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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

105 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 6

A Cost y Wreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 4

The cargo of the Abandoned steamer Fortunstus, which was intended for Sydney, was valued at £100,000…

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Wreck of the Dunbar. (To the Editor of the " Inverell Times)."

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 11

Sir, It will soon be fifty years since the wreck of the Dunbar, and perhaps some of your readers may not know quite as much about it as I do. Daring the years 1856 and…

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Schooner Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 4

The schooner Bessi[?] was wrecked yesterday off the West Australian coast. No lives were lost…

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The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 8

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 of the Kawatiri. a Terrible Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 6

FURTHER narratives of the circumstances attending the wreck of the s.s. Kawatiri are being obtained. Constable Fred Wailey, one of the…

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The Fate of Wrecks. Wooden Vessels Last Longest

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 3

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

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Cutter Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 2

A letter was wrecked at [?] The Rev. G. Blannard, We[?] winning at T[?] Tears, adn two [?] were downed…

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Wreck of a Cutter. SYDNEY. Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 5

A CUTTER has been wrecked at Fiji, and the Rev. C. Bleazard, Wesleyan minister, and two natives have been drowned…

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A Missing Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 4

The London steamer Monowai, which is overdue from Wellington, is believed to have broken down. A steamer and two t[?]gs have been sent…

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The Tomki Ashore. BALLINA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 5

THERE was great excitement here this after-I noon when it became known that the steamer Tomki was ashore on the northern training wall at the entrance to the river…

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The Missing Steamer

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 2

THE steamer Monowai bound from New Zealand to Sydney is still missing. Five vessels have been sent in search. It is believed that the steamer is drilling…

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Steamer on the Rocks

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

The steamer Patroclus went ashore on the rocks at Portland during a fog. There are 15ft. of water in the forehold. The vessel is likely to become a total wreck…

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Wreck of the Tomki. Exciting Rescues

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 2

THE steamer Tomki was crossing the bar at Ballina at 1 o'clock on Saturday on flood tide, whon she bumped heavily on the bottom, lost her steering way, and…

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Steamer Burnt. London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 2

[?] has been burnt near chin Klang, and it is feared that 100 fires have been lost…

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Plague on a Steamer. BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 5

A SEARCH instituted on board the steamer "Mareeba" whieh arrived at Brisbane with plague on board resulted in the discovery of a number…

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Vessel Wrecked. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 5

THE American ship John Carrier has been wrecked off the coast of Alsska. An American cutter conveyed 242 of the survivors to Seattle…

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Steamer's Carge on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 4

The steamer Turakine, with 10,000 tons, bound from, Auckland to London, put into Wellington with her cargo of wool and flax on fire…

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The Latest. Wrecked in Lake Superior. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 5

The steamer "Cypress" was wrecked in Like Superior and of 23 persons, on board 22 were drowned. The Sole survivor, lashed to a life raft, was…

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Short Story. Among the Wreckage

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 5

Business with Sir Augustus Harris took me some yours ago behind the scenes of Drury Lane Theatre while the great battle scene in one of…

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Steamer on Fire. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 5

THE steamer Oceano, from Newcastle, has arrived at San Francisco, with the cargo all on fire…

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