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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Blue Anchor Steamer Sighted. May Be Waratah. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 5

An engineering expert, Mr. C. S. Richardson, a passenger by the s.s. Geelong to Durban, praises the S.S. Waratah,and her machinery. The bunker coal, he says, as…

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Thus Langton Grange Wreck. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 5

A cable received in Sydney from London states that all hands were saved at the [?]reck of the, Langton Grange…

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Discovery of Wreckage

Northern Star · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 4

A Tasmanian wire says:—Pieces of wreckage were found on the ocean beach on Friday by three Strahan (Tas) fishermen, Dalgreen Bracken, and Fisher Jun…

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The Missing Waratah. Theories About Steamer. London, Thursday Afternoon

Northern Star · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 9

The missing steamer Waratah's reinsurance is now 90 guinaas, the highest ever paid for a vessel of that size. The underwriters suggest that she may…

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Shipwreck Prevents a Famine

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 8

A remarkable story of how a shipwreck was the means of preventing a famine on the island of Minicon, 400 miles from Colombo, was told at…

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The Steamer Waratah. Sydney

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 2

THERE are no tidings of the missing steamer Waratah. SYDNEY, Saturday. Cables from London state that a…

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Fire on the Lusitania. Steamer Almost Gutted. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 5

A fierce fire broke out in the steerage quarters of the Cunard [?]iner Lusitania, at Liverpool, and extended to the saloons and the hold. The fire ruged for 15 hours, and…

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The Missing Waratah. the Missing Steamer Waratah. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 5

The cruiser Panora, started to search for the s.s. Waratah, and will cover an area" not yet searched. The absence of confirmation of the s.s…

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A Dismasted Steamer

Northern Star · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 2

Some amount of interest was created IT shipping circles on Saturday, when it became known that the Department of Navigation had been Adviced by the…

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Experience of the Steamer Marore

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 9

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Wreck As a Boon. Saves Natives From Starvation

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 8

Six members of the crow of the wrecked Cardiff steamer Dyffryn Munor have reached Harry. The vessel, which was laden with rice (says "Lloyd's…

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The Missing Steamer Waratah. SYDNEY

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 8

The Waratah, belonging to the Blue Anchor fleet overdue for more than three weeks at Capetown, commanded by Captain Ilbery, She sailed from…

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Wreckage Found

Northern Star · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2

Pieces of planking found last week on the ocean beach, on the west coast of Tasmania, were brought to Hobart, and positively identified by Captain Lindstohl,…

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Fishing Schooner Capsized. London

Northern Star · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 3

The American fishing schooner Orinoco capsized during a squall twenty miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and out of a crew of seventeen, all of whom were Nova…

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Steamer Overdue. May Be Assisting the Waratah. London

Northern Star · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 3

The steamer Menarandra, from Madagascar for East London, is 24 days overdue, and it is suggested that possibly she is assisting the Waratah, as she would cross…

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Wreck of the Errol. Evidence of Survivors. Tale of Death and Suffering. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 3

The evidence of the survivors of the barque Errol which was taken by the Norwegian Consul was made available to-day. A dreadful tale of death and suffering was…

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Another Steamer Supposed to Be Lost. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 3

The "Daily Telegraph" states there is but little doubt that the French steamer Menarandra has been lost…

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German Steamer Seestern. Considered to Be Lost with All Hands. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 3

After a fruitless search for the missing steamer Seestern, the captain of the German warship Condor is of opinion that the vessel has capsized and was lost with…

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Steamer, Ashore. Passengers and Orew Landed. Brisbane

Northern Star · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

The British India liner Waipara, which left Brisbane for London last ovening, via Sydney, struck on a rock near Cape Moreton at midnight, and had to be beached…

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Steamer with Wave-like Sides

Northern Star · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 4

The Monitora, a steamer built on novel lines was launched from the Wear Shipbuilding yard of Messrs, Osbourne, Graham and Company, recently. She is fitted…

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