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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Big Steamer Wrecked. Eight Passengers Drowned. Capetown, Wednesday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

The wrecked Portuguese mail steamer Luisitan is piled upon the Bellows Rock, two miles south-east of the Cape of Good Hope. Eight people were drowned to-day during…

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

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 7

This narrative must begin at the beginning. In Charles Dicksons' story of "The Cricket on the Hearth," he says, "If I am to tell a story I must begin at…

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Constipation Wrecks Health. 20 Years' Ill[?]s Ended by Bile Beans

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 7

"About twenty years ago," says Mrs. A. Mason, of Sturt-street, Adelaide, "I commenced to suffer from constipation, indigestion and biliousness. After eating I…

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Lusitania Wrecked

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 2

The steamer Lusitania went on the rocks at Cape Colony in moonlight. There was considerable confusion, but no panic. The 250 natives on board…

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Foundered in a Typhoon. Manila, Monday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

It is believed, that fifteen persons, including one American, perished when the Charles Poisat foundered in the typhoon yesterday en route from Corregador to Manila. There…

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Foundered in a Typhoon. Manila, Monday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

It is believed that fifteen persons, including one America, perished when the Charles Poisat foundered in the typhoon yesterday [?] route from Corresgader to Manila. There…

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A Trip to the Solomons: or Two Months on an Island Steamer. Article Ii. Nearing Gizo

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 7

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

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Pacific Liner Wrecked. Wireless Signals of Distress. Shanghai, Monday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer, Asia, went ashore and has become a [?] two hundred mines scuth from here. The passengers and crew have been saved. The…

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Pacific Liner Wrecked. Wireless Signals of Distress. Shanghai, Monday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer, Asia, went ashore and has become a wreek two hundred miles south from here. The passengers and crew have been saved. The…

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

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 7

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

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Futile South Pole Atten[?] Japanese Schooner Returns

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

All unexpectedly, the Japanese Antarctic exploring schooner Kainan Maru arrived in Sydney Harbor on Monday afternoon. She has on board 11 Japanese scientists, and…

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Futile South Pole Attem[?] Japanese Schooner Returns

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

All unexpectedly, the Japanese Antarctic exploring schooner Kalnan Maru arrived in Sydney Harbor on Monday afternoon. She has[?]on board 11 Japanese scientists, and…

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

Manilla Express · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 7

"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

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

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

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Murder Oh the High Seas. Trial Held on Steamer's Deck. Frisco, Thursday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

The court engaged on the t[?]al of George Wise for alleged murder on the high sear chanced the venu yesterday to the docks of the steamer Buckman, where the crime was…

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Searching for Yongala Wreck. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 10

The Queensland Government has chartered a steamer to search for the Yongala wreck…

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Latest News by Telegram. Press Telegr[?] Association. Searching for Yongala Wreck. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 10

The Queensland Government has chartered a steamer to search for the Yongala wreek…

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Wrecked Steamer, Attacked by Cannibals, New York

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

A steamer named Kaisenga, struck [?] a reef off Womazi Island, in German East Africa. While on the roof the vessel was attacked by a thousand cannibals,…

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Wrecked Steamer. Attacked by Cannibals. New York

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

A steamer named Kaisenga, struck on a reef off Womazi Island, in German East Africa. While on the reef the vessel was attacked by a thousand cannibals,…

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Panic on a Steamer. Chinese Jumps Into Hold. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

When the helds of the steamer [?]aiyuan were opened at Geelong after being fumigated, a dense volume of sulphur smoke caused a panic among 40 Chinese…

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