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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

124 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 7

Naturalist. Fuss Saved From Shipwreck by Swimming

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 7

On Wednesday, March 12, 1871, at [?] Mrs Mewbray, at the Hartpool Durham, after having [?] from drowning at [?] by…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] The Steamer Yongala

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday. — No tidings of the missing steamer Yongala have yet been received. Several vessels have made unsuccessful searches, and the finding of…

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Yongala Wreckage. — Hope Abandoned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 10

The missing Yongala, about whose fate the worst is feared, had on board 141 souls all told—a crew of 73, and 68 passengers in all classes. It is feared that all have been lost…

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A Missing Steamer. Fate of the Yongala

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 3

It would appear that there is little ground for the hope that the Adelaide Steamship Company's Yongala is still afloat. The vessel was on her…

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Wreck of the Yongala

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 2

Queensland has been visited with a terrible calamity in the loss of the steamer Yongala, with all on board-- n[?] less than 141 souls, which seems to…

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Missing Steamer Safe

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon.— The missing steamer Yawata Maru arrived safely at Townsville this morning…

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The Yongala. More Wreckage Found. Brisbane

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

An airtight compartment from a seat and a lifeboat have been found ten miles south of Cape Bowling Green…

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The Latest. Wrecked on Nare's Rock Certain. Part of Masthead Light Discovered. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

The captain of the steamer Duraki is convinced that the Yongalia was wrecked on Nare's Rock, as on a pinnacle below the surface of the water…

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Morn Wreckage. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 5

Further wreckage believed to have belonged to the fill fated Yongals, was discoursed on W[?] R[?]…

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Through the Rapids in a Steamer

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 6

A notable character produced by the dangers and the peculiar navigation of the Niagara River was Joel R. Robinson, who piloted the steamer…

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Steamer Stranded. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 5

The stranded [?] hard last on a [?] All efforts to [?] proved [?]…

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Loss of the Yongala. Bags of Mails Washed Ashore

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

The Deputy Postmaster-General is in receipt of information from his officers at Townsville and Ingham to the effect that the Halifax police have…

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111= Fated Steamer Yongala

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.—In consequence of the heavy weather, the search for the wreck of the steamer Yongala at Nares Rock has been abandoned…

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Malis and Wreckage from the Yongala

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 7

THREE bags of mails have been washed ashore at Cassidy Beach, 12 miles from Ingham. Wreckage has also been observed at Ramsay's Bay and…

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Exciting Time on Steamer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—A thrilling tale of the sea comes in the shape of a report from Captain Kirkwood, of the steamer Mascot, a Norwegian-owned…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Article I.

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 3

This narrative must begin at the beginning. In Charles Dickens' story of "The Cricket on the Hearth," he says, "If I am to tell a story I must begin at…

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Referendum. Constitution Wreckers, A Bid for Fortune

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. Hughes is playing for high stakes. Disconcerted by the searchlight of criticism directed upon the referendum proposals, he rushes from…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or. Two Months on San Island Steamer. Article I.

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 5

This narrative must begin at the beginning. In Charles Dickens' story of "The Cricket on the Hearth" he says, "If I am to tell a story I must begin at…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Article Ii. Nearing Gizo

Guyra Argus · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 3

We have been six charming days at sea, during which every experience worth recalling and relating has been exchanged by the now happy family…

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A Trip to the Solomons ; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Article Ii. Nearing Gizo

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 3

We have been six charming days at sea, during which every experience worth recalling and relating has been exchanged by the now happy family…

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