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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Japanese Vessel Wrecked. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

THE fine Japanese liner, Awamarn, has been wrecked off Red car, Yorkshire. All the members of the crew (120)…

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Wreck Scenes. 700 Passengers in Jeopardy. London, November 18

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 2

A Reuter deapatch from Hongkong reports that the passenger steamer Huengstap, with 700 foreign and Chinese peasants aboard, has been…

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Lifeboat Capsized. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

DURING a gale which occurred at, Ryde, neat the Isle of Wight, yesterday, a lifeboat capaized, resulting in two of the crew being drowned. '…

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Washed Ashore. SYDNEY. Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

THE body of the young man, washed ashore at Bronte beach yesterday, has been Identified as that of George Baker, who was drowned while…

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Mail Steamer Wrecked. LONDON. Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

THE Pacific Hail Company's steamer, City of Panama, has been wrecked near Tescadoro in California. Seventy passengers and 30 of the crew are…

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Wreck

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The barque, Ellen Hulme, has drifted ashore near Tamar Heads) Tasmania, and it is feared will become a total wreck. The crew were saved…

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Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

The Pac[?] mail Coaster, The City of Panama, was wrecked near Pescadoro, California, seventy of the passengers and 30 of the crew are missing…

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Barque Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 4

The barque Eden Holme drifted ashore near Tamar Heads, Tasmania, and it is feared that the vessel will become a total wreck. The members…

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Steamer on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

The steamer Netherton, which canght fire with a loading of oil for Sydney at Sumatra, is a total loss. The outbreak is attributed to an…

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Duels Afloat and Ashore. Some Interesting Incidents

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

In France and Germany dueling enjoys a certain amount of popularity, although the Jaws forbid it, and until a, half- century ago, a fight with swords or pistols between…

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Wrecked

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 5

The British ship Pengwern has been wrecked in the North Sea und 24 hands were drowned…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Wrecked by a Storm. BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 5

THE greater part of the town of Cooktown, in Northern Queensland, has been wrecked by a violent storm. Several serious accidents occurred, but no lives were lost…

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Schooner in Trouble

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 4

The schooner Alma Adefel, when attempting to cross the bar at the Bellinger River yesterday, struck the end of the breakwater, sustaining…

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The Wreck of the Maelgwyn

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

News has been received that the crew of the barque Maelgwyn, which was reported as dismasted and abandoned, have been rescued and landed at Lord…

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Another Wreck

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

The barque Annansona was also wrecked on Middleton reef. The crew were saved and landed at Howe Island, the inhabitants of which cabled that…

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Shipwrecked

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 4

The German stip, "De Ruyter," arrived at Melbourne, yesterday with the Cup aid and two men from the Danish schooner, "Catherine," which…

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Shipwreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

Mr. Deakin yesterday cabled to the Premier, of Cape Colony requesting him to send a steamer to the rescue of the remainder of the crow of the…

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Steamer Disasters

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 3

It is feared that the Leith steamer Moravia has foundered in a hurricane in the North Sea. She had 19 people on board, A Tyne steamer is also supposed to have been…

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A Ship Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 4

The French barque Marguerite Mariband ran ashore at New Zealand. All hands were saved…

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The Berlin Wreck. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 2

Fifteen survivors have been rescued from the wreck of the Berlin. Several were sashed out, and others frozen to death. Scores were…

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