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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Loss of Steamer. Survivors from Southborough

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 4

Gibbs, Bright, and Co. have received advices confirming the loss of the steamer Southborough, giving the names of the saved as follows:—…

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Totally Wrecked. Passengers and Crew Saved

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1918 · page 4

The steamer Himitangi was totally wrecked at Chatham Islands, New Zealand. The passengers and crew were…

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Steamer Apire. Everything Lost

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 August 1918 · page 2

The steamer Denemden, which caught fire in Wellington Harbor, has been benched at a [?] islet, where she was allowed to burn…

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Steamer Afire. [?](N.Z)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1918 · page 8

FIRE broke out on a small steamer this morning and she was immediately towed away from the sheds and the shipping out into the stream. The vessel is still burning…

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Stranded Steamer. Master Collapsed on Bridge

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 August 1918 · page 4

The Marine Court has commenced an inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Makambo, at Lord Howe Island…

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American Schooner Sunk. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 4

An American schooner was shelled and sunk off the New Jersey coast. The crew escaped…

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Drifting Mine. Captain's Lucky Discovery [?]Located by Search Steamer. Exploded by Rifle Fire. a Magnificent Speotacl[?]

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 August 1918 · page 2

Captain Munro, of the slea[?] which arrived at New[?] Saturday, reported to the authorities that he passed a mine twelve miles…

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Spanish Steamer Bunk. Fuel for Fire of Discontent

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 August 1918 · page 4

The Spanish [?]met Ca[?] has been torp[?]. Six of the crew were [?]. This nation on the part of Germany…

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Federal Motor Schooner

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 August 1918 · page 5

Five hundred tons of steelplates for shipbuilding arrived by the new Federal motor schooner Othana, also supplies of newspaper…

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Wrecked John Murray

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 5

The crew of the wreeked ship John Murray, which, was aground on a reef at Maldon Island, arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday. They had spent eleven…

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Steamer Lost. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 4

A British steamer has been torpedoed. Fifty-eight lives were lost…

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British Steamer Sunk

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 4

The Admiralty states that a German submarine on 12th September torpedoed and sunk a British armed boarding steamer. Eight officers and fifty…

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Steamer Refloated

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

The steamer Bellan[?]bi, which went ashore near New O[?]ledonia some twelve months ago, was recently refloated and has been towed to Sydney…

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Steamer Torpedoed. Captain and Members of Crew Missing

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 1 October 1918 · page 5

The Minister for the Navy stales, that the steamer Tasman, which until taken over recently by the Federal Government was running under the…

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Steamer Quarantined

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 2

The steamer Charon has arrived at Broome, from Singapore, with cases of influenza on board. The vessel will he quartined at Fremantle…

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Missing Schooner

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

No news have been received concerning the schooner Handa Isle, which left Sydney four weeks ago for Melbourne. It is suggested that a steamer…

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Anxiety for Schooner. Lost Sight of on Voyage

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 4

Anxiety is felt for the safely of the schooner Handaisle, thirty days out on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne. The vessel has not been sighted off any…

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Wreckage Found

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 5

Some wreckage, including portion of a vessel's deckhouse made of kauri, was found floating 14 miles off Sydney Heads by the steamer Game Cook…

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Across the [?] Gallant American Feat. Bridges Frequently Wrecked. Fighting Up the Slopes. Enemy Resistance Broken. Extensive Advances

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1918 · page 4

An American communique states: The First Army crossed the Meuse south of Dun under a heavy cannonade, which frequently wrecked…

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Wreckage Sighted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—A coastal steamer reports having passed a quantity of Wreckage about 12 miles off Newcastle…

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