. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

Another disaster to a wheat vessel has occurred. The ship Arden Craig, which, left Mel-bourne on September 26 with a cargo of…

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Steamer on Fire. Lourenco Marques, January 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 43

The steamer Newby Hall which left-Melbourne on December 3 for South Africa, has been reported on fire. The outbreak was caused by spontaneous combustion, which…

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Overdue Steamer Fire at Sea Feared. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

The cargo steamer Parisiana, which left St. Vincent (U.S.A.) on November 11 for Melbourne, with about 9000 tons of general cargo is missing…

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Immigrants for Australia Chartered Steamer Brings 1026. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

Owing to the push of emigrants from Great Britain to Australia, the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria have found it necessary to get a special…

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Steamer Rosedale Aground on the Belliger Bar. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

The North Coast steamer Rosedale struck the Bellinger bar at 5 o'clock last night, and became band and fast. A strong north-easterly wind and a heavy…

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Fifteen Lives Lost. Passengers Pinned in Wreckage. Capetown, January 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 41

The accident near Cathcart, in the Cape province, was more disastrous than was conveyed in the first accounts. The occurrence took place at midnight…

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Stranded Steamer Refloated

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 6

The stranded steamer Everton Grange was refloated at two o'clock this morning…

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Maritime Disasters Scores of Wrecks. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

A very heavy gale is being experienced in Great Britain. Scores of wrecks nave occurred on the coasts, and there have been numerous…

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Schooner Returns to Port

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

The schooner Emma has returned to Halifax under sensational circumstances. The crew reported that violent gales obliged them to abandon the voyage to…

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Maritime Disasters German Steamer Founders. Bremen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

The German steamer Maria Russ has come to grief off Norderney, a small island near the Prussian coast. The vessel foundered during heavy weather and twelve…

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Wreck or the Steamer Time Party of Survivors Brought to Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 4

At 10.30 p.m. on Friday last, in the midst of a heavy south-easterly gale, the steamer Time, 2595 tons, of the Howard Smith Co's. cargo fleet, struck a reef near Cape…

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Steamer Ashore. Crew in Danger. Amsterdam, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 42

The steamer Selby Abbey (1,039 tons), a regular trader from Hull to Rotterdam, has been driven ashore kit Hinderibben, near the Hook of Holland. The…

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The Wrecked Steamer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 35

The Time was one of the best-known colliers treading on tho Australian coast, having been almost continuously in commission since she arrived here on her maiden…

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Steamer Time Wrecked. Headlong on to Reef. Perilous Rescue Work

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 35

A disaster which will probably result in the total loss of the well-known Howard Smith line steamer Time happened at half-past 10 o'clock on Friday night. At that…

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A Sea Mystery. Schooner Captain Lost. Story of Crew Doubted Vancouver, January 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 42

An ugly suspicion is entertained by the police of Nova Scotia about the crew of the schooner Emma H., which has put back to Halifax…

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Wrecks on Continent. Twelve Lives Lost. Brenman, January 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 42

The gale which has raged on the English and Dutch coasts has also been experienced in Germany. The only shipping, disaster reported is the foundering of the…

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Gale in England. Scores of Wrecks. Numbers of Lives Lost. London, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 42

A furious gale has raged last night and during to-day in London, and along the eastern and southern coasts. The wind had a velocity of 60 miles an hour, and…

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Burnt at Sea the Steamer Parisiana. Crew Marooned on St. Paul Islet. Brought on to Albany. Albany

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

Houlder Bros.' British transport steamer arrived this morning, having on board Captain Gordon and the officers and crew of the steamer Parisiana, which has…

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Cablegrams. Another South African African Wreck Ashore at Moville Point

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 2

The Shaw, Saville and Albion Company's steamer Aatea has gone ashore at Moville Point, close to the spot where the steamer Maori was wrecked a few year ago…

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