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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Newcastle Ship Wrecked

Northern Star · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday afternoon. The ship Palgrave, from Newcastle, has been totally destroyed at Lengua de Vace on the coast of Chili. All of the crew are…

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The Mareeba Wreck. Captain and Second Officer to Show Cause. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 3

The Marine Court having held an inquiry into the loss of the Mareeba, found that the captain had failed to keep a proper look out, and was many hours away from…

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North Coast S.n. Co. New Steamer

Northern Star · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

The Tintenbar was to have left Newcastle yesterday with 198 tons of coal for the Richmond, but an reports of her progress up the coast were posted at the Post…

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My Shipmate's Story Told at Sea and Ashore. Chapter I. Told at Sea. Continued

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 10

HE stopped, looking straight out before him, seeing nothing I am sure, but the face of that early love, never forgotten…

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[?] a Perfect Wreck Through Kidney Disease

Northern Star · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 3

I am 6ft. 3[?]in. in height, and weigh nearly 15st. I am now in excellent heuith and the other day felled 15 acres of timber. I was very different once, though,…

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Missing Steamer Arrives in Port. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 3

The steamer Suna from Sydney, arrived at Fiji yesterday, three days overdue. The delay was caused by heavy weather…

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New Turbine Steamer Launched for New Zealand. London

Northern Star · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 3

The New Zealand Shipping Company's new turbine steamer Otaiii, has been launched at Dumbarton…

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Missing Steamer Reinsured. London

Northern Star · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 7

The missing steamer Aeon has been reinsured thirty guineas per cent…

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The Missing Howea. the Drift of the Steamer

Northern Star · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 4

Discussing probabilities of finding the Hawea, Captain Newton said that according to the position she was reported to be in on August 10, she would then be about…

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Steamer Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 3

Advices from Bergen state that the Norwegian steamer Foutefouud stranded at Skaanevik, and sank in three minutes. Of eighty-three passengers it is fearal…

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Mail Steamer and Tug Collide. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 5

The mail steamer Marmora cut a hole in the tug Leverett eight feet below the water line. The tug was beached in a sinking…

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The Overdue Steamer Aeon

Northern Star · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 2

No news has been received of the steamer Aeon, which is considerably overdue at Auckland from Ban Francisco. The, Auckland agent for the Australian Mail Line,…

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My Shipmate's Story Told at Sea and Ashore. Chapter Ii. Told Ashore. Continued

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 10

THAT'S right, shipmate Geraldine. Well, for one yon were away and so was I— and write—no, I was…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer and Tug Damaged. a Narrow Escape. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 9

A serious collision occured early this morning midway between Sydney and Newcastle, between the steamer Suva and the tug Hero…

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A Shipping Mystery. Vessel Ashore on West Australian Coast. Refloated and Disappears

Northern Star · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 4

A message from perth on Monday says the Collector of Customs has received the following report from the Sub-Collector at Broom[?]:—"Captain H. Hi[?]ard, in charge…

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Another Shipping Collision. Steamer Badly Damaged. Fireman's Remarkable Escape. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 3

A collision occurred between the Adelaide S.N. Company's steamer Colac, sugar Inden from Queensland via Newcastle, and the collier Pareora, near South Reef, at an…

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Missing Steamer Hawea

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 4

A TELEGRAM to the superintendent of Navigation, from the lighthouse keeper at Seal Rocks stated the Raaino, with the disabled steamer…

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Disaster at Sea. Spanish Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 4

A terrible disaster has occurred on the Spanish Coast. The steamer Laracho, belonging to the Spanish transat[?]tic Co., which had called at Cadiz to pick up…

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Steamer Founders. Great Loss of Life. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 5

Information has been received that the steamer Dunearn, a vessel of [?] tons register owner by the Dunedin Steamship Company, while bound from Ka[?] for…

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Sailing Ship Wrecked, Twenty Drowned. London

Northern Star · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 3

During a heavy storm the sailing ship Amazon, laden with coal, was wrecked outside Swansea Bay, and 20 out of a crew of 28, were, drowned…

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