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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Wreck of a Schooner

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 5

All doubt with regard to the fate of the crew of the ill-fated schooner Jones Brothers, which was reported to have been wrecked on the Oyster…

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The Jones Brothers Wreck. NEWCASTLE, Monday Night

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

THE portion of the body of another victim of the Jones Brother wreck was found on the Stockton beach to day…

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Chapter Xxxii. the Plot to Wreck a Young Girl's Life

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 2

For some moments alter he had censed smoking Queenie still sat there, regarding him with that same intensity of gaze that made him…

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Wreck of the Mikasa. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 7

The Japanese warship Mikasa had entered the harbor for repairs and repainting at Saseho just prior to the disaster…

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Vessel Wrecked. SYDNEY Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 5

THE schooner Moana from the Manning River has been found bottom up on a bench in New Zealand. Her crew of 7 or 8 hands are all supposed to be drowned…

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Airship Wrecked. an Aeronaut's Death

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on July 19:-- A terrible accident occurred yesterday at San Jose, California, during the trials…

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Vessel Ashore. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 5

THE steamer Alameda went ashore at San Francisco, and settled down. No lives were lost…

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Steamer Destroyed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 5

The Chinese steamer 'Hsicho' has been destroyed, through striking a drifting mine. Fifteen persons perished…

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Shipwreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 5

It is surmised that the crew of the ill-fated ship Loch Vennachar launched in a boat to take a line ashore at Rivonne Bay, and that the boat capsized…

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Wreck of a Barque

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 October 1905 · page 4

The barque Olivier de Cission, bound from Newcastle to Havre, foundered off Cape Verde. Some of the crew and passengers were saved…

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Steamer Sunk. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 5

THE British steamer Leho struck a floating mine off Shan [?]ung (China) and sauk. 15 passengers and the crew are missing…

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Steamer Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 5

The North Coast steamer " Wollumbin" went ashore near Bellinger, and was beached to save her from foundering…

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A Steamer Wreeked. A Total Loss. SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

THE steamer Wollumbin, went ashore two miles south of Bellinger Bar on Friday. The steamer, which is the property of the North Coast Company, was bound…

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The Largest Steamer

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 4

THE Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the new steamship of the Hamburg-American line recently launched at Stettin, in the presence of the Kaiser and four British…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Coastal Vessel Wrecked. Apalling Loss of Life

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 5

The London and South-Western Railway Company's steamer "Hilda" was wrecked off the coast of Brittany daring a snowstorm, over 100 lives…

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The Russian Revolt. Fighting Afloat and Ashore. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 7

Rear Admiral Cbukhnin, commanding the naval forces at Sevastopol, has informed General Baron Kaulb (Governor of Odessa) that the mutineers on…

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