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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Bellinger Wreck Sold for £16

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 3

The steamer Bellinger, which was wrecked at Nambucca Heads on Saturday last was sold at auction to-day for £16, the purchaser being Mr. E. B. Pike, of…

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Under Bare Poles. Schooner in Hurricane. San Francisco, April 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 43

After a voyage of 94 days the wooden 5 masted schooner Henry K. Hall, owned in this city, has arrived form Newcastle. The schooner ran into a terrific…

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Steamer Strikes Mine. Great Loss of Life. London, May 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 45

The mail steamer Texas, 480 tons, one of the fleet of the Archipelago American Steamship Company, on Monday struck a submarine mine which had drifted from…

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The Bellinger Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 41

The Bellinger (Captain Rosstron), when leaving Nambucca Heads for Sydney on Saturday, went aground, and is now a total wreck. The cargo consists of market…

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Lady Reid Launches a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

Lady Reid, wife of the High Commissioner for Australia, has performed the ceremony of launching the Melbourne Company's steamer Dimboola at Newcastle…

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Influenced by the Wreck. Disobedient Olympic Grew

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

Yesterday 53 of the crew of White Star liner Olympic were again brought before the court charged with having refused duty. They were found guilty, but the…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) the TlTANIC Wreck. British Commission at Work. Sir Rufus Isaacs Addresses Court. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

In addition to the Board of Trade, White Star Company, and Seaman's and Firemen's Union, the Seafarers' Union, and Imperial Merchant Guild, are…

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Thrilling Wreck Scene. Great Waves Sweep a Vessel. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

Advices from Bay City in Oregon, report a sensational wreck near there on Sunday night. The steamer Vosberg tried to enter the…

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Wreckage on Iceberg. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

The German steamer Clio reports having met a broken iceberg, rising 130 feet above the surface of the water, on which were saloon fittings, handbags, deck chairs, and…

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Bayonet Charges Ashore. Rome, May 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 42

The mariner of the occupation of Rhodes Island by the Italian forces now operating in the Aegean Sea is related this morning…

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Fishing Boat Wrecked. Crew Rescued From Island. Seattle, May 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 43

The crew of the cod-fishing schooner Joseph Russ have had a sensational experience. While engaged in fishing a storm broke,…

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A Steamer Aground

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

Owing to the berth which she has occupied silting up, the steamer Kent is aground at Woolloomooloo Bay. The building of the new wharf so far into the bay…

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Perils at Sea. Battleship and Steamer Collide. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

A serious shipping mishap occurred at midnight on Saturday off Hythe, on the coast of Kent. During a heavy fog the British battleship…

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Steamer Wrecked at N.Z. the Crew Saved. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 6

The "Union liner Notuku when entering Greymouth harbor, New Zealand, last night, lost her propeller, and then went aground. The engine room was flooded…

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Westralian Government Buys a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 3

Sir Newton Moore, Agent General for Western Australia, has purchased the seamer Wexford for his Government. The vessel is to be used the Western…

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Exciting Honeymoon. Wreck and Desert Island. San Francisco. May 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 43

The steamer Aerangi has brought a honeymoon couple to this port after some unplesant adventures. The couple were Certain Anderson and…

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New South Wales Sydney, Monday. Robbery on a Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 3

The chief officer of the North Coast steamer Noorebar, this morning found a drawer in the cabin broken open. A chisel had been, used to force the lock…

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German Airship Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

A gale which raged at Leipzig on Saturday was responsible for the loss of the airship Parseval VI. The vessel dragged her anchors and was…

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Steamer's Somersault. Montreal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 2

A sensational mishap occurred on the Lievre River yesterday. The Mildred, a river steamer, missed the locks in the canalised section of the…

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Steamer Bumps on Rocks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

The coastal steamer Jap bumped the rocks near Port Stephens during yesterday's fog. The captain had the steamer's well Eounded and found the vessel to be…

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