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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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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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Wrecking a Young Life

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 3

IN the case of a trial of a youth named Charles Ritchie, charged with the theft of jewellery, Mr. E. R. Abigail asked the jury at the Quarter Sessions…

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Terrible Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

The New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa arrived the Bluff Saturday after a voyage in connection with the Antarctic expedition, and also brought 15 castaways…

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Facing Death. Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

The Uralla News · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 5

The fully-rigged French ship Leon has gone ashore three miles north-east of Quilty, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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Wreck of the Dundonald

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 5

The four-masted [?] which left Sydney on February 17 for [?] was wrecked on [?] Island four miles from…

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Steamer Mystery. New Light on Englishwoman's Death

The Uralla News · Wednesday 25 December 1907 · page 5

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 17th October:— The body of Miss Gardiner, the…

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