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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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The Missing Steamer Pilbarra. SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 2

MESSRS. Burns, Philp, and Co. have received a cable from Noumen to-day, stating that the steamer Pacifique had arrived there with Mr. Sewell, second…

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The Missing Steamer ' Pilbarra.'

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

The report of the steamer 'Indnna' having returned to Noumea without finding the 'Pilbarra' is unfounded. Tidings of the disabled vessel are…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Steamer Wrecked. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 5

THE steamer Albany, which left Sydney on Saturday for Brisbane, strnck a reef near the Nambucca bar on Sunday afternoon…

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Steamer "Albany" Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 3

Considerable excitement was occagioned in Sydney on Sunday evening by the receipt of a telegram from the Nambucca River to the effect that the…

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A Thrilling Adventure. a Man on a Wrecked Kite

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 1

An exhibition of the man-lifting military kites invented by Mr. S. F. Cody led to an exciting incident at the Bradford Exhibition recently…

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A Barque Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 5

The French Barque 'Anjou,' from Sydney, wheat laden for Falmouth, is a total wreck on the New Zealand Coast…

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Wreck of a Barque

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 5

The barquetine "Neptune" was wrecked at Kaipara, New Zealand, while entering the harbor with a load of timber for Sydney. A heavy sea…

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An Overdue Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 4

There is still no news of the overdue steamer 'Pacifique.'…

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Cruiser Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 4

The Chilian cruiser, "President Pinto," was wrecked at Chile. The captain committed suicide…

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Reservoir Wrecked. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1905 · page 5

THE Pinetown resr[?]oir, at Natal, was wrecked by a hurricane, and 500 Io dians and 50 Europeans were drowned. The wreckage has caused a water…

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A Wrecked Vessel

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 June 1905 · page 4

The hull of a capsized vessel, of about 40 tons, has been observed on the Five-mile Beach, Victoria. No particulars are available…

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British Steamer Stopped. London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 5

The Russian cruiser Smolesk, now interned at Shanghai, stopped the British steamer Cilurnum, bound from Shanghai to Japan, and threw overboard 411 bags of henna, 125…

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British Steamer Stopped. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 5

THE Russian cruiser Smolensk, which is interned at Shanghai, stopped the British steamer Cilurnum (?), bound from Shanghai to Japan, and threw…

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Wreck of a Bar[?]ue

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 6

The barque, "Emily," from Newcastle, was wrecked on the New Zealand coast. The crew win safely landed…

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Wreck of the Khyber. Doomed in Sight of Home! Twenty-three Men Drowned

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 6

After a practical immunity for two years from disastrous shipwreck, the rock-bound coast of Land's End has again been the scene of a terrible…

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Ten Minutes' Havoc. Tornados Devastation. Theatre and Churches Wrecked

The Inverell Times · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 3

From New York, on 9th May, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Twenty-four persons were killed and…

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Wrecks on Maiden Island

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 5

A TELEGRAM, dated Auckland, Tuesday, states that the American achooner, Matthew Turner, which arrived at Honolulu on July 5, brought the abiprecked news of two…

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Steamer Missing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 4

The steamer 'Coolgardie,' which left Adelaide on Tuesday last has not yet been heard of…

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A Steamer Founders

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 4

A new steamer, plying on the Wanganui River, New Zealand, struck a boulder and sank. The passengers and crew were rescued…

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Steamer Combine

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 4

The Bucknall line of steamers have joined the steamer combine. It is anticipated that 23 large steamers will be placed in trade for the wool season,…

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