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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Schooner Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 5

It is non believed that the Island schooner, Malekula, has been lost on the voyage from the Solomon Group to Sydney. She is fully two months,…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. The Pericles Wrecked. All Hands Saved

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 5

A sensation was caused by the news of the wreck of the steamer Pericles, which lelft Sydney on March 18th for London, with a large number of…

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Disastrous Shipwreck. Loss of the Pericles. Fremantle (W.a.)

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 3

THE Aberdeen line steamer Pericles, one of the largest and bust of the company's fleet, under the command of Commodore Captain Simpson,…

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The Wreck of the Pericles. West Australia

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 5

Captain Simnson, of the Pericles, says his vessel must have struck the crown of an uncharted rock, between seven and eight miles south of Cape…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 4

The schooner Countess of Ranfurley, bound from Sydney to New Hebrides, has been totally wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia…

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Wreck of the Pericles

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 7

The Pericles, an Aberdeen liner of 11,000 tons burden struck an uncharted sunken rock off Cape Leenwin, West Australia, at about 3.25 on…

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Panic on a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 5

An outbreak of fire occurred on the steamer Cairmena in the English Channel. Nine hundred passengers who were aboard became panic…

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The Pericles Wreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 5

Captain Simpson, giving evidence before the Marine Court Inquiry, said the Pericles was steering a similar course to that taken on a former…

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Another Shipwreck SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 7

THE North Coast Co's. new steamer Minimbah while entering the Manning River this morning struck the breakwater wall heavily and forced…

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Pericles Wreck

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 9

The inquiry into the wreck of the Pericles has concluded. The Court found that proper care and vigilance had been exercised in navigating the vessel,…

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Schooner Wrboked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 5

News has reached Sydney of the total loss of the schooner- Walekula in the Chesterfield,Group on-January 9th. The captain and officers reached the…

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TELEGRAMS Shipping Disaster. Another Big Steamer Founders

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 2

THE British-Indian Steam Navigation Company's steamer Satara, bound from Newcastle to Singapore with a cargo of coal, foundered off Seal Rocks on…

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Another Wreck. Big Steamer Strikes Rock Off Seal Rooks. Goes Down by the Head. Sydney, Wednesday, 7 p.m

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 4

News came to band tills afternoon from the lighthouse-keeper at Seal Rocks that the British-India steamer Satara, which left Newcastle this…

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The Pericles Wreck. West Australia

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 4

The Government steamer Penguin leaves Fremantle to-day to locate the unchartered rock on which the Pericles struck. It is understood the…

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Steamer Wrecked. Satara Strikes Edith Breaker

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

Following quickly on the loss of the Aberdeen liner Pericles, off the "West Australian coast, comes news of another disaster of a similar character…

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Another Shipwreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 7

"Another big steamer wrecked," was the ghastly caption in the evening papers on Wednesday. This time it was the Satara, a British-India boat, which…

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Wreck of the Malekula. Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

The inquiry, into the wreck of the schooner Maleknia at Brampton Reef was held yesterday. The chairman thought the Board should place on…

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Mishap to a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 5

The steamer Carpentaria has been sighted off Cape Morgan with her rudder stock broken. The steamer, which was steering for Durban, did not…

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Steamer in Trouble

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 4

The steamer Burwah has been reported off Jervis Bay with a dismast[?] vessel in tow. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON A…

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Three Motors Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 5

Three cars were wrecked at intervals in a 24-hours' motor race on Brighton Beach track, two men being fatally Injured…

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