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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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New Steamer. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 3

The new steamer for the North Coast S.N. Company to replace the Ourimbah will be named the Canonbar. It is being builkt on moden[?] lines, and will be…

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Steamer Accidentally Sunk. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 3

While loading steel rails yesterday one rail slipped form the slings and went through the bottom of teh steamer Rock Lily, causing a leak which it was found…

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The Wrecked Moresby. Passengers' Experience. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

The particulars received regarding the experiences of the rescued party in the missing life boat belonging to the stranded steamer Moresby, show they had a…

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Upturned Boat Sighted. No Signs of Wreckage. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 9

The steamer Thiset-Leroy from London via the Cape, passed an upturned boat about 500 miles from the latter p[?]rt, The boat was rainted while and was…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

A quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore on the coast a short distance south of Port Hacking, but there is nothing to show to what vessel it belonged…

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Heartrending Scenes at a Shipwreck

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

By the liner Touraine, of the Messagerios Maritimes Company, there arrived at Marseilles five survivors of the French mail steamer Seyne, which…

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Causes of Wrecks. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

Several speakers at the Chamber of Shipping protested against the reduction of the const[?]ard stations, and they attributed several wrecks thereto…

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Schooner in Hurricane

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 8

The American schooner Polarius which reached Port Pirie on Wednesday night, encountered a terrific hurricane shortly alter leaving Puget Sound. The vessel was…

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Wreckage Found in South Africa. London

Northern Star · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 3

A Reuter message from Capetown says a quantity of wr[?] age has been washed ashore at Messel Bay. A most significant object is a cushion marked with W…

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Steamer Collision. Sydney, Tuesday Night

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

The A.U.S.N. steamer Wyreema outward [?]ound for Brisbane, and the collier Currajong, inward bound, collided off Bradley's Head to-night…

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The Steamer Collision. Seaman's Body Found. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 3

The body of the missing seaman of the collier Currajorg was found floating this morning near the vessel, which had foundered…

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Another New Steamer for the Byron Bay-sydney Trade

Northern Star · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. A. Bell, manager of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, was in Lismore yesterday. Our representative, in a brief interview, referring to the new…

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New Steamer. Fire During Voyage Out. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 3

The North Coast S.N. Co.'s new steamer Minimbah arrived to-day. During the voyage a fire broke out in number two hold, owing to spontaneous…

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The Sunken Collier. the Mysterious Ketch Found

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 3

As the result of an exhaustive examination macle by a diver it was found that the collier Curraiong which sank in collision off Bradley's Head on Tuesday night…

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Another New Steamer. Re-arrangement of Service. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

Pians and specifications have been forwarded to England by the directors of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company for another new steamer for the Byron…

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Steamer Collides with Lightship

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

Tho master of the Piper Island lightship, [?] Thursday Island, reports that on the 9th instant, at 11 p.m., the steamer Van Der Hagen, [?]ound south, ran into the…

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New N.c.s.n. Coy. Steamer

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

The new steamer Minimbah, built in Glasgow to the order of the North Coast S.N. Co., Ltd., arrived on Friday night. The M[?] has been built to replace the…

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Wreck. London. Tuesday

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 6

An unknown Portuguese barque struck a reef on the Son there Coast, near Lisbon, and 31 sailors are reported to be drowned…

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Wreck of the Dredge Ulysses

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

OUR Woodburn correspondent reports :- The wreck of the sand and bucket dredge Ulysses several miles south of Evans River early on Thursday morning of last week is a. distinct…

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Steamer Runs Ashore. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 9

The steamer Kakapa went ashore near Devonport, Tasmania, this morning during a heavy fog. The vessel is on a level bottom and not…

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