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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Driven Ashore

The Inverell Times · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 6

Boom: It is halt past five in the morning, and the little town lies last asleep in the darkness. All night long the wind has been…

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The Wreck of the "Ethel" Fearful Fight with the Waves

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

In connection with the stranding of the Norwegian barque "Ethel," near Cape Spencer, South Australia, on Saturday night, the tug "Euro,"…

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Steamer Founders London. Many Liver Lost

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

The mail steamer Claillam, from Seatle, foundered in a fierce gale when four miles from Victoria, British Columbia. Fifty-three persons were drowned. The heavy seas…

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The St. George Wreck. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 5

WILLIAM BAILLIE (master) and James Pearson (mate), of the steamer St. George, which foundered on Little Seal Bocks last month, were before the Marine Court…

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"Dizzy's Brother." A [?]ketch

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 2

Some ten yews ago there used to stroll into the Lobby of the House of Commons a little white-haired old gentleman, decently dressed in black. He invariably…

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Steamer Service. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 5

THE steamer service between Australia and Japan has been suspended indefinitely, owing to the international situation…

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The War. Russia and Japan. Sensational Rumours. Embroilment of the Neutral Powers. French Naval Activity. Port Arthur Preparing. Two Years' Seige. P. and, A. Steamer Chased

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 4

Sensational rumours are afloat with regard' to the embroilment of neutral powers. Extraordinary activity is reported…

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Big Steamer Aground. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 5

A CABLE from London to day announces that the big steamship Duke of Devonshire, with a general cargo for Australia from Liverpool, was run aground. It is thought…

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Mail Steamer Overdue

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 4

The mail steamer "Moama," from Vancouver, is two days overdue. The vessel is supposed to have been delayed by heavy weather…

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Cablegrams. London. Thursday, the War. Japanese Bodies Washed Ashore. Investment of Port Arthur. Early Bombardment Anticipated

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

The bodies of fifty Japs have been washed ashore at Wei-hai, They are supposed to have belonged to a gunboat which sank at Chefoe…

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Wrecked in Sight of Home

The Inverell Times · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 6

On the morning of the 20th of October [?] a cottager of Llanallgo, Anglesey, was aroused from sleep by the roaring of the wind and the stripping of his roof tree…

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Loss of the Steamer Aramac. Passengers and Crew Take to the Boats. Four Boats Missing

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 2

THE A.U.S.N. Company's fine steamer Aramac, which left Brisbane for Cooktown at 1 p.m. on Saturday, struck on Breaksea Spit on Sunday morning about…

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Wreck of the Aramac. 130 People Missing. Sydney

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 2

The steamer Aramac was wrecked on the Queensland coast on Sunday morning. The passengers and crew…

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A Steamer Missing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 5

The French liner "Pro Patria" is feared to have foundered with sixty passengers and crew…

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The 'Aramac' Wreck. No Sign of Missing Boats. Rough Weather on Queensland Coast. Search Steamers Out

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 5

There is no sign of the missing boats from the 'Aramac' wreck. Later. The four missing boats from the…

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Wreck of the Aramac

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 1

THERE was much commotion at Bundaberg on Sunday night when the news circulated that the A. U. S. N. Co's fine steamer Aramac had met with a mishap. Inquires soon revealed that the…

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A Big Wreck. Sydney

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

VERY heavy gales were experienced along the coast on Sunday, particularly in the vicinity of Cairns, North Queensland, where several Teasels were driven ashore…

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The Aramac Wreck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

SEVERAL of the rescued passengers arrived in Brisbane on Thursday morning by the Rockhampton mail train, and some interesting interviews Were…

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The Story of a Wreck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 3

IN the year 1816 the 78th Seaforth Highlanders were returning to Calcutta from Java, against which rich Dutch possession the British had…

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A Shipwrecked Crew

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 4

The American mail-steamer 'Sierra' brings tho crew of the Norwegian barque 'Sappho,' which was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico…

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