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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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'Search Steamer's Programme

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 7

THE Waratah Search Committee in Melbourne decided to cable the following instructions to Lieut, seymour the officer detailed by the Admiralty to accompany the…

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Missing Steamer. London

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 3

The British India Company's steaner Loodiana is missing. The vessel left Mauritius for Colombo on January 10, with 10 European and 70…

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Drifting Lifeboat Sighted

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

AN incident which, had advantage been take of it, might have throws some light upon a tragedy of the sea, happened during the voyage of the Tyser line. steamer…

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New Steamer's Voyage. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 3

The North Goast S.N. Company's new steamer Minimbah, bound from the Clyde to Sydney, left Colombo yesterday…

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Standing of a Steamer. Captain to Show Cause. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 3

The Marine Court has found that the recent stranding of the steamer Eden was due to the default of the master in not reducing the speed of the vessel when he…

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Drifting Lifeboat Sighted

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 8

An incident, which had advantage been taken of it, might have thrown some light upon a tragedy of the sea, happened during the voyage of the Tyser line steamer…

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Mail Steamer Lost. Only One Surviver. London

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 3

The General Chanze, mail steamer belonging to the Compagnie General Trans-Atlantique, running from Marseilles to Algiers, foundered off the North Coast of…

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Steamer Under Sail Sighted. Was It the Waratah? London, Saturday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 3

The whaling schooner Ulva has reported at Durban that she sighted on the 23rd of November on a snowstorm a large two funnelled steamer under sail south of…

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Wreck of the Kaipara. Marine Court Finding. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 3

The New Zealand Marine Court has completely exonerated the captain end officers in connection with the loss of the steamer Kalpara. The Court also complimented…

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The Chanzy Wreck. Gunpowder Explosion Feared. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

French newspapers assert that the General Chanzy had 30 toss of gunpowder on board and that the explosion of this is what might have caused the suddens…

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Steamers Wrecked. Safety of the Passengers. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's liner [?]i[?] has beenh wrecked in the Magelian Stre[?] and 50 persons drowned. LONDON, Monday…

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Tug Wrecked. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

The tug Port Jackson broke down between Newcastle and Sydney, and drifted ashore during a southerly blow near Catherine Hill Bay…

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Steamer Sunk. London, Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 5

An explosion of firedamp sank the British steamer Aboyne in the Tagus. Five were seriously injured…

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Launch of A.U.S.N. Company's New Steamer. London. Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 5

The Australian United Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Levuka has been launched on the Clyde…

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General Chanzy Wreck. Everyone Panic Stricken. London, Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 5

The survivor of the French steamer. General Chanzy, Rodel, was asleep when the General Chanzy struck. A terrific explosion occurred, and everyone. Including the…

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Retorted Wreck's in Tte Persian Gulf. London

Northern Star · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 3

The "Russ" states that two local passenger steamers and a cargo boat have been wrecked in the Persian Gulf during a storm, and that 200 were drowned…

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Island Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 3

The island steamer Moresby has gone ashore on the Hurrier Reef, off the Queensland coust, and is now high and dry. All hunds were saved…

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Wreck on Pembrokeshire Coast None Saved. London, Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 5

During the mles a three-masted vessel has been wrecked on the coast of Pembrokeshire. Spectators watched a beatiful of people rowing shorewards when…

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Steamer Moresby

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

The steamer Motesby, which went ashore on the Barrier Reef, got off on Monday, and arrived at Cooktown yesterday…

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Steamer's Rudder Broken

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 2

As the steamer [?]ra, one of the North Coast Company's regular traders to the Manning River, was crossing out of the river at 5 a.m. on Saturday she struck the…

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