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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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First Steamer on the Clyde. Centenary Celebrated at Glasgow. London

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

The centenary of the first steamship on the Clyde—the Comet—was celebrated at Glasgow yesterday. An imposing maritime pageant, in which both warships and…

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A Captain Drops Dead. and His Vessel Sinks a Steamer London

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

A remarkable shipping disaster occurred on Saturday at Liverpool. Just as a small steamer was leaving the dock, the captain, who was at the wheel, dropped dead…

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Cablegrams. Tragedy of the Sea. Lifeboat Reaches Falkland Island. Six Dead Men on Board. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 2

News of a shipping disaster which occurred off Cape Horn, has just been received1 from the Falkland Islands. The Criceieth Castle, bound from a…

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Dye Works Wrecked. Four Killed, 20 Wounded. Chicago

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

An explosion wrecked the dyeing plant of Kraus Brothers in this city yesterday. Four employes were buried in the debris. They were dead when extricated. Twenty…

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Dye-works Wrecked. Panic Among Employes. Chicago, September 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 8

Kraus Brothers' dyeing plant was wrecked on Wednesday by an explosion, the cause of which is not yet known. Four employes were buried under the debris…

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Collision in the Clyde. Liner Sines Steamer. London, September 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 42

A collision, attended with serious results, occurred in the Clyde on Sunday between an outward bound liner and a coasting steamer…

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Riots in Belfast. Hooligans Wreck Shop. Mill 'Girls' Scrmmages. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

Further details have now been published regarding the rioting which took place on Wednesday in the Sandy Row district of Belfast, while the members of the…

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Safety of Tile Ketch Defender. Adelaide. Saturday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 3

[?] ears are entertained for the safety of the ketch Defender, which left Port Ade-laide three creeks ago for Hummock's Hill and Port Pirie. Captain Hoffmeister is in…

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British Dirigible Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

A further examination of the British military dirigible airship Gamma, which was partially wrecked yesterday at Devises, in Wiltshire, has been made…

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A Bogus Wreck Story. an Imaginative Prohibited Immigrant. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 3

The young Spaniard "Valencia, who was picked up in an unconscious condition on the beach at Wollongong, on Friday, was yesterday discharged from the hospital…

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Collision at Sea. Large Steamer Beached. London, September 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 42

A sensational collision at sea is reported. The Star Line Limited's steel screw s.s. Star of New Zealand, 4417 tons, bound from Lt Plata to Liverpool, collided with…

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Typhoon at Japan. Widespread Devastation. Serious Disaster to the Navy. A Mail Steamer Founders. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

A typhoon swept over Japan causing widespread devastation and serious shipping losses. A battleship and gunboat were…

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Stranded Steamer Refloated. London

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

The steamer Star of New Zealand, which has been refloated, is satisfactorily discharging its cargo of meat from the for ward holds, and is being patched…

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Steamer Collides with Wharf

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 2

The steamer Clan M'Kay, under charter to the Adelaide Steamship Co.,was berthing at Darling Harbor to-day when a gust of wind blew the vessel with some force…

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Storm on French Coast. Wrecks and Damage. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 5

During the past few days a severe s[?]o[?] has been raging on the west coast of France. The gale was particularly severe in the…

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Typhoon in Japan. Widespread Devastation. Warships Driven Ashore. London, September 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 42

When the notification last week that a typhoon had visited several parts of Japan was followed by complete telegraphic silence at Tokio the worst fears were…

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New South Wales. Robberies From Steamer Cabins Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 4

The steamer Morea arrived to-day. While in Melbourne several articles disappeared from some of the cabins. Later, when the steamer was off the coast, a…

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Army Aeroplanes Wrecked. the Pilots Escape Unhurt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

A serious loss was experienced by the British War Office yesterday, -when two of its newest bi-planes were wrecked. Both accidents took place at Farmbor-ough, near Aldershot, The first machine fell from a height of 200 foet, while the second was at an altitude of 50 feet when…

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Two Shipping Collisions. Steamer Sinks; Another Beached. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

A double shipping disaster has occurred in the Elbe. In the first instance, the Hamburg-American steamer Vandalia (4230 tons) came…

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Novel Distress Beacon. Resource of Three Wrecked Men. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

A barge sank off Foulness Island (Essex,) and three men aboard climbed the riggings, where they remained without food for 24 hours…

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