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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

12 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

Gone Ashore

Manilla Express · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

The steamer Rosedale has gone ashore at Bellinger, but all the passengers are safe…

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The Steamer Korah

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4

The prospects of saving the steamer Korah, stranded on Stockton Beach, are more hopeful…

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Special Express Wires. SYDNEY, Friday. Steamer Lost

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

News reached Sydney about midday that a steamship of about 400. ton had been totally lost in the Northern Heads at…

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An Appalling Wreck. OVER 70 Lives Lost

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

Details are just now to hand of an appalling disaster on the coast of New Zealand. The Union Steamship Company's steamer Penguin, while travelling across…

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Special Express Wires. SYDNEY, Friday Penguin Wreck

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

No further bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the Penguin, Efforts are being made to locate the…

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The Penguin Wreck. Cause of the Disaster

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 6

An enquiry is proceeding at Wellington, New Zealand, into the circumstance surrounding the wreck of the steamer Panguin by which 75 lives…

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A Ketch Wrecked

Manilla Express · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 5

The ketch Dawn struck a reef three miles from Low Head, Tasmania, on Sunday night. The weather was…

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Wrecked in Torres Straits

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 2

The Dutch mail steamer, Van Spilbergen, from Batavia, bound for Sydney, and a New Zealand steamer named Mallina on her maiden voyage…

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Steamer Grounded. Sydney

Manilla Express · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 2

While attempting to cross the bar at Bellinger Heads yesterday the steamer Austral was grounded. A heavy sea is…

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Wreckage. Sydney

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 2

Wreckage, thought to be portions of the missing boat from the Orleans wreck, is being found on the Tasmanian coast…

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Shipwrecked People. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 2

Considerable excitement was occasioned in shipping circles yesterday, when the report was received from Freemantle…

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Steamer Ashore

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 4

The steamer Um[?]iali has gone ashore at Cape Colony. Some of the passengers were taken off by the Union Castle liner. During rescue…

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