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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

62 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4

Wreck of a Schooner. the Captain Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 5

THE schooner, Emma Matilda, from Broken Bay bound for Sydney, freighted with maize, drifted on the rocks outside North Head at three o'clock on Wednesday…

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Wreck of a Village

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 2

A village on the French side of the Alps was destroyed by an avaianche. Many inhabitants were buried. One trial of Mother Graves' Worm…

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Notes From the Antipodes. a Steamer Driven by Coal Gas

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 8

M. Capelle, of Havre, has introduced an from steamer for river navigation, which is driven by coal gas. The gas motor directly works the…

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Wrecks of Manhood

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1895 · page 6

IN the Kursaal at Hamburg some years ago the croupiers were for the most part broken-down gamesters, whose fortunes and lives had been…

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Cablegrams. Sydney, Friday. The Wreck of the Elbe. Heartrending Soenes. the Lost Boats

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 5

The steamer which collided with the Elbe was the Crathie, of Aberdeen, but she was not seriously injured. The night was pitch dark and the…

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An Awful Scene. at the Elbe Wreck. London, Feb. 2

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 3

THE story of the last scene on board the ill-fated ship Elbe has just been made publie by some of the survivors. When the Crathie crashed into the great steamship…

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Wreck. [By Telegbaph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 5

THE crew of the wrecked ketch Candidate, which was wrecked, on. Satutday, and who are allbelieved to be drowned consisted of Captain Freeman; O.Seyersen.mate;G…

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The Wreck of the Candidate

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 3

The crew of the ketch Candidate, which was wrecked on Saturday, and who are all feared to have been drowned, consisted of Captain Freeman, G. Sverson (mate), G…

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Capture of Wreckers. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

AN important captare of a band of wreckers, whose operations have been carried on along the coast line of the Bed Sea, has been made. A hundred persons, supposed…

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A Singular Incident. Loss of a Steamer. London, March 1

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 8

AN ice dam formed on the river Clyde by the late severe weather brolce, and the sudden rash of water swept several vessels out to sea and sunk one steamer…

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The Mail Steamer Oroya. London, March 4

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

THE stormy weather prevailing in the Mediterranean is interfering with the efforts being made to float the Orient R.M.S. Oroya, which is aground in the…

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Supposed Wreck. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

A LARGE quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Tarifa, a Spanish seaport 21 miles from Gibraltar, and has been recognised as belonging to the Spanish…

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Wreck of the Elbe. Romantic Story

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1895 · page 5

AMONG the many strange stories which are coming from the ends of the earth since some hundreds of human beings went down in the North German Lloyd liner Elbe (says the San…

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Wreck and Loss of Life. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1895 · page 5

BY the loss of the cutter Swan in a squall near Thursday Island, a white man named Morris and a Japanese carpenter were drowned…

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Reported Wreck. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 5

IT is reported that the Spanish steamer Gravica has been wrecked on the Phillipine Islands, and that 168 lives have been lost…

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A Stanish Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 6

The Spanish steamer Gravina has been wrecked off Manilla, the chief town of the Philippine Islands. One hundred and sixty-eight of those on…

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Mail Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 5

THE San Francisco mail steamer arrived, to-day after a passage of 23 days 19 hours…

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A Mail Steamer Wrecked. 103 Lives Lost

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, May 29.—A terrible shipping disaster has occurred in the Bay of Biscay. The French mail steamer Dom Pedro which was on a voyage from Havre Fcance…

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Disastrous Wreck. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 5

THE steamer Colima. Owned by the Pacific mail steamship company of San Francisco, has been wrecked off the coast of Mexico. There was great loss of life, 170 persons…

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Fearful Shipwreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 2

The steamer Colima, owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company of San Francisco, has been wrecked off the coast of Mexico. There was great loss of life, one hundred…

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