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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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A Disabled Schooner

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 5

The five-masted schoonor "Louie," from California to Melbourne, put into Newcastle in distress, having encountered fearful weather…

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Accident on a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 4

A terrible accident took place on board the Government steamer, "Victoria," to-day, a seaman named Edward Bramby being crushed against…

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Shipwrecked Crew

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 5

A French warship has picked up the crew of the barque "Savernake" which was wrecked in November on the voyage from 'Frisco to Falmouth…

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Steamer Etruria. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 5

THE Canard liner Etruria is being towed in the Atlantic with a broken shaft…

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Wrecked Towns

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 6

Artists will hear with regret that the old-fashioned and semantic village of Runswick near Whitby is in danger of destruction by landslip Indeed…

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A Steamer Wrecked, Seventy Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 5

Seventy passengers were drowned in the wreck of the steamer "City of Pittsburg."…

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Steamer Boveric. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

THERE is much anxiety concerning the steamer Boveric, now 17 days overdue from Melbourne to Durban. The owners are considering the…

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The Steamer Boveric. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

A LIFE-BOAT belonging to the overdue steamer Boveric, which left Melbourne for Durban on March 21st with horses, was picked up yesterday by the steamer…

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An Overdue Steamer. Lifeboat Picked Up

The Inverell Times · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 4

The lifeboat belonging to the overdue steamer Boveric, containing the chief officer and three men, was picked up by the steamer Willyama on the 7th instant. The chief officer…

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The Missing Steamer "Boveric."

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 5

Mr. Deakin has cabled to the Imperial authorities, asking for the assistance of British warships to search for the missing steamer "Boveric."…

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The Disabled Steamer. Warships to Search

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 5

Mr. Deakin, the Eederal Attorney-General and Acting-Premier, has cabled to the Imperial authorities asking for the assistance of the British warships on the Australian station, in…

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The Steamer Boveric. Feemantle, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 5

THE disabled steamer Boveric arrived this morning at N. Fremantle in tow of the steamer Marrnng. The latter was on her way to London via the Cape…

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Supposed Wreck of a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 5

It is feared that the steamer "Camorta" with a crew of 89 and 650 native passengers has foundered during a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal…

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The Disabled Steamer "Boveric."

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 5

The passengers and crew of the steamer "Boveric" are in good health. The horses are also in splendid condition. Very few were lost…

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Alleged Robberies on a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 5

Numerous robberies were reported at Albany, on board the steamer "Aurania," while the troops of that vessel were ashore…

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Accident to a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 5

The British-India steamer "Camorla" foundered in the Bay of Bengal with a crew of 69, and native passengers numbering 650…

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A Tragedy of the Sea. Shipwreck, Murder and Cannibalism

The Inverell Times · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

The following remarkable story of a sea tragedy is here published for the first time in Australia. More lucidly than any narrative of recent…

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A Schooner Wrecked. SYDNEY Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 5

THE schooner Advance, one of the oldest and best known vessels on the Coast, was totally wrecked in the night at Botany Bay during bad weather…

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A Schooner Wrecked. the Captain Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 2

THE schooner Advance missed her stays off Botany early this morning, and being driven on to Henry's Head, foundered. Captain Ingstrom was drowned, the body…

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Sketcher. the First Steamer to Cross the Atlantic

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 1

IN many quarters the idea seems still to prevail--and we gave expression to it quite recently in an article on Some Early Steamships --that the…

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