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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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New Steamer for Byron Bay

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 8

The Directors of the North Coast Co. have placed an order with the Ailsa Ship-building Company for the construction of an express passenger steamer for the trade…

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New Steamer for Australian Trade. London, Thursday Evening

Northern Star · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 9

The Eastern and Australian Steamships Company's St. Albans has been launched at Belfast…

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Wreck of the Pericles. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 3

Recent gales have apparently shifted the wreck of the Pericles, as about six feet of the mast is now visible above the water…

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Ketch Wrecked. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 9

The ketch Hawes, has been wrecked in Bass Straits. The crew were saved…

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Steamer Passenger's Suicide. London, Thursday Afternoon

Northern Star · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 9

Reuter's correspondent at Naples states a passenger named Florence committed suicide on board the mail steamer O[?]way…

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In the Grip of Debility and Liver Troubles. Health Wrecked by Overwork. a Nurse's Striking Cure by B[?]le Beans

Northern Star · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 10

Nurse Baldwin, residing at 10[?] Bourkestreet, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, writes:— "You have my heartfelt thanks for the benefit I received from Bile Beans. About…

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Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 3

The steamer Kirkland was wrecked while on a voyage from Christmas Island to Japan with a cargo of phosphates. The crew were saved…

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Struck by Tidal Wave. Steamer's Sesnsational Experience

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 6

The following is a further puport of what has already apopeared in a telegram:— The steamer pert Chaimers, of the Ang[?]Australian Steam Navigation Company,…

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Steamer Sinks After Collision. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 3

The steamer Frank Goodyear sunk at Thunder Bay, Lake Michigan after a collision, and nineteen were drowned…

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Steamer's Remarkable Experience

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 3

THE steamer Port Chalmers, of the Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Co's line which arrived from London at Adelaide, had a sensational experience…

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Fire on a Steamer. London

Northern Star · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 3

The hold of the Prinz Frederick Wilhelm in on fire, and hundreds of bales of wool have been destroyed…

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South American Troubles. Search of U.S. Schooner. London, Wednesday Evening

Northern Star · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at New York cables that advices from Bluefields state that a party from the Nicaraguan gunboat Venus boarded and searched an…

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The Kilburn Wreck. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 3

The crew of the wrecked steamer Kilburn arrived at Suva to-day. The vessel struck, on a reer on Friday [?] and the rocks pierced the bottom of…

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Wreck of Ba[?] Swanhilda. London

Northern Star · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 9

The barque Swanhilda, Cardi[?] for A[?] [?] in Chili, is ashore at Staten Island, Argentina. Fifteen of the crew are saved, and the…

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The Submarine Disaster. Why the Pluviose Rose. Divers Fail to Reach Wreck. London, Friday Evening

Northern Star · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

Since the far Fardet and Lutin disasters all French submarines have been fitted with buckles, and it is suggested the Eastern Railway Company's steamer Pas de Calais…

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New Steamer. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 2 June 1910 · page 3

News has been received in Sydney that the North Coast Company's now steemer, Canonbar, has had a successful trial trip, and will leave Ardrossan to-morrow for…

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Steamer's Cargo on Fire. London, Wednesday Evening

Northern Star · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 3

The steamer Rhodesian, with a cargo of German coal for Algiers, has returned to Rotterdam after an explosion at sea, killing two and injuring several…

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Struck on the Bar. Steamer Macleay Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 3

The steamer Macleay, while crossing out of the Manning River this morning, struck the bar heavily. An examination showed the vessel was…

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Wreck of the Swanhilda

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 3

The barque Swanhilda, from Cardiff to Antofagasta, has gone ashore oh Staten Island, Argentina. Of those on board at the time, 15 were saved…

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Steamer Macleay Beached. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 9

The steamer Macleay, which struck on the bar at the entrance of the Macleay river, and had to put back in a leaking condition, has been beached at Jerseyville…

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