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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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The Wreck of the "Kia-ora." SYDNEY

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

GREAT uncertainty exists regarding the loss of life from the wreck of the steamer "Kia-ora." The ill-fated steamer, after striking the…

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Tie Ketch "Arah." SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 5

THE wreckage towed into Botany Bay yesterday was not the ketch "Arah," as at first supposed. That vessel passed Jervis Bay this morning…

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Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 4

The wreckage towed into Botany Bay yesterday was not the ketch Arab, as was first expected, as the Arab passed Jervis Bay this morning…

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A Sunken Ketch

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 4

The captain of the steamer Bombala reports having passed what appeared to be a sunken ketch, off Wollongong. The must and boom…

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Steamer Missing. HOBART

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

GREAT anxiety is felt in Tasmania regarding the safety of the steamer Mahinapna, which left Hobart five days ago for Strahan, a trip of about…

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Do They Wreck Ships!

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 1

Not long ago the captain of a great ocean liner reported that several large meteoric stones fell into the sea near the ship, their contact with the water producing…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

The steamer Mt. Royal has been wrecked at British Colombia. Six persons were drowned…

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Wreck of a Barque. SYDNEY Monday Afternoon

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

A cable was received from New Zealand to-day reporting that the barque "WooMahra" was a total wreck 90 the coast near Wellington. Particulars…

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Wreck of the Dunbar

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 4

HENRY PACKER, librarian of the Kangaroo Valley School of Arte, who, as look-out man at Sooth Head, signalled the ill-fated Dim bar for Macquarie Lighthouse on…

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Steamer in Trouble

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

The Rorweigan steamer Pido, 1443 tons, was found stranded last night on a reef outside Cook Island, near' Tweed Heads. The steamer is now…

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A Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 8

TWEED HEADS, Friday.—The steamer Fido, 1443 tons, built in Norway three years ago, Captain Largen, was stranded at half-past seven last night on a reef outside Cook…

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Wreck of the Fido

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 2

THE Norwegian steamer, Fido 1445 tons from Ocean Island, bound for Sydney, with a cargo of phosphates valued at £4000, Stranded at 7.30 on Thursday…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 4

A fire broke out last night on board the steamer Ville De La Ciotat lying at Circular Quay. The seat of fire was located in the sail locker…

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Fire on a Steamer. the Hold Flooded

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 6

IN Connection with the fire aboard the French mail steamer Ville de [?]a Giotat, at 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning one of the fireman, with a smoke he[?],…

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Shipwreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 4

About 100 feet of a large ship's deck has been sighted on the Queensland coast…

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Chinese Wreckers. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 5

FOUR hundred discontented Chinese employed in a gold mine at Johannesburg wrecked the quarters of the Chinese police. Several constables were wounded and five…

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Wreck on the Coast. Several Persons Drowned. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 3

THE Union-steamer Kawitiri, bound from Hobart to Strahan was totally wrecked on the Tasmnuian coast just before midnight, when attempting to enter the…

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Wreck on the Tasmaaian Coast. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 5

THE Union steamer Kawitiri, bound from Hobart to Strahan, was totally wrecked on the Tasmanian coast just before midnight, when attempting to enter the Heads. The…

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The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest

The Uralla News · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 5

A French periodical devoted to mar time affairs discusses the question of what becomes of wrecked ships, and arrives at the conclusion that…

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Wreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 4

A boat is missing from Freemantle. A fisherman; John Campbell, discovered the vessel wrecked, and it is feared that a father and two sons…

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