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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Sensational Sea Story. Wrecked Sailors' Experience. Loss of the Barque Dundonald. Twelve Men Drowned. Auckland (N.z.)

Northern Star · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 2

A sensational story of the sea was told on the arrival of the Government steamer Hinemoa at the Bluff. She brought 15 castaways from the depot at Port Ross,…

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Wreck of the Dundonald. Mens' Rare Courage. the Fire That Lasted. Stolen Stores. Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 5

The full story of the adventures of the survivors of the barque Dundonald shows that the men faced their troubles with a rare courage, exhibiting extraordinary…

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Latest Cablegrams. Wreck of a Liner London

Northern Star · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 3

A Canadian-Pacific liner has been wrecked on the west side of Ironbound Island during a blinding snowstorm. Six hundred passengers were landed in baskets…

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Brazilian Coasting Steamer in Collision. Sinks with 30 People. London

Northern Star · Monday 9 December 1907 · page 3

The coasting steamer Guasco sunk in collision off Paranagu, Brazil. Thirty of the passengers and crew were drowned…

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The Dundonald Wreck, Captain and Eleven Others Drowned. Survivors' Terrible Suffering. Seven Months on an Island

Northern Star · Monday 9 December 1907 · page 3

[?] castaways [?] from Port Ross, Auckland Islands, were [?] by the Government steamer Hinemon at the Bluff were the survivors of the…

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The Steamer Kempsey Fatality

Northern Star · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

The Aeting City Coroner (Mr. Stephen Murphy) held an inquest, concerning the de ah of Henry Dunn and Peter Svenson, when took place in Sydney Hospital gn…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Rescue of Some of the Crew. Captain Goes Mad. Men Frostbitten. London

Northern Star · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 3

Six of the crew of the schooner [?]ita[?] wrecked at New Brunswick have been rescued by boat, being all of the crew except the captain, who became insane after five…

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Loss of a Steamer. London

Northern Star · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 3

The steamer Gatesgarth, from Liverpool to Penarth, has foundered with the loss of 20 hands…

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Another New River Steamer. Launched at Ballina

Northern Star · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

There was launched at Ballina, yesterday for the Thomas Feawick Steam Coy., a f[?] new assam boat intended for the river trade. The new boat Was launched…

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The Wreck of the Thomas Lawson. Was a Very Large Ship. a Heroic Rescuer. the Captain Saved. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 5

The sailing ship Thomas Lawson, reported yesterday as having capsized at the S[?] Islands, was a seven-masted schooner, the largest ship of her class in the…

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Arawatta-Ingeborg Collision. the Steamer Held to Be in Fault Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 21 December 1907 · page 7

Mr. Justice Owen delivered his judgment to-day in the case in which the owners of the barque Ingeborg sued the owners of the steamer Arawatta to recover…

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