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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

189 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 10

Flight Round Britain. Disaster Befalls Hawker. Wrecked in Irish Sea. "Australia Proud of You."

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 2

After remaining at Oban for the night Hawker and his mechanician resumed their flight yesterday morning. They rose from the bay at 20…

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Schooner Wrecked. Indians Attack Chew. New York, September 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 8

News has been received here of the total loss of the British schooner Mersey. The vessel met with disaster near the Isle of Pines, to the South of Cuba. After…

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Airship Wrecked. Thirteen Lives Lost. Berlin, September 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 45

The nation has been shocked by the terrible disaster which has befallen the naval airship "L 1," and those who were on board at the time…

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Express Crashes Into Wreckage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 2

The two recent railway catastrophes in Great Britain were very nearly added to on Monday night by a third, the Caledonian Company's Eilinburgh express having…

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Steel Mill Partially Wrecked. Four Bodies Recovered. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

Additional details have been received of the fatal accident which occurred at Workington (Cumberland) yesterday morning, when a chimney collapsed and partially…

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Wreck of the Devon. Captain Exonerated. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

The rehearing of the inquiry into the case of the Federal and Shire liner Devon on Penearrow Head, near Wellington Harbor, last month, was concluded to-day. At…

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A Father's Mad Act. Wrecks Home with Dynamite. Kills Three Daughters and Himself. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 2

A terrible domestic tragedy is reported from Bloomington, in the State of Indiana. Mark Hurst, a stonemason, awoke his wife and three daughters in the middle of…

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A Steamer Ashore. Montreal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 2

A shipping disaster has occurred in the St. Lawrence River. The steamer Mount Temple went ashore in the river during a heavy fog. The…

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Vessels Wrecked. Steamer Kallatina Off Solitary Island. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 2

Woolgoolga, near South Solitary Island reports that the North Coast steamer Kallatina was wrecked there last night. No lives were lost…

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Hunger and Cold. 100,000 Sufferers in Dublin. Labor's Relief Steamer. English Unionists' Practical Sympathy. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 2

The leading of the steamer Hare at Manchester with 340 tons of food to relieve the clarving families Dublin strikers creates a record in trade union annals…

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Tyrone Wrecked in Fog. Wellington (N.z.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 2

The steamer Tyrone (6664 tons) went shore early this morning half a mile from Otago Heads. A thick fog prevailed at the time, and so severe was the damage…

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Wrecked on the Horn. Twenty Skeletons

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 4

Considerable interest has been excited by the publication of the following story from Dunedin. A well-known Dunedin shipping man on Friday received from…

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Steamer in Distress

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 3

The small coastal steamer Kallatina, which was driven ashore at Woolgoolga during the heavy blow on Saturday night, shifted higher upon the beach yesterday…

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Hungry Crowds in Dublin Welcome Relief Steamer. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

Hungry crowds gathered in Dublin on Saturday to welcome the relief steamer Hare, which brought the splendid gift of food supplies from the trades unionists…

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The Dublin Strike. Relief Steamer Sent from England A Record Donation. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

The steamer Hare was loaded at Manchester with 340 tons of food to relieve starving families of the Dublin strikers. The movement created a record in trade…

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A Steamer Ashore. Panic on Board. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 2

The steamer Mohawk, belonging to the Manhattan Steamship Company, went aground yesterday near Poughkeepsle, on the left bank of the Hudson River, 70…

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Steamer Pounded to Pieces. the Crew Rescued. Portland (Oregon)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 3

The British steams Glenesseln was pounded to pieces on the rocks inshore near the precipitous cliffs overlooked by the Necairney Mountains…

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Brigands Wreck Express. Great Loss of Life. St. Petersburg, October 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 21

Brigands wrecked a passenger train at Vladikavkas, in North Caucasia, with great loss of life. They removed a number of fish-plates…

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General Cable News. Afric Goes Ashore, But Refloated, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 2

The White Star liner Afric, 11,951 tons, [?]unded yesterday a Liverpool, She was [?]earing the landing stage to embark her passengers for Australia, when she swung…

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Tug Sunk by Steamer. Thirty Persons Drowned. Rio De Janeiro

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 October 1913 · page 2

A most serious marine disaster occurred here yesterday, when a steamer collided with and sank a military tug which was following the manoeuvres of the fleet. It…

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