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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Thmora Mail Wrecked. Sydney

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 3

A terrible railway disaster occurred at about midnight tast night at Excter, a small railway centre on the main southern line near Moss Vale…

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Coal Steamer Founders. Twenty Lives Lost London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The steamer Heinrich, laden with coal, foot Cardiff for Marseilles, has foundered with 20 hands…

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Late News French Steamer Wrecked Off Cape Moerton Eighteen Lives Lost. BRISBANE

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 3

The French steamer, St. Paul, bound from Noumea to Brisbane, has been wrecked off Cape Moreton, and 18 lives lost. As far as it is known…

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Wheat Steamer on Fire. Cargo to Be Discharged London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 5

The Ellerman liner Swazi, which left Melbourne on February 19 for Dunkirk with a cargo of wheat, put in at Port Said this week with a fire on board…

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Cablegrams. French Steamer Sinks Disaster Near Brisbane Eighteen Lives Lost. Pilot Saves Eleven in Cabin. Crew Fail to Save a Little Girl. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 5

Striking Smith's Rock, off Cape Moreton, near Brisbane, shortly after midnight to-day, the French steamer St. Paul, 1600 tons, bound from New…

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Wreck of the St Paul. "I Shall Hear Those Screams" "Till My Dying Day." Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 2

"I shall hear those cries to my dying days," said one of the pilots on the steamer Liewelyn, which rescued the cloven survivors of the French steamer St. Paul after…

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NEW P. & O. Steamer. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 April 1914 · page 3

The new P. and O. steamer Borda has been completed, and has made a successful trial trip from Greenock to London…

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Steamer St. Paul Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 33

The French steamer St. Paul, bound from Noumca for Brisbane, was wrecked on Friday morning, when she struck Smith's Rock, off Cape Moreton, Q. Eighteen lives…

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New Orient Steamer Ormonde

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 19

This steamer is at the present time being built at Clydebank, the yards of Messrs. John Brown and Co. This firm, it will be remembered, built the Orient Company's…

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Fire on Steamer. Outbreak Checked. Port Said, March 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 43

The steamer Swazi, that left Sydney on January 31 for London, has arrived here. A fire broke out, but was extinguished. It was found necessary to discharge 4000…

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Wireless Call for Help. Steamer to the Rescue. London, March 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 43

A fierce tempest is raging off Brittany, and many fishing vessels, with their crews, have been lost. The Chilian steamer Maito has sent a…

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Australian Boy in Trouble. Thefts on Mail Steamer. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

An Australian mess-boy named David Williams, on the R.M.S. Ventura, was arrested on the arrival of the stemmer at San Francisco. He is charged with…

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Collision It Sydney Heads Coastal Steamer Damaged Vessel's Unfortunate Record SYDNEY

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 3

The metal carrying steamers Dunmore and [?] at Sydney Heads shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. Exactly how the accident…

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Armed Men Attack Fishing Steamer. Strange Story of Incidents Near Iceland. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 2

The master of the German fishing steamer Burgermoister Monckeberg states that while lying off Iceland 25 armed men in motor boats boarded the fishing…

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Rescue of Shipwrecked Crew

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 2

News had been received of great privations suffered by a crew of 23 of the French sailing ship Tour[?] Auvergue, wreeked on the Palmerston…

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Victoria. Battle on Steamer. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 3

Thomas Paterson, who was arrested after a fusilade between himself and the police on the steamer Killarney on April 9, was charged at the footscray Court…

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Schooner Wrecked

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

The American schooner Charles Duckley has been wrecked on the coast of New Jersey The captain and his wife and eight…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

The steamier Wallarah has been wrecked on a reef in Catherine. Hill Bay, Newcastle. The crew were rescued by the . life…

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Collier Wallarah Ashore Rocket Brigade Gallops 25 Miles in a Night. and Saves All Hands. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 5

While heavy seas broke over the steam collier Wallarah, 750 tons, ashore at Catherine Hill Bay, last night. the Newcastle Rocket Brigade galloped…

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Ashore with 100 Passengers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 2

Reuter's agent at Monte Video states at the vessel Highland Piper, with 100 passengers, is ashore at Banco Ingles (Magdalena, South America)…

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