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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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Recent Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 3

Advices from Manila show that the steamer Tutami Marie is likely to become a total wreck. The boat is insured at L200,000. The passengers and crew were landed and…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 4

The Egyptian mail steamer "Charkich" hat been wrecked. One hundred people were drowned. Henry Wilson, an old man, has been…

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A Steamer Destroyed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 5

The ferry steamer, "Kangaroo," lying at Milson's Point, was burnt on Monday. The loss is estimated at £4000. The spectacle was splended,…

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Wreck of a Schooner

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 5

The German schooner "Dochua," struck a reef in the Minder's Channel near Townsville. The crew were saved…

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The invention of the Schooner

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 November 1900 · page 2

History records that "Captain [?] [?] and [?] a [?] as they were then called [?] end rigged it in a [?] manner; when launched the peculiar [?]…

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Ketch R Friends of the Horse

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1900 · page 2

Finding that I did not appreciate Ranelagh, my friends thought that something serious would be more to my taste, so they gave me a ticket for the Annual…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 4

The Plymouth steamer "Boss Gull," has been wrecked in the Channel Islands. The captain and eight of the crew are missing…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Wreck of a Frigate 100 Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 December 1900 · page 5

The German training frigate, "Grierseuan," was wrecked during a storm in the outer harbour of Mataga, Forty of the crew were drowned…

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