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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 5

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

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The Lusitania Wreck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

CAPETOWN, April 21.—Captain De Faria, of the Portuguese liner Lusitania, which was wrecked on Cape Point on Tuesday, refused to leave the…

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A Trip to the Solomons; or Two, Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Iii

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 4

"Awake]" cries the Persian poet, "for Morning, in the Bowl of Night has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to flight."…

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A Trip to the Solomons Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Iii

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 3

"Awake!" cries the Persian poet, "for Morning, in the Bowl of Night has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to flight."…

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­­­­­A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Iii

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 5

­"Awake l" cries the Persian poet, "for Morning, in the Bowl of "Night has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to flight."…

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The III-Fated Steamer Yongala

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Queensland Government has chartered the steamer Porpoise to search for the missing steamer Yongala…

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Steamer Rammed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 7

The Merida, a Ward liner with 200 passengers from Havana, was rammed by the Admiral Farragut off Cape Charles, Virginia. She sank five…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Pepesala (Russell Islands). Paper Iv

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 3

Dr. Quaiffe, son of the respected medico of that name, who resides at Woollahra, Sydney, came on board at Rendova, and took Mr. Meeks' vacant…

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A Trip to the Solomons: Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Pepesala (Russell Islands). Paper Iv

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

Mr. Quaiffe, son of the respected medico of that name, who resides at Woollahra, Sidney, came on board at Rendova, and took Mr. Meeks' vacant…

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Steamer Quarantined. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 5

The [?] of the [?] Prin[?] arrived [?] Japan, and Landed [?] Malay [?]ing from smallpox at [?] The…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Pepesala (Russell Islands). Paper Iv

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 5

Dr. Quaiffe, son of the respected medico of that name, who resides at Woollahra, Sydney, came on board at Random, and took Mr. Meeks' vacant…

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Ill-Fated Steamer Yongala

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Queensland Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the loss of the steamer Yongalal…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper V. Baniki. or "The Hill Top."

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 3

The phrase, "The voyage of life," is such a common one that it has lost its significance, at any rate, to the untravelled man. But its appropriateness…

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A Trip to the Solomons; or Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper V. Baniki, or "The Hill Top."

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

The phrase, "The voyage of life," is such a common one that it has lost its significance, at any rate, to the untravelled man. But its appropriateness…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper V. Baniki, or "The Hill Top."

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 5

The phrase, '"The voyage of life," is such a common one that it has lost its significance, at any rate, to the untravelled man. But its appropriateness…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vi. Gavutu and Tulagi

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 3

We arrived at Gavutu early one morning, and I felt my heart go out to it with a bound. Indeed, throughout the trip I have felt like a young man,…

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Disturbance on a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 4

During a disturbance among the crew of the steamer Mineric in the harbor last night, two Chinese were stabbed. The celestials were taken…

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­­­­A Trip to the Solomons ; Or. Wo Months on on Island Steamer. Paper Vi. Gavutu and Tulagl

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

We arrived at Gavutu carly one morning and I felt my heart go out to it with a bound. Indeed; throughout the trip I have felt like a young man,…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Vii. Guadalcanar

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 3

Gallego, Mendana's chief pilot, reported in his journal of this island, that it would probably take months to sail right around it. This, of course,…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Paper Viii. Santa Cruz

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 5

After steaming from Gundalcannar one forenoon, and passing, without stopping, the large island of Malaita where the inhabitants are still rather wild and…

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