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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

55 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 3

Castle Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

The famous castle Ostensaken, with its priceless collection of paintings and other works of art, has been destroyed by the rebel Letts…

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Steamer Wrecked. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

THE Pacific Coast Steamship Company's steamer Valencia went ashore at Vancouver. Sixty of those on board were drowned, and a hundred…

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Cablegrams London, Thursday. Wreck of A. STEAMER. Loss of Life

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 4

The steamer 'Valencia went ashore at Cape Beale, near Vancouver. The total loss the crew and passengera, totalling 154, is reported…

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A Wreck of the Sixties the Steamship London. Terrible Loss of Life

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4
Also in The Inverell Times

Just forty years ago on the 11th January the 4's, London, bound from London to Melbourne, foundered in the Bay of Biscay, after three or four days' battling…

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The Elingamite Wreck. SYDNEY, Thusday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

ANOTHER unnuccessful attempt has be[?] made to recover the treassure lost in [?] wreck of the Elingamte. The diver [?] ports that the vessel his gone to piei…

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Shipwrecks

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 4

Wreckage belonging to a timber sailing vessel of about 500 tons has been sighted 300 miles east of Sydney, in the track of vessels trading to New…

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A Steamer Wrecked. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

THE Norweigan steamer Thardes, which left Newcastle on Saturday for Port Stephens to complete loading coal for Manilla, was swept out of her course…

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Steamer Founders

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

The steamer 'British King' foundered near Nova Scotia. 28 of the crew are missing…

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Tornado in Sydney. 1000 Buildings Wrecked or Damaged. One Man Killed. Several Persons Injured

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 4

A TORNADO of short duration, but of exceptional violence, was experienced on the North Shore of Sydney Harbour on Tuesday afternoon. The area covered by the…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Inverell Times · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote on 19th January : -- The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Steamer Sensation

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

Eight armed men boardod a steamer plying between Warsaw and Plock, on the Vistula, in Russian Poland. Ordering five notorious gambers on deck, they shot them…

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The Wreck of the Dunbar. the Exact Spot

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 6

Various opinions have been expressed as to the exact spot in which the Dunbar was wrecked at South Head in 1857, and many inquiries have been sent…

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Accident to a Steamer. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 5

THE steamer Victoria arrived this morning a day late from Auckland. It appears a high-pressure cylinder was knocked clean out yesterday…

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The Aquidaban Wreck. Three Admirals Lost

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

The "Daily Mail" of 13th February wrote:-- The explosion which sank the Brazilian Ironclad Aquidaban on the night of…

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Wrecked Crew's Adventure Hardships in an Old Indian Fishing Camp

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

The details of a little drama (writes the London "Dally Mail" of 13th February) of the sea have reached Newport Monmouth…

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The Aquidaban Wreck. Three Admirals Lost

The Inverell Times · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 3

The "Daily Mail" of 13th February wrote: -- The explosion which sank the Brazilian ironclad Aquidaban on the night of…

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Wrecked Crew's Adventure Hardships in an Old Indian Fishing Camp

The Inverell Times · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 3

The details of a little drama (writes the London "Daily Mail" of 13th February) of the sea have reached Newport Monmouth…

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Barque Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

The French barque 'Vincennes,' from Japan to Sydney, was stranded on the ocean beach at Manly last night during a strong easterly gale…

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Battleship Ashore. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 5

THE British battleship Montaga went ashore daring a fog on Shnt[?] Point in the channel. The crew are safe…

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