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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

189 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 10

Racial Riot in Illinois. Negroes Wreck Gaol. Chicago

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 2

A racial riot occurred yesterday in the Illinois village of Romeo. A number of negroes wrecked the gaol in order to release one of their compatriots. The…

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Deportation Dreaded. Fatal Leap From Steamer. New York, October 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 43

Four men who were being deported from New York on board the French liner France leaped from the steamer's deck into the waters of the Hudson River from…

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Newspaper Offices Wrecked. New York. October 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 42

The offices of a newspaper at Condersport, in Potter County, Pennsylvania, have been wrecked by an explosion of dynamite, following, upon a local campaign…

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Tragedy of the Sea. Wrecked on the Horn

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 4

Considerable interest has been excited by the publication in the "Evening Post" of the following story from Dunedin. A well known Dunedin…

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Fish Slow-up a Steamer. by Clinging to the Bottom Remarkable Marine Phenomenon. Boston (Mass)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 2

The British cargo steamer Rochelle, which arrived here on Thursday from San Domingo, reported an extraordinary marine phenomenon which occurred during…

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Cablegrams. Fire at Sea Steamer Volturno Abandoned in Mid-atlantic. 510 Saved; 236 Missing, Wireless Telegraphy Brings Help. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 2

The British steamer Volturno, which is owned by the Canadian Northern Steamship Company, bound from Rotterdam to New York, caught fire in mid-Atlantic…

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The Bomb in New York. a Startling Explosion. Several Buildings Wrecked. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 2

A startling explosion occurred on the E. side of New York city on Tuesday. It appears that the owner of an Italian grocery store had recently received Black…

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Another Steamer on Fire. Butch Vessel's Exciting Voyage. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

News was received yesterday of another fire aboard a steamer in mid Atlantic. A fire broke out in the coal bunkers of the Royal Dutch West ladies steamer…

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Finnish Steamer Founders. Forty Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 2

There is only one survivor left to tell the late of the wreck of the finish steamer Vestkusten, which left Vara, in Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia, on Wednesday. He relates that a heavy gale…

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Four Boy Scouts Drowned. Ketch Sinks in Thames. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred yesterday in the Thames. A ketch in which were a number of boy scouts was sunk in a collision, and…

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Cablegrams. the Children of Irish Strikers. Priests Act As Pickets. Steamer Offices Watched. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

Priest are assisting in picketing the offices of the cross-Channel steamers at Irish ports to prevent the deportation of the children of destitute Irish striker…

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Fire at Sea. Exciting Race for Port. Cargo Steamer Ablaze. Halfax (Nova Seotia)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 2

The steamer Sowwell, bound from Savannah (Georgin) to Havre, put into Hallfax yesterday with a big fire raging in her holds. The local fire brigade extinguished…

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Steamer Palermo Damaged. Durban

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

The steamer Palermo has put into port here with her rudder stock broken, sunday damages to her deck, and her No, 1 hold leaking, it being slightly damaged…

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A Night Watch Aboard an English Channel Steamer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 38

The steamer rolls lazily with the flowing tide that laps hollowly between her hull and the quay wall. She is a veritable pocket liner with her electric light…

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P. & O. Steamer on Fire. Advice by Wireless. Aden

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 3

A wireless message has been received from the P. and O. steamer Sumatra to the effect that she is making for this port with her cargo on fire. She asks that…

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Wrecked Battleship Jena. Coal and Guns Found. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 2

A profitable find was made on Friday by a Genoese firm, which secured the contract to demolish the remains of the French battleship Jona. The Jona blow up in…

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A Steamer Disabled. Lost Two Propeller Blades. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 3

The steamer Hellenic, from Adelaide, arrived at Algiers in a criplped condition, having lost two propeller blades. It is probable that the vessel will have to…

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Oil Steamer Burnt Six Lives Lost. Bombay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 2

A fire, attended by serious loss of life, occurred yesterday at Tuticorni, on the south coast of Madras. An oil steamer in which were 2000 tons…

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Steamer on Fire. Message by Wireless. London, October 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 43

Startling news has been received regarding the German-Australian steamer Sumatra, which sailed from Sydney on October 2 for Antwerp…

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Fatal Fire on Oil Steamer. Bombay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 2

The son of the port officer of Bombay, another European engineer, and several coolies, perished in the fire which destroy the oil steamer Twingone at…

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