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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Steamer Beached. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 5

THE steamer " Easby," from Tasmania, struck a reef near Gabo Island on Saturday in thick weather. The vessel's keel was so seriously damaged that…

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Steamer on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 4

A steamer, with sixty passengers on board, caught fine on the Hudson River. She steamed into a private dock, and all the passengers were…

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Steamer Ashore

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The steamer Fortunatus went ashore at Flores Island, north of Timer Island, during the voyage from Australia to Calcutta. Four hundred tone of cargo…

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Wreck of the Easby. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

TWELVE of the crew of the steamer Easby, which was wrecked last week off Gabo Island, arrived on Saturday at Melbourne, after spending five miserable days on the…

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Steamer Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 4

The steamer Fortunatus went asbore at Floras Island, north of Timor, daring the voyage from Australia to Calcutta Four hundred tons of…

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Steamer Foundered

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

A steamer crossing the river Neva in a snowstorm, struck an ice floe and foundered. Seventy passengers were drowned…

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Foundered on Ice

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 4

A steamer, while crossing the river Neva in a snow storm, struck an icefloe and foundered, 60 passengers being drowned…

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Remarkable Causes of Wrecks

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 6

THE destruction of the steamer Berlin was one of those frightful cel[?]mities against which neither seamanship nor skilful engineering can avail. The violence and the…

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The Berlin Wreck. a Deed of Heroism

The Uralla News · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 5

The saving of the last three survivors of the Wreck of the Berlin by a Dutch merchant, Captain Martin Sperling, helped by his two nephews, in a…

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The Suevic Wreck.—An Awful Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

WRITING to Mr. H. F. Wilson, of the Sydney Harbour Trust, Mr. W. J. Goodman, who was a passenger from Sydney by the White Star liner Suevic,…

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Ketch in Trouble

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 4

A ketch with torn sails arrived at the Solomon Group last month. The crew comprised a number of Papuans, who stated that the captain had been…

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Fire pa a Steamer.—7000 Damage, AUCKLAND

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 4

DETAILS of the fire on the Aparims, at Singapore, which was briefly mentioned by cable, became available on arrival of the boat today. Damage to the extent of…

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Jack Ashore

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 8

Two sailors were sitting in the gallery of on old country church, paying great attention to the service. During the sermon one of them heard a distinct sound of snoring…

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Body Washed Ashore. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 5

THE body of Frederick John Ward, aged 69, a cab-driver, was found on the beach, washed up by the tide at San Souci, yesterday. He had been ill and left his home on…

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Here and There. Sunken Ships Floated by Air. How Wrecks are R[?]ssed

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 5

The raising of a sh[?] sink to the bottom of the sea is not always a successful or profitable business even in these days of…

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Reduced Steamer Fares From United Kingdom

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 5

Since the revival of the assisted immigration policy of the Government a little over a year ago, large numbers of persons have taken advantage of the…

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Reduced Steamer Fares From United Kingdom

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 2

SINCE the revival of the assisted immigration policy of the Government a little over a year ago, large numbers of persons have taken advantage of the…

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British Schooner Seized

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

An American revenue cutter has seined a British schooner for illegal sealing on the coast of Alaska…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

The steamer Kisora was wrecked thirty miles from Kawhia, N Z. three lives being k[?] including the captain. Twenty seven surrivors are…

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Steamer Kia-ora Wrecked. AUCKLAND

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 5

NEWS was received to-night of the wreck of the Northern Company's steamer Kia-ora between Kawhia and Mokau, on the West Coast of the North Island in the midst of a…

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