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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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The Elingamite! Latest from the Wreck. Heroic and non-Heroic Conduct

The Inverell Argus · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 7

Graphic accounts are given by the survivors of the Elingamite wreck of the heroism of the craw, the perilous passage of the boats, and the hardships endured by the…

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Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the Elingamite

The Inverell Argus · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

The steamer Elingamite, which left Sydney for Dew Zealand on 5th instant, with 97 passengers, in addition to the crew (Mr. E. B…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. Forty-two Persons Saved. Auckland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

INTELLIGENCE has been received from Hohoura, by way of Doubtless Bay, that Messrs. Hoddart, Parker, and Co.'s steamship Elingamite, which sailed from Sydney…

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The Wrecked Elingamite. [By Telegraph.] Wednesday, 11 a.m

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 5

THE steamer Zealandia which went in search of the boats and rafts belonging to the wrecked steamer Elingamite has discovered a boat and raft containing 70…

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The Elingamite Wreck

The Inverell Times · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 5
Also in The Armidale Chronicle

No word has been received of the Elingamite's missing boat and raft. The complete number of people missing is 34. Vessels continue to starch but the gravest fears are now…

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Shipwreck and Loss of Life

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 2

The steamer Elingamite, from Sydney to Auckland, ran aground at the Three Kings, off the New Zealand coast, on…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. AUCKLAND

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 4

THERE is no word of the missing passengers and crew of the Elingamite. It is now stated that at least eight persons never quitted the steamer, but sank with…

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The Elingamite Wreck. Latest News. the Missing Boat

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 4

The steamer Zealandia which picked up 92 persons belonging to the wrecked Elingamite reached Sydney yesterday, but only brought four survivors. All…

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The Elingamite Wreck. Fearful Sufferings

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 4

The latest details of the Elingamite wreck show that some of the survivors passed through fearful sufferings. The agonies endured by those who were…

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The Wreck of the "Elingamite." Mr. Neale's Narrative. Awful Tale of Suffering

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 6

A most complete and graphic account of the terrible experiences of those on the raft is given by Mr. Stephen R Ncale, one of the motor…

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The Late Wreck. AUCKLAND

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 2

ALL the survivors from the wrecked steamer "Elingamite," who were picked up by the "Penguin," are doing well, with the exception of Johnson, who drank`…

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Shipwreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 2

THE sad story attaching to the last voyage of the steamer Elingamite adds to the painful list of heartrending disasters…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. Horrible Sufferings

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 4

The survivors from the Elingamite, who have been rescued from a raft, endured horrible sufferings, having existed four…

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The Late Wreck. SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

THE steamer Maranoa arrived to-day from New Zealand, and passed close to the Three Kings, but there was no trace of the wreckage, or sign of the missing…

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The Elingamite Wreck. They Say— As Seen by an Inverell Resident

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

Mr. Hugh Amesbury, dentist, of Byron-street, Inverell, returned home on Thursday last after a trip to New Zealand. He left Auckland by the That the members of the Lemmone Co. established a record in the way of encores, each member of the company being retailed on both nights for every item given…

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The Wrecked Elingamite. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 5

THE steamer Zealandia, which left Sydney on Wednesday last, arrived at Auckland to day. Although a look-out was kept for the missing boat from the wrecked vessel…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 5

The Italian steamer "Bosnia" was wrecked in the Black Sea, Eightytwo of the passengers were drowned…

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Terrible Wreck. Great Loss of Life

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 5

The Italian steamer Bosnia has been wrecked in the Black Sea, eighty-two passengers being drowned…

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Elingamite Wreck. Horrors of the Raft. Conflicting Stories

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 5

The steamer Sterling has located the wreck of the Elingamite. Two of the survivors taken from the raf[?] absolutely deny that they sucked each others blood…

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