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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Cablegrams. Grim Tale of Sea Wreck of the Fifeshire Fifty-one Survivors Landed at Marseilles. Their Terrible Sufferings. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 September 1911 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Marseilles reports that 25 survivors of the wrecked steamer Fifeshire have arrived at that port on board the Goth…

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The Fifeshire Wreck. Search for Boat. No Trace Discovered. Aden

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

The Italian gunboat Volturno, which has been searching for the missing boat from the s.s. Fifeshire, has returned to Aden. She found no trace of the boat…

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Wreck of the Steamer Knight of St. George

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 3

The steamer Tohua brought further particulars to Sydney this morning concerning the wreck of the steamer Knight of St. George at Nukulofa. The vessel had been…

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Wreck on South American Coast. Eighty-one People Drowned. Lima (Peru)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The South American Company's steamer Tucafel has been wrecked to the northwards of the harbor of Quilea (Peru). Eighty-one people have been drowned…

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Cable News. Hero of Wireless. Boy Calls Aid to Wreck. Signals Sent From Rigging. New York, August 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 42

The fearful storm which swept over Charleston two days ago has supplied another name to the roll of wireless operators who have stuck to their posts in the hour…

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Fifeshire Wreck. Natives on Shore. Throat-cutting Gestures. London, September 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 42

Five members of the fifeshire crew arrived at Plymouth yesterday. They say that after the vessel struck there was no panic, and that the women and children…

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Dear Food Riots in France Shop Windows Wrecked. Cavalry Disperse Mob. Roubaix

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 2

Dear food riots are still taking place in various parts of France. A serious riot occurred here. A mob. objecting to the prices asked by the butchers…

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News From America. Wrecks and Wireless. Seattle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

The wooden steamer Ramona, southward bound from Skagway (Alaska), ran ashore on the Spanish Islands off the Alaskan coast. Her wireless calls for help brought…

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North Coast Steamer—on Fire Much Cargo Damaged. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 2

The Navigation Department received a message to-day from the pilot at Bellingen stating that while he was at sea on Tuesday night a serious fire was…

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The Ill-fated Papanui Passengers and Crew Rescued. the Vessel a Total Wreck. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 2

The steamer Papanui, on the voyage from London to Fremantle, Albany, and Melbourne, put into St. Helena with her bunkers on fire on Monday last…

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The Wrecked Fifeshire. Fate of Missing Boat. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 2

Mr. Clinton, the third officer of the wrecked steamer Fifeshire, which went ashore off Cape Guardafui, East Africa, was interviewed at Plymouth. He stated…

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New South Wales Wreck of Motor Boat. SYDNEy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 3

The Navigation Department has received a telegram from the pilot at Tweed Heads, stating that a motor boat named the Sadie met with a disaster there while…

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The Missing Rosedale. Wreckage and Flotsam Discovered. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 3

There are still no signs of the arrival in port of the missing steamer, Rosedale, and the anxiety for her safety is increasing hourly. The tug Irresistible has been…

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The Steamer Rosedale. Supposed to Have Foundered off the North Coast With all Hands. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

Hope for the safety of the steamer Rosedale has been practically abandoned, Wreckage has been sighted on the North Coast off Smoky Cape. It had the…

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Cablegrams. Largest Steamer Afloat. Collides with a Cruiser. Both Vessels Damaged. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

The new White Star liner Olympic, 45,000 tons, the largest steamer afloat, met with an accident yesterday. She left Southampton for Cherbourg and New York…

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Last of the Papanui. Burnt-out Wreck. Relief of the Immigrants. London. September 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 42

News from Jamestown, St. Helena, whore the s.s. Papanui was destroyed by fire while on a voyage from London to Australia, shows that when the vessel put…

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Wreck of the Rosedale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

FATE OF THE VESSEL ASCERTAINED QUANTITY OF WRECKAGE PICKED UP. SYDNEY, Thursday. All hopes for the safety of the missing steamer Rosevale have now been abandoned, and it seems almost certain that the little vessel has gone down with all hands…

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Wreckage Found

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 5

The steamer Burringhar picked up a bucket off Smoky Cape yesterday afternoon bearing the word Rosedale; also a life belt, supposed to have…

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Wreck of the Rosedale. No Moke Wreckage Sighted. Drifting Lifeboat Found. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 5

"Although four steamers arrived in Sydney Harbor this morning from northern ports, not one was able to report having sighted any wreckage from the disappeared…

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Aeronautics. Monster Airship Wrecked. London, September 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 43

A sensational accident occurred on Saturday at Barrow-in-Furness during the operation, of removing one of the Admiralty's air-ships from its shed, prior to an…

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