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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

The New Zealand Minister of Marine, replying to a deputation from the Merchant Service Guild, promised to consult the Grown law officers with the object of…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Six-masted Schooner in Dock

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 3

The schooner Everett C. Griggs, one of the only three six-masted vessels afloat, pat in from East London, South Africa, to-day so that she could undergo repairs in…

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Supposed Waratah Wreck the Theory Discredited. Capetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

The Court of Inquiry relative to the wrecking of the liner Palatina on some submerged obstacle near East London on March 8 does not credit the theory that…

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New South Wales. £12,000 Damage to Ferry Steamer. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

The ferry steamer Kaludah, which was moored at Gladesville wharf last night, mysteriously caught fire at 5 o'clock this morning. The mooring ropes were burnt…

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Steamer in Flames. Crew Rescued. London, March 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 43

The Steamer Northpoint, 5216 tons, owned by the Norfolk and North American Steam Shipping Company, was leaving the Thames bound for Philadelphia, when she…

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Stranding of Schooner Australia. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 2

The Marine Court held an inquary at the Sydney District Courthouse this morning into the stranding of the schooner Australia at the Macleay River on February…

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Wreck of a Coastal Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

The steamer Yougala, with 68 passengers and 72 of a crew, a favorite Queensland coasting vessel, is missing and was last seen near the Barrier Reef during a…

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The Missing Steamer Yongala Believed to Have Sunk With all Hands. On the Great Barrier Reef

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 4

Beyond all doubt the steamer Yongala has met with sudden and overwhelming disaster. News was received on Tuesday that cargo identified as having been…

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THE S. S. YONGALA. All Hope for Safety Abandoned. Great Loss of Life Feared. Large Quantities of Wreckage Discovered. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 1

All hope of the safety of the Yongala has been abandoned. There were 141 souls on board; 73 crew and 68 sengers, and all are believed to have…

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The Wrecked Youngala

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

There is no further news to-day in regard to the lost steamer Yongala. The steamer Grantsia, which was caught in the same cyclone, arrived in Sydney this…

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The Missing Yongala. More Wreckage Found. a Raft and Bottles of Whisky. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 2

There is considered to be now no hope that the missing steamer Yongala is above the ocean. Fresh wreckage has been found which points to the suggestion that…

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Another Shipwreck Feared the Yawata Maru Overdue. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 2

The steamer Yawata Maru, from Japan, which was due at Townsville on Friday at noon, has not yet arrived. A later message reads:—"It is almost…

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Overdue Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

The overdue steamer Yawata M[?] arrived at Townsville this morning. It is stated that the vessel encountered frightful weather, and was compelled to…

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Collision Off Gravesend Steamer Passengers' Dramatic Escapes. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

A serious shipping accident occurred on Saturday off Rosherville on the Thames. "when the steamers Malaga and Balder came into collision. The impact was so se-…

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Steamer Ashore with Australian Cargo. Colomboa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 2

News has been received here of a serious mishap to the German-Australian liner Bergedorf, while bound from Australian ports to Hamburg with cargo. The…

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Steamer Boveric Ashore. on Pacific Island. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 3

Intelligence is to hand that the s.s. Boveric, bound from Sydney to San Francisco, went ashore last night at Mukualofa, one of the islands in the Friendly Group…

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Another Steamer Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

As already reported in the "Border Morning Mail."' the steamer Boveric is ashore at Nukualofa, in the Friendly Islands. News of the vessel's predicament…

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Thames Collision. One Steamer Sinks. London, April 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 43

A disastrous collision occurred yesterday in the Thames, opposite Rosherville, near Gravesend, between two foreign steamers—the Malaya, of Bremen, 901 tons; and the…

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The Missing Yongala. More Wreckage Found. Offensive Odor Near Palm Island

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

Word was received by the Adelaide Steamship Company at their Brisbane office on Wednesday, of the discovery off Hinch-inbrook Island of two cabin doors, some…

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Sieamek Oceano Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

The Oeeano, belonging to the same line as the Boveric (Messrs. Andrew Weir and Co.), went ashore at Port Stephens this morning, but was refloated in a few hours…

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