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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Railway Steamer Ashore. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

The steamer Lincoln, belonging to the Great Central Railway Company, has gone ashore on Haisborough Sands, which lie about eight miles from the Norfolk…

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Cablegrams. Maritime Disasters Wreck of the Aotea. Landsman's Startling Awakening. Capetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

A full account can now be obtained of the wreck of the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Aotea, 5600 tons, on Mouille Point, in Green Point Harbor, which is a part…

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Cable News. Wreck of the Aotea. Steamer Ashore Near Cape Town. a Dangerous Coast. Capetown, January 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 42

Another wreck has occurred on the dangerous coastline between Cape Town and the Cape of Good hope. The Shaw. Savill, and Albion Company's steamer…

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Australia Packages. Washed Ashore in Denmark. Copenbagen, January 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 43

Several packages marked "Melbourne" and "Sydney' have been washed ashore at Vendsyssel. It is uncertain whether they are from the barque Athene, or either of…

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Steamer on the Sands., BRISBANE,Thursday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 3

The steamer Eastern, on a voyage from Pinkimba to Sydney, is fast on the sand inside Salmander bank, near the mouth of the Brisbane River. An attempt to…

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A Vessel Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 2

The steamer Tees, belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, is ashore on Barkeley Sound, Vancouver Island. The passengers have been rescued…

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Wreck of a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 2

The Pacific coast steamship Cottage City, bound from Seattle to Skagway, grounded near Cape Mudge, in British Columbia, during a blinding snoWstorm. has met "with disaster…

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Wrecked Parisiana Crew How They Fared

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. Price, Labor member for Albany, attacked a Perth newspaper in the Legislative Assembly for having stated that the. crew of the Parisiana arrived in Perth…

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The Steamer Eastern. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

The stranded steamer Eastern was shifted slightly by tugs this morning. The vessel is making fire inches of water an hour in. No. 2 hold. The sea is calmer…

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Steamer Re-floated

The Independent · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

The North Company's steamer, Rosedale, which went ashore on a reef at Bellinger 21 days ago and was regarded as a total loss, was re-floated…

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Steamer Eastern Still Aground Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 3

The steamer Eastern is still aground. In order to assist in the refloating operations, dredges are engaged making a channel from the steamer to deep water…

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Foundering of Steamer. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 5

Advice from Sagunto, a port on the coast of Valencia, state that the steamer Abanto has foundered, and that twenty two lives have been lost…

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Wreck of the Aotea. Capetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

The Marine Court inquiry into the grounding of the steamer Aotea in Green's Point Harbor on January 22, is practically completed. The certificates of the various…

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Steamer Driven by Oil Saving in Fuel Storage. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 2

For a foreign firm of ship owners a 50,000 ton vessel, which is to be propelled by oil, is being constructed in one of the Glasgow ship building yards…

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Wreck of the Aotea Satisfactory Salvaging. Capetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

The salvage operations in connection, with the wrecked steamer Aotea are progressing. The winches on the vessel are being…

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Fire on a Steamer Suffocates Three Stowaways. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 2

The liner Hero arrived at Hull yesterday from Dunkirk, in France, with her hold on fire. When the conflagration was extinguished…

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Wreck Near Caps Otway All Hands Saved. Apollo Bay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 5

The barquentine Speculant was totally wreeked off Cape Patton, 10 miles from Apollo Bay, at 3.30 this morning. her master, captain Jacobson, reports from…

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Steamer Founders in the Black Sea. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

The Russian Black Sea steamer Sturman has foundered in a gale off Sebastopol. Forty-one of the crew were drowned…

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The Steamer Eastern

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 3

The steamer Eastern, which went aground, on the Queensland coast, and was successfully refloated, arrived here early this morning. The vessel, up to…

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Steamer in a Hurricane. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 3

The steamer Boueric, which was over-due, has arrived. The vessel was de-layed 12 days owing to tempestuous wea-ther, and having been caught in a…

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