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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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Novel. Flotsam. Book Iv.--come Ashore. Chapter I--(confused.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 2

The [?] to [?] at cree, for it really was A[?]oe, and it added that the was in good health. Just at first I forget everything out that, and thought only of…

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A Japanese Transport Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 2

A Japanese transport bae been wrecked in Formosa Channel, 85 persons being drowned, and only five saved…

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Novel. Flotsam. Book Iv.-- Come Ashore. Chapter Iii.-- (Continued.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 1

[?] now the thing was how to get Alice me again. For two or three days I didn't illy know how to begin. It seems absurd [?]ugh now, but I was afraid to tell the…

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Wreck of the Koonya (s). All Hands Saved

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 2

The coastal steamer Koonye, from Moruya to Sydney, weal ashore on Coronulla Beach last night. The passengers and crew were eaved…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

The passenger steamer Matuara from New Zealand to London was totally wrecked in the Magellan Straits. One boat containing 15…

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Terrible Wreck

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

The N. Z. Shipping Company's steamer " Mataura," from Wellington to London, has been totally lost in the Straits of Magellan. One boatload of…

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Another Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 3

The steamer Channel Queen was wrecked during dense fogs. A panic occurred among the passengers during the launching of the boats, one of which was swamped and eighteen…

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Wreck in the English Channel

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 3

The steamer Channel Queen was wrecked on the Isle of Guernsy during a dense fog. A panic occurred among the passengers, and in launching the…

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Melbourne. Attempt to Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 3

Yesterday morning an attempt was made to wreck a tram to Ararat, a sleeper being placed across the ralls…

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Mail Steamer Quarantined

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 2

The French mail steamer Caledonien arrived in Sydney to-day and went immediately into quarantine owing to an outbreak of smallpox…

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Wreck

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

The schooner Oscar Robinson was wrecked at Norfolk Island on January 1[?]th. All hands were saved…

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Another Wreck. the Steamer Marion Fenwick. No Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 2

The steamer Marian Fenwick from Moruya to Sydney was wrecked at Marley Point in- Sunday's gale; a passenger and the crew, numbering…

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A Passenger steamer Founders. 200 Lives Saved

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 2

The passenger steamer from America to Holland sunk in the Atlantic during a heavy gale. The passengers and crew, numbering 200, were rescued…

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Telegrams. [From the Metropolita Papers.] Sydney, Monday. Wrecks near Bulli. Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 2

During a terrible gale yesterday the brig Amy was wrecked near Bulli. The crew, numbering eight, was drowned…

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French Steamer Wrecked. 87 Persons Perished

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 4

A French steamer bound forPanama has been wrecked at Amaga point, 87 persons being drowned…

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Shipwreck

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 3

The ship Atacama bound to San Diego from Newcastle, "became water logged. The crow took to the boats. One…

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Wrecks and Loss of Life

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The brigg Amy, coal laden from Wollongong to Sydney, was totally wrecked on Sunday afternoon near Bulli. All hands, numbering seven,…

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Shipwreck

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 3

The steamer Clare, of Nevada, bound for Alaska, with passengers who were mostly miners en route to the Yukon goldfields, has foundered off the…

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The Atacama Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

A resident of St Helensburg yesterday found man's foot and shirt on the ocean beach, sixteen miles north from Bulli. It is supposed to belong to a victim of the recent…

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Steamer Overdue

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 2

The etoamer Fido, from Sydeny, is overdue at Noumes…

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