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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months an Island Steamer. Paper Vii. Guadalcanar

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 7

Gallego, Mendana's chief pilot, reported in his journal of this island, that it would probably take months to sail right around it. This, of course,…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vii. Guadalcanar

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 6

Gallego; Mendana's chief pilot, reported in his journal of this island, that it would probably take months to sail right around it. This, of course…

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News From America Wreck Off Panama. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 2

Particulars have been received of the loss of the National Shipping Company's steamer Tahoga, which foundered off Punta Mala on May 23…

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[?]Of a River Steamer. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 June 1911 · page 3

Au [?] river steamer has been burned It had on [?]700 Korean railway navies.These were[?] and 60 died in the mad rush for saiety…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Twenty Lives Lost. New York, June 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 43

Details have, been received of the founddering of the National Steamship Company's steamer Taboga, off Punta Mala, in the Fulf of Panama a fortnight ago…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months of an Island Steamer. Paper Viii. Santa Cruz

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 7

After steaming from Guadalcanal one forenoon, and passing, without stopping, the large island of Malaita where the inhabitants are still rather wild and…

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Steamer Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 5

The steamer Bellambi from New Zealand to Sydney, was signalled this morning as being ashore…

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Who Wrecked the Asia? San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 June 1911 · page 3

An investigation held at the office of the British Consul-General found that the third officer of the Johnson liner Asia was responsible for the wreck of the…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Holiday. Wreck of Barquentine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 2

A message was posted at the Royal Exchange to-day. which had been received from Wanganui, X.Z.. stating that the barquentic Pelotas had gone ashore there…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper VIII.—(Continued). Santa Cruz

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 7

Who can doubt but that there are higher intelligences around us, possessed of more senses than we, but who cannot fully commensurate with…

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Steamer on Fire Only Slight Damage. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 2

During the passage of Huddart, Parker and Co. steamer Victoria from Lyttelton to Wellington a fire broke out in No. 1 hold…

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News From America Fatal Explosion on Steamer. Memphis (Tennessee)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 2

Whilst the river packet St. Joseph was proceeding down the river yesterday the boiler exploded. Five negroes were blown into the river and killed. Several others injured…

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Cablegrams. Sad Wreck of a Life Prosperous Lawyer Becomes Convict. Oakland (California)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 3

The sad fall of a man from, respectability has just come into prominent notice. A convict named Wicker. who had just…

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Wreck of Motor Launch R.s.k

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 3

News has been received in Melbourne that the motor launch R.S.K. which left Hobson's Bay for Sydney ten days ago, has been wrecked near Mario, on the Vic…

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Excursion Steamer Wrecked. 400 Passengers Aboard. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

What may prove a grave disaster has occurred in the Baltic Sea. A steamer voyaging from Helsingfors to Stockholm with 400 excursionist's on board, was…

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Damage to Cargo Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 2

The Sydney Marine Underwriters received a cable this morning stating that the Echunga collided with Barry Pier, South Wales. Several plates and the…

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Orient Company's New Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 2

The Orient Steamship Company's new liner Orama was launched from the yards of tire builders. Messrs. John Brown and Company, at Clydebank yesterday. \…

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Disabled Steamer Towed Under Difficulties

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 3

The steamer St. Louis arrived at Sydney this morning. She left Noumea on Thursday towing the steamer St. Antoine. Bad weather was encountered, and an anxious…

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Boiler Explosion. Disaster on River Steamer. Memphis (Tennessee), June 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 42

The boiler of a river packet, off St. Joseph, blew up yesterday. Five negroes were hurled into the river and killed, and several others were mortally injured…

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News From America Wreck of the Spokane—two Lives Lost. Vancouver

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

A serious shipping mishap occurred on Friday. The steamer Spokane, while on a voyage from Seattle to Alaska, struck a rock in Plumpers Bay. The vessel was…

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