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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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

Tramcar Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 4

A tramcar at Riga was wrecked. one of the passengers was torn to pieces, while four others were wounded…

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A Steamer Founders

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

The steamer Charterhouse, from "Holthew to Hongkong, foundered, Jassengers being drowned…

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Storm in Encland Torrential Rain. Crops Damagel. Volunteer Camp Wrecked

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

London beheld last night (find August) one of the grandest exhibitions of atmospheric electrical disturbances witnessed for many a day…

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Steamer Wrecked. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 5

THE barque Raveuscourt has arrived at Dunedin with the crew of the steamer Port Stephens on board. The steamer was wrecked on her voyage from Omaru to…

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A Steamer on Fire. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 5

THE steamer Hankow took fire while lying at one of the wharves at Hong Kong and burnt before daybreak. A hundred Chinese passengers together with a valuable cargo…

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A Rassia Steamer Torreloed. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 5

A RUSSIAN steamet struck a troped off the [?] of Vladivostock, and bank immediately. Two brandred pemengers perished, only one being received…

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An Abandoned Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 4

The steamer 'Rakanoa' has returned to the Bluff, after a fruitless search for the abandoned steamer 'Port Stephens.'…

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Steamer Captain Committed. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 5

THE captain of the steamer Lord Antrim was to-day committed for trial on charge of proceeding to sea in defiance of an order detaining him on the ground that the life…

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An Old-time Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 3

A PROJECT is on foot to explore the coast off Anglesea, in Wales, for the remains of the s.s. Royal Charter, from Melbourne, and to search for the gold which went down with…

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Steamer Founders

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 4

The Russian steamer, Jes[?]aica foundered in the Gulf of Bothnia. There was great loss of life, the captain, 38 of the crew, and 30 others being drowned…

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Loss of a Russian Steamer. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 5

THE Russian steamer "Jessaica" has foundered in the Guif of Bothnia. The captain, 38 of the crew, and thirty others were drowned…

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Holiday Steamer Ashore. Concert on Deck. Alarming Adventure

The Uralla News · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 3

About seven o'clock yesterday evening, 21st August, the booming of the lifeboat signal gun giving warning that a vessel was in distress was heard at Falmouth…

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Wreck of a [?]

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 4

The [?] "So[?]" from [?] [?] to Australia with [?] was wrecked on Prince Edward island, five persons being drowned…

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Steamer Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 4

The steamer 'Kensington' went ashore at Quebec during a snowstorm. The passengers were rescued. Appendicitis…

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Wreck of a Russian Barque. Two Lives Lost: Exciting Rescues

The Uralla News · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 3

During an easterly gale on 18th September the Russian barque Anna Precht, bound to Yarmouth from Borga, Finland, with a cargo of…

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