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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Expedition Steamer Wrecked. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 3

Reports received from Archangel, in the White Sea. state that the steamer Phoka. on board of which was the Polar expedition led by M. Sjedoff, has been wrecked. This…

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Ashore Without Leave. the Crew of the Themistocles. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 2

Thirty members of the crew of the Aberdeen line mail steamer Themistocles were before the Water Police Court to-day, charged with having absented…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer in Danger. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 3

News has been received of a collision between the Norwegian stemer Noreuga and the ship Glen Lui, off cape hatters, on the North Carolina coast…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 3

The Norwegian steamer Eva collided with the Spanish steamer Arena, off Iledaix. The latter vessel sank within two minutes, and 17 persons were drowned…

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Two Maritime Disasters. Scotch Whaler Wrecked. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 3

The Dundee whaler, Redusante, has been Wrecked in the Arctic Ocean, and her crew of 15 souls drowned…

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Creek Operations. Austrian Steamer Seized. London, October 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 41

The Greek columns, three of which are advancing northward through Southern Macedonia, intending to join the Servians and Bulgarians in a general attack on…

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A Steamer in Danger. Nine Hundred Passengers. Quebec

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

The steamer Royal George has grounded in the River St. Lawrence during a thick fog. She has on board 900 passengers, and her condition is serious. Assistance has…

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Airman to the Rescue. Story of a Wreck. Vancouver, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 42

A new use for the aeroplane was discovered in the United States yesterday. The schooner Osprey, in attempting to enter the harbor of Marshfield Oregon,…

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Australian Steamer Overdue. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 November 1912 · page 3

The steamer Star of Australia is overdue at Suez…

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Schooner Sinks 15 Fishing Vessels. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 November 1912 · page 3

A serious shipping disaster occurred yes­terday oft Dunkirk The schooner Casimir Perrier broke from her moorings and drif­ted rapidly in the direction of a number…

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"Cone Under." a Pitiful Story of a Wrecked Career

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 45

As I sit writing this document in the kitchen of a London common lodging-house, it is difficult to realise that it is hardly a decade since I graduated with…

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Washed Ashore Halfdead. the Survivors of a Wreck. Ottawa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 2

Three survivors from the wooden paddle, steamer Mayflower, 728 tons, which was wrecked while steaming ap the [?] river, have been washed ashore on…

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Storm Wrecks Refugee Vessels. Great Loss of Life

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 2

The Constantinople correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphs, that several vessels crowded with refugees have been wrecked during a severe storm in the…

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A Wreck in the Falkland Islands Buenos Ayres

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 November 1912 · page 2

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Oravia has been wrecked off the Falkland Islands. All bands were saved…

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Steamer Wrecked. All on Board Saved. Buenos Ayres, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 November 1912 · page 42

A brief message has been received convoying the news that the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Oravia (5,374 tons) has been wrecked off the…

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Ketch of Opening Chapters

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 3

To present to our readers a good [?]ory, well written ; this is our invariable aim, and accordingly we have pleasure in announcing the opening…

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Wrecked by Debility

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 1

Lost Weight and Became Very Weak— Strength and Health Restored by Bile Beans. Weary workers, and worn-out…

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Gale on English Coast. a Steamer Founders. Coastal Erosion Threatens Railway. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 2

A severe gale raged in the English Channel and along the west coast of England and Wales, on Monday and Tuesday. The storm caused a large crane at the…

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Wreck of Oravia. Vessel Breaks in Halves. Buenos Ay res, November 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 43

News has been received regarding the wreck off the Falkland Islands of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Oravia 537(4 tons)…

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Wrecked by Debility. Lost Weight and Became Very Weak—Strength and Health Restored by Bile Beans

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 33

Weary workers, and worn-out housewives will derive great benefit, and be speedily released from bodily torture by a thorough course of Bile Beans…

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