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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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A Steamer's Fate. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

It is feared that the steamer Axim bound from London for West Africa, has founded. She carried 80 hands and has been overdue for twenty days…

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French Steamer Wrecked. Algiers

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 5

A quantity of wreckage from the French steamer has been discovered. Fifteen persons are missing…

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Steamer Foundered. London

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 3

Wreckage has been found which shows that the steamer Axim, which was bound from London to West Africa, and was long overdue, foundered in the Bay of Biscay…

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Steamer Ashore. Adelaide

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 9

A large steamer, which is supposed to be the Bechuana, is ashore on the spit at Kingscote, South Australia…

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Steamer Ashore. Everton Grange Stranded. Adelaide

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

"It was reported from Kingscote. Kangarco Island, yesterday that a large steamer, supposed to be the Bechuna, wa ashore on the Spit, close to that port…

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B.i. Steamer Missing

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

Information was received in Brisbane on Thursday that the British India, steamer Abhona, a new vessel, left Plymouth on her maiden voyage on November 5 for…

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Fire on a Steamer. Lorenzo Mar[?]ues

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

A fire broke oat on the steamer Newby Hall, from Australian ports, and is reported to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. The cargo in the…

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Accident at Sea. Steamer and Ketch Collide. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

The ketch Rozelie, bound for the North Coast, and the steamer Romford, bound for Las Palmas, collided between Sydney Heads yesterday morning, owing to their…

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Eight Hour Bill. River Steamer Employees. Deputation to Premier. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

A deputation to-day urged the Premier, Mr. J. S. T. McGowen, when considering the bill under which it is proposed to fix 48 hours as the maximum for a week's…

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A Trawler Wrecked. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

The trawler Snipe foundered in the North Sea, and all hands were lost…

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Wheat Ship Wrecked. Crew All Saved. London, Sunday Night

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

The Arden Craig, from Melbourne, a wheat ship, went ashore in a fog at Scilly, and afterwards suddenly rolled over and foundered in full view of a large…

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Steamer Rosedale Wrecked Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 3

The N.[?].S.N, company's steamer Rosedale is ashore at the Bellinger Heads and is practically a total wreck. The passengers and crew were saved…

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Overdue Steamer Parisiana. London

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 3

The reinsurance on the steamer Parisiana, which left New York on October 29 for Australian and New Zealand ports, is now quoted at 50 guineas per cent…

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TELEGRAPHIC Wreck of the s.s. Rosedale. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

The steamer Rosedale is ashore at Bellinger Heads, and is practically a total wreck. The passengers and crew have been saved. The steamer Rosedale left Sydney on…

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Steamer Wreckeetd

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 9

The stemaer Selby Abbey from Hull to Rotterdam, is ashore at Hinderribben, near Hook, Holland. Some of the crow and passengers have…

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Steamer Ashore. Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 3

The steamer Time is ashore on a reef at Reachport, Melbourne. All hands are safe…

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Steamer Rosedale Ashore. on Bellinger River Bar. Passengers and Crew Safely Landed

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

The North Coast is the scene of another wreck, writes the "S.M. Herald," and the pioneer company of this coastal service is again the victim. The steamer Rosedale,…

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German Steamer Founders. Bremen

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 3

The German steamer Mariaruss foundered at Norderney, and twelve persons were drowned…

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Explosion on a Steamer. Vancouver

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 3

An unidentified man boarded a Frisco ferry-boat and entered the lavatory, where an explosion of dynamite dismembered him. The panic-stricken passengers, several of…

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The Selby Abbey Wreck. Rotterdam

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 3

The remainder of the Selby Abbey's crew have been saved. (The steamer Selby Abbey, from Hull to Rotterdam, went ashore at Hinderribben,…

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