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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Typhoon in Philippines. Towns and Steamers Wrecked. Washington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 3

Reports received here by the Department of State from Manila give news of a terrific typhoon in the Philippine Islands…

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General Cable News. Shipwrecked Crew Rescued. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 2

The German liner Cape Ortegal rescued the crew of the British steamer Barcelona, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay in a gale…

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Steamer on Fire. Cargo Destroyed. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

The Hamburg-Amerika Company's steam Silesia caught fire yesterday at Hamburg. Before the flames could he extinguished…

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Saved by Lifeboat. Rescue From Wreck. Madrid, December 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 28

Further details of the foundering of the steamer Barcelona in the Bay of Biscay show that the cargo shifted. For two days the vessel was on her beam ends struggling…

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Shipwreck in Blizzard. Ottawa. December 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 43

The Booth Fisheries Company's steamer Easton (461 tons) struck the rocks near Duluth (Minnesota), the Lake Superior terminus of the North Pacific railroad,…

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Forty Lives Lost. the Centurion Collision. Italian Steamer Sank. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 2

The mystery surrounding the identity of the steamer run down and sunk through a collision with the new super-Dreadnought Centurion has been cleared up…

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British Airship Wrecked Intense Cold Causes Disaster. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 December 1912 · page 3

Another British airship has met with disaster. The non-rigid, dirigible Btea started yesterday on an experimental voyage from…

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Express Wrecked. Appalling Scenes Witnessed. Rome, December 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 25

The roll of dead as the result or the collision between the Catania to Messina. express and a goods train has been largely added to. The number of killed was first…

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Wreck of the Tilba. Captain and Chief Officer to Show Cause. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 5

The marine court held an inquiry to-day regarding the wreck of the steamer Tilba. It was found that the stranding was cans ed through Captain Bairstock setting an…

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A Liner Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 2

During a blinding snowstorm on Tues day the liner Turrialba ran ashore on the New Jersey coast. The vessel carried 60 passengers, and…

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Steamer Strikes a Rock. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 2

A message from St. Johns. Newfound-laud, states that it is feared that 22 lives have been lost in a shipping disaster at St. Shotts, on the coast. The steamer…

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Other Disasters. Lifeboat Crew's Gallant Work Remarkable Velocity of Wind. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 2

Among the many thrilling scenes created by the storm was some exciting and courageous rescue work by the lifeboat crew at Penzance, Cornwall. The Italian…

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Danish Steamer Founders Thirteen Men Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 2

News has been received of the foundering of the Danish steamer Volmer. The captain of the vessel and a sailor have been picked up off The Lizard, after two…

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Terrors of a Wreck. Madness and Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 2

The story of the loss of the Danish steamer Yohner (1318 tons) off The Lizard, during the great gale, is a painfully tragic one…

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