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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Locating Wrecked Vessels

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

THE loss of such vessels as the Waratah, Yougala, Rosedale, and others without it becoming known how or where they disappeared, has led Mr. J…

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Vessel Wrecked. Arrival of the Crew. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

Nine of the crew of the Norwegian ship Askoy have arrived at Yamba. They reported that the vessel was wrecked on Elizabeth Reef last Wednesday night. A…

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The Delhi Wreck. London

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

Bullion valued at £300,000 from the wrecked steamer Delhi and specie sent by post has been recovered. The New Democracy…

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Wreck of the Delhi. Bullion and Parcel Post Recovered. Tangier

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

The Delhi's bullion of snecie and the parcel post aboard, have been entirely recovered…

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Steamer Refloated. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

The steamer Tabis has been refloated, and proceeds on her voyage to Bombay. (The s.s. Tabis, convoying stores, dresses harness, etc., for the Delhi Durbar, went…

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A Wreck and a Rumor

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

CONSIDERABLE excitement and not a little anxiety were caused in Casino on Tuesday last by the alleged receipt of a telegram stating that the North Coast Company's…

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Shipwrecked

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

A PARTY of destitute sailors, wet and weary, and looking pinched from exposure to the elements for a week, crawled into the Clarence River on Tuesday morning in a…

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Wreck of the Delhi. the French Victims. a Generous Subscription. London

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

The Peninsular and Oriental S.S. Company has subscribed £500 towards the fund for the French warship Briant's victims lost in their efforts to save the s.s. Delhi's…

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Wreck of a Norwegian Vessel. a Thrilling Story

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 5

On Tuesday last we despatched a telegram asking for particulars in connection with the wreck of the Norwegian vessel Askoy, reported in…

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Wreckage Found. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 9

A telegram from Gladstone states that a member of the staff of the lighthouse at Gatcobe Head found on the outer beach some wreckage, apparently from a wooden…

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Wreck of the Askoy. the Mate's Narrative

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 8

Nine men and the, mate, Anders Andersen, of the wreeked Norwegian ship, Askoy, arrived in Sydney on Friday morning. The Askoy was wrecked on December…

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The Askoy Wreck. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 5

The remainder of the crew of the wrecked ship Askoy, who were picked up by the French steamier Ville de la Ciotat, arrived in Sydney to-day from [?]…

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Steamer for Australia. London, Tuesday Evening

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 5

The White Star line has purchased the s.s. Irishman, and is reftting her for the Australian passenger trade…

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The Salving of Wrecked Vessels Etiquette of Salving

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 6

Not very long ago a ship ran ashore off the North Coast of England. Several small boats came up and endeavoured to float her, but failed. Then a tug had a…

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N.C. Company's New Steamer. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 9

The North Coast Company's new steamer Coolebar left Suez for Sydney via Colombo…

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Steamer Founders. Heavy Loss of Life. St. Petersburg

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 9

The steamer Russ, with 172 passengers aboard, foundered in a gale in the Black Sea. Carlanuseff, the Russian Consul at Galatz, and his family were aboard…

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Ten Minutes' Havoc. Tornado's Devastation. Theatre and Churches Wrecked

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 3

From New York, on 9th May the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:-- Twenty-four persons were killed and…

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Steamer Collision. Tacoma (Wash.)

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 5

The British steamer Strathalbyn, bound for Australia, and thu Flyer, a freighter, collided in Puget Sound. The steamer Flyer struck the Strathalbyn's bow, which…

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Foundered. an Illawarra Steamer. Heavy Loss of Life. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 5

The steamship Tathra, owned by the Illawarra S.S. Co., and chartered by Kerr Bros., foundered during a gale on the 4th inst. off the island of Ambrym, New…

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Steamer Quarantined. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 5

The steamer Taiyuan, on which the case of smallpox occurred, reached Sydney yesterday, and was immediately quarantined…

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