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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Steamer Refloated. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

The Newcastle Company's new steamer Karnah has been floated off Stockton beach. She entered Newcastle shortly before 8 o'clock this…

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An Erratic Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 4

A passenger by the incoming steamer Malaita states that when coming in at the Heads early this morning, an unknown steamer, outward bound…

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Cablegrams. White Star Liner Wrecked

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. — The White Star Liner Republic collided with an unknown vessel during a fog off Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Republic…

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Steamer Cellision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

The details of the sinking of the White Star liner Republic, show that she collided with the steamer Florida. The latter had 800 Italian…

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Steamer Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 9

The steamer Clan Ranald has been wrecked off Troubridge Hill. St. Vincent's Gulf. South Australia. Out of a crew of 64 [?] white…

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A Wreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

The steamer Narooma, engaged in the Sydney Broken Buy, trade, went ashore at the North head of Broken Bay yesterday afternoon, and became…

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Survivors of the Wreck. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 5

Twenty lascars, survivors from the wreck of the Clan Ranald, arrived at Melbourne on Saturday and were taken to the Sailors' Home, and will…

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The Narooma Wrecked All Hands Saved

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 8

The alarming news readied Sydney about midnight on Friday last that the coasting steamer Narooma had been totally lost to the southward…

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Another Steamer Ashore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon.—The steamer Lady Mildred, which left Newcastle on Friday for Melbourne with a cargo of coal, went ashore…

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Big Shipping Disaster. the Penguin Dashed on the Rocks. 72 Persons Missing. 26 Bodies Washed Ashore. Wellington

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

A DREADFUL wreck near Cape Terawhiti outside Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, is reported. The Union Company's steamer Penguin went, on the rocks at 10…

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The Wreck of the Penguin. Heartrending Scenes. "Oh, Mumma! mumma! Help us!" SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Mrs. Hannan, who was the only woman survivor, gives a thrilling narrative of the shipwreck. When the ship struck she west on deck,…

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Another Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

The lighthousekeeper at wilson's Promontory reported to-day taht the steamship Lady Mildres was ashore there. She struck at midnight on…

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Forest Castle Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

On Sunday [?] to a storm having [?] the [?] by which its course would have been [?]…

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The [?] Wrecked. AUCKLAND

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

GREAT excitement and sorrow were created in the city this morning when the news arrived that the steamer Penguin was wrecked at Cape Terawhiti while On a voyage from…

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Firing at a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

The British river steamer Champi, when leaving Samohin, China, was fired at from a guatd-boat. The British Consul, is taking action…

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Another Wreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

There are no details to hand with regard to the cause of the wreck of the steamer Lady Mildred. The bottom of the vessel had been torn…

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The Wreck of the Penguin

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

The cause of the Penguin disaster is still a matter for conjecture. Some of the survivors say that the weather was so thick that the presence…

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Terrible Wreck. Ss. Penguin Sinks

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer Pengnin was wrecked early on Saturday morning in thick, heavy weather, off Tarawbiti, New Zealand. The…

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British Castaways. Three Weeks on a Wrecked Steamer. Crew in Constant Fear of Attack by Natives

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 4

A thrilling story of the sea—of three weeks spent on a wrecked steamer, and of constant danger from a tribe of savages—has been…

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The Penguin Wreck. Harrowing Details. Newly Wed Couple Go Down Together. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 1

Graphic stories told by the survivors of the wreck of the steamer Penguin are published. The second engineer had a grim…

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