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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Lifeboat From Gibraltar. Gibraltar, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 45

News has been received, that the Delhi is in a serious position. The battle-ship London, the armoured cruiser Duke of Edinburgh, and the…

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Royalty in Peril. Liner Runs Ashore. London, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 45

The startling news has been received that the P. and 0. s.s. Delhi (8090 tons), on board of which the Duke and Duchess of Fifo and their daughters were going to…

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British Steamer Seized. Shanghai. December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 42

The revolutionaries have seized the British steamer Kwangping, of 1999 tons, owned by the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co The steamer, after being…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Terrible Fight for Life. Wreck of the Delhi. Splendid Valor of French Sailors. Royal Passengers Now at Tangier. London

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

The news of the grounding of the P. and O. liner Delhi (8000 tons) at Cape Spartel, va the extreme North West of Morocco, has caused great concern, fears being…

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Cablegram[?] Wreck of the Del[?] Vessel Leaking Badly. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 2

The P. and O. liner Delhi, which [?] wrecked off Cape Spartel was commances by Captain Harvard. The vessel is in [?] sorry plight. She is badly strained and…

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Coast Steamer Wrecked. Desperate Experience of C[?] Sydney

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

The south coast steamer, Brooklyn, was wrecked at the entrance to Crookhaven Heads' last night, at ten o'clock. She ran on to a reef that projects about a quarter…

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Cablegrams (Pee Reuter.) Wreck of the Delhi. Events Just Prior to Disaster. Tangier

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

Captain Hayward of the R.M.S. Delhi states that he was steaming slowly, and heaving a, lead continuously on account of the thick weather, when the vessel…

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New South Wales. the Wreck Near Crookhaven. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 2

All the cargo has now been salvaged from the Nowra and Jervis Bay Shipping Co's. Brooklyn, which was wrecked on the outer reef just inside the heads at…

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Telegrams. Wreck of the Delhi. King George's Message. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 2

King George has telegraphed to M. Fallieres. President of the French Republic, thanking the French Navy for its help in connection with the wreck of the S.S…

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Wreck of Tee Delhi. Vessel Firmly Stranded. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 2

Rear-Admiral C. G. F. M. Cradock, of the battleship London, has reported to the Admiralty that the weather is now very good in the vicinity of Cape Spartel (on…

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Wreck of Delhi. Crew Safely Landed. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 2

The P. and O. steamer, Delhi, which was wrecked last week near Cape Spartel, on the Moroccan coast, is reported to be gradually filling. All the members of the…

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Wreck of S.S. Delhi. Princesses in Bed. Awaiting Dry Clothes. London. December 15

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

All who were on board the P. and O. s.s. Delhi, which ran ashore on the Moroccan coast during a storm on Monday while outward bound to Bombay, are now safe…

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The Wreck of the Delhi. Tardy Response to Wireless Messages

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 2

The Marconi operator on board the steamer Delhi, which was recently wrecked off Cape Spartel, Moro[?] referring to the wireless appeals for assistance despatch…

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Disaster at Sea. Foundered with All Hands But Two. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 2

The steamer Hughendon, bound from Smyrna for Dublin, foundered in the Bay of Biscay, and the whole of the crew, with two exceptions, perished…

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