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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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Washed Ashore

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

A large quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore near Pairna (New Zealand) indicating loss of some vessel,…

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Wrecked Passengers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

Twenty more passengers of the wrecked steamer Valencia have benn rescued on a raft…

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A Wreck of the Sixties the Steamship London. Terrible Loss of Life

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

Just forty years ago on the 11th January the s.s, London, bonud from London to Melbourne, foundered in the Bay of Biscay, after three or four days' battling…

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Adrift on a Raft. Sufferings of a Shipwrecked Crew

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

The New york correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote on 17th October:— Of the crew of eight of the schooner Van Name and King, which was…

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Horrors of Shipwreck

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

The mail steamer Servia, which has reached Auckland from San Fraucisco brings particulars of the loss of the steamer Valencia, which went ashore…

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A Wreck of the Sixties the Stea[?]ship London. Terrible Loss of Life

The Moree News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3

Just forty years ago on on the 11th January the [?] London bound from London to Melbournc[?] foundered in the Bay of Risca[?] after three or four days balling…

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Totally Wrecked

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

The ship Speke, 2700 tans, bound from Malendo to Melbourne, in ballast, was totally wrecked on the Victorian coast. A sailor, named Henderson, was…

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Mr Roosevelt's Adventure. a Steamer Collision During His Sleep

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 27th November:— At the close of his visit to New…

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Wreck of the Thordis

Manilla Express · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

Five sailors left on board the wrecked steamer Thordis, after putting on life-belts, made a successful attempt to leave the vessel, being…

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Shipwrecked Kitten. Special Trip of Rescile

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

An electric launch put out from a wharf near Trent Bridge on 22nd December for the special purpose of rescuing a shipwrecked kitten which was…

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Steamer Master Fined. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 2

The master of the steamer Guthrie was fined £100 for allowing a restricted immigrant to land…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January: -- The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Moree News · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London ''Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January : -- The precipltancy of a workman In…

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Hurricane in New Caledonia. A Number of Vessels Wrecked. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

Further news from New Caledonia shows that a number of vessels were wrecked or badly damaged, and others are missing with their crews,…

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British Captain's Suicide. Suddenly Goes Mad. on a French Steamer

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 7

From Marseilles on February 7th the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:' The steamer Tafna, belonging to the…

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Submarine in Collision. Struck by a Steamer. Narrow Escape

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 7

A submarine had a narrow escape from disaster off Plymouth on 13th February. According to the "Daily Mail," the officers appointed to the Naval War…

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Wrecked Crew's Adventure Hardships in an Old Indian Fishing Camp

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 3

The details of a little drama (writes the London "Daily Mail" of 13th February) of the sea have reached Newport Monmouth…

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The Aquidaban Wreck. Three Admirals Lost

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 3

The explosion which sank the Brazilian ironclad Aquidaban on the night of 1st January in the Bay of Jacueeanga was a terribly dramatic disaster, briefly…

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Adrift on an Iceberg. Shipwrecked Crew in Camp

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 3

Sea captains have all strange experience. (says the Scattle Post inte[?]geacer"), but that of Captain Harry Turner, port captain of the…

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Wrecked Crew's Adventure Hardships in an Old Indian Fishing Camp

The Moree News · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 3

The details of a little drama (writes the London "Daily Mail" of 13th February) of [?] have reached Newport Monmouth…

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