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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

124 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 7

The Steamer 'Macleay' Ashore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon.—The coastal steamer 'Macleay' is ashore at Broughton Island, near Port Stephens, and it is feared that she is a total wreck. Particulars are as…

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The Steamer 'Rosedale.'

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The steamer Captain Cook,' despatched by the Government in search of traces of the ill-fated steamer 'Rosedale,' returned to Sydney last evening…

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Telegrams. Loss of the Steamer Macleay. Fears Entertained for Passengers. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

THE North Coast Company's steamer Macleay has gone ashore on Broughton Island, and it is feared will become a total wreek…

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Wreck of the Macleay

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

The survivors of the Macleay disaster, Peterson and Swanny, both, able seamen, state that the vessel struck about eight o'clock. Peterson was…

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Wreckage From the Rosedale

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 3

A box of batter was found washed up on the rocks of Point Stephens. The box was marked "Bowraville Co-operative Butter Company," and…

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Wreck of the Macleay

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 8

IT is now practically certain that all hands on the wrecked steamer Macleay have been lost—with the exception of the two men, Swanney and Petersen. An atmosphere of…

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The Latest. The 'Yongala' Wreck Located

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday Night.—Dr. Cassidy, who recently left Sydney with the object of locating the lost steamer Yongala, has succeeded in finding the ill-fated vessel in 22…

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Macleay Wreck Victims

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday,—At the inquest on the bodies of the three men recovered from the wreck of the steamer Macleay, the two survivors—Petersen and Swanney—gave…

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Vessel Supposed to Have Foundered

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 7

It is feared that the Nordstern, formerly the Kaiser's Meteor, has foundered between Gibraltar and Kiel. There was a crew of 28…

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Macleay Wreck. Story of Survivor

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 7

One of the two survivors tells the following graphic story of the s. s. Macleay disaster:— "The second officer went off duty at…

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Interesting Items. Yongala Wreck Located

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 6

Dr. Cassldy, a new arrival in Sydney, on his yacht Norma, has located the wreck of the steamer Yongala, which was wrecked, on the…

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Cruiser Wrecked. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

The Portuguese cruiser Sap Ra[?] has been wrecked. Fifty of the [?] swum ashore, and the rest were [?]mately rescued…

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Aerial Lifeboat

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 7

Amos Wyckoff has been granted patent rights for a flying machine equipped with a lifeboat, a gasbag off-setting the weight of the lifeboat…

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Telegraphic Intelligence Steamer Ashore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Port Stephens, running from Sydney to Newcastle and Port Stephens, went ashore yesterday morning two miles of North Head…

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At Sea. a Shipwreck Experience

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

After all the women and children were gone, I began to think it was time to take my own passage. Nothing, I hope, would have induced me to leave the sinking…

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At Sea. a Shipwreck Experience

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 6

After all the women and children were gone, I began to think it was time to take my own passage. Nothing, I hope, would have induced me to leave the sinking…

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Discovery of Wreckage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 7

ON Friday, 27th, Mr. Eric Scale, son of Mr. M. Seale, of Gladstone, Belmore River, X.S.W., found portion of a log which looked like the short end of a…

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Vessel Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 4

The vessel ashiore on the South Australian Coast is the barque Margit. The captain and crew got ashore with the aid of a life belt and hatches. The…

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Wreck of the Argosy. a Huge Success. Musical Society Scores

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

THE anticipations formed by local musical critics of the staging of the sparkling operetta, "The wreck of the Argosy," by the local Musical Society, were…

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Cablegrams in Brief. Big Steamer Wrecked in the Adriatic

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 7

A sirocco has been raging in the Adriatic, for the last three days. The shipping has been considerably damaged. The Austrian steamer…

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