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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Russian Steamer Stranded. Five Englshmen Drowned. Copenliagen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3

The Russian mine-laying steamer the Neiroko was stranded at Ronne on her [ ?] voyage from Middlesburgh to Libnu, The vessel was not damaged…

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Cablegrams. Steamer Breaks in Two. Stern Section Sinks Instantly. Twenty-two Men Drowned. New York, Monday Midnight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

News of a starling disaster at sen is just to hand. A wireless message received this morning from the Hamburg-Amerika line's…

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Explosion in Oil Tank Steamer New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 2

An explosion on the German oil tank steamer [?] at New Orleans, resulted in sevoral persons being killed or wounded. The hull of the steamer was…

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Plan to Rob Steamer. Armed Masked Intruder. San Francisco, January 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 42

A sensational attempt, to rob a steamer was frustrated yesterday by the presence of mind and bravery of the captain. The steamer Williamette, which plies…

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Drill Hall Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 3

A number of senior [?], of the Leichbotdt aren have practically [?] the local dril hall. [?] all the windows were sunshed to places; corrugated…

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Burringbar (N.s.w.) Mullumbimby (N.s.w. Floating Kidney Cured. a Perfect Wreck Through Kidney Disease

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 6

I suffered was Organic Headaches, Diseases of the Liver, and Floating Kidney, with continuous pains and lack of appetite. My whole system was out of I was brought down by Kidney Disease so that I could not raise myself from my bed, being weak as a baby. The pain in the back was positively unbearable. I could…

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Cablegrams. Mail Steamer's Plight. on Ledge of Rocks. St. John (New Brunswick). Thurs

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Reports were in circulation here carly yesterday that the Royal mail steamer Cobequid, which during a terrific storm, struck a rock off Brier Island on Monday…

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Inland Water Steamer

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 4

The Speandbee, a new side-wheel passenger steamer, recently placed in ser[?] between Cleveland and Buffalo is the largest side wheel steamer in…

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A Schooner Founders. Crew's Trying Experience. Boston (Mass.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 2

The severe gales which have raged in the North Atlantic this week still continue. The schooner Grace Martin was unable to withstand the weather, and she…

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A Passenger Steamer Severely Buffeted. Bridge Torn Away

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 2

When the great White Star liner Oceanic, 17,271 tons, arrived in New York yesterday, she showed signs of having met with a severe buffeting on the…

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Gales in Atlantic Wrecked Mail Liner Cobequid. No Hope of Saving. Passengers Suffer Severely. Halifax (Nova Scotia)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 2

The captain and 11 members of the crew of the Royal mail steamer Cobequid, which struck on Trinity Rock, off Port Maitland (Nova Scotia), Wednesday,…

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Fate of Steamer Acilia. Two Bodies Picked Up. Hamburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

After a lapse of three months, news has been received here of the fate of the Hamburg Amerika liner Aellia, 5693, which was due to arrive at Monte Video…

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How to Avoid a Wreck

The Independent · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped it taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mightiest vessel, and drag her beneath the sea; there is no saving…

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How to Avoid a Wreck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 1

A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mightiest vessel and drag her beneath the son. There is…

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A Suspected Passenger. Police Watching Steamer Grampian

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 8

It is reported that the police are sending an officer by a fast boat to get to the Grampian at Saint John's, on Thursday. The police…

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Ferry Steamer Sinks. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 2

The ferry steamer, Memel, belonging to the Balmain New Ferry Company, collided with the coastal steamer Mcfua off No. 5 jetty, Darling Harbor, just before…

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Steamer Suspect Exonerated

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

It has been ascertained definitely that the emigrant on the steamer Grampian, whose description was said to tally with that of Reeks' companion at…

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Deportation of Strikers. Ten Leaders Placed on Steamer. Cape Town, January 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 42

The action of the Union Government in deporting the prominent Labour agitators, Messrs. A. Watson, J. T. Bain, H. J. Poutsma, Waterston, G. Mason Crawford,…

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Wrecked at Midnight. Nineteen Lives Lost. London, February 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 42

A disastrous shipwreck occurred on Saturday night on Nare Head, at the western entrance to Falmouth Bay, on the Cornish coast…

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German Barque Wrecked

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 8

The German barque Hera was caught in a heavy southerly gale off Falmouth on Saturday night. The vessel wheeled over till her rails were awash. The…

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