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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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The Suffragettes. Mob Wreck Windows. Women's Meeting Routed

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 5

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Cardiff on 11th May (says the "Daily Chronicle"), in connection with Woman Suffragist demonstration. Mrs…

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Steamer Overdue

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 5

The steamer Komura, from Brisbane for Newcastle, was 56 hours overdue on Saturday night. Since the left Brisbane no tidings whatever have…

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Fishing Schooner Sunk

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 4

A German cruiser ran down a fishing schooner off Newfoundland, nine of the crew of the latter being drowned…

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Another Disabled Steamer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon.—Up to noon to-day there were no tidings of the steamer "Hawea," now drifting about disabled off the coast…

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Barque Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 7
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

The barque Palgrave, from Newcastle was wrecked off the Chillian coast. It is believed the crew were saved…

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The Kissing Steamer Hawei

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

The steamer Mo[?]na will pick ap portion of the crew of the missing steamer Hawei, now at Lord Howe Island. Several vessels are now…

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The Wreck of the "Dunbar."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 2

THURSDAY last being the 51st anniversary of the terrible disaster that befel the ill-fated Dunbar in August, 1857, we reprint the account of the…

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Hissing Steamer Hawei

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

The steamers Rakanoa and Flora have both returned to Newcastle without having discovered any traces of the disabled steamer Hawei…

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Telegrams. Svdney, Friday. Steamer and Tug Collide

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

The steamer Suva, which left Sydney at midnight for Newcastle, collided with the tag Hero this morning…

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The Passing of the Steamer

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

Few subjects in connection with engineering are at present more interesting, even to the layman, than the problem of marine propulsion…

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Steamer Hawea Safe. Being Towed to Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

THE missing steamer Hawea of the Union S.S. Company which had been drifting for about a month with a broken shaft, was first reported on Saturday…

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Steamer Hawea Safe

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 5

The missing steamer Hawea, of the Union S.S. Company, which had been drifting for about a month with a broken shaft, was first reported on…

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A Sensational Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 5

The excursion steamer Queen, with 160 passengers, grounded on a sand bank off Sel[?]ybille, Sussex. The sea was sweeping over the docks…

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Terrible Shipwreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 5

The ship Amazon, laden with coal, was wrecked in Swansea Bay, Glamorganshire. Twenty-one of the crew of 28 were drowned, after making…

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Steamer Destroyed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

The river steamer Tarrana was burnt to the water's edge at New Norfolk (Tasmania) yesterday. The crew narrowly escaped with their…

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The Steamer "Hawea."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Union Company spent over £5000 in search for the drifting steamer "Hawea," and over 1000 miles by 750 miles of water were covered by the…

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The Missing Steamer "Aeon."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday,—The steamer "Marama," arrived at Honolulu yesterday, without seeing anything of the overdue steamer "Aeon."…

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Late Telegraphic News. Sydney, Monday, 12.46 P.M. the Aeon Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 5

News was received in Sydney on Saturday that the San Francisco Australasian tradar Aeon was wrecked at Christmas Island on July 18…

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Barque Wrecked. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 5

The barque Star of Bengal was wrecked off Alaska. Nine whites and 101 Chinese and Japanese were drewned, and only 27 persons were saved…

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