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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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New Steamer for the Clarence

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4

THE North Coast S.N. Company on Saturday last received a ruble, to the effect that the company's new steamer Pulgenbar had been successfully launched the previous…

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The Wrecked Tathra

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 9

The survivors of the lost steamer Tathra reached Sydney on Saturday last. Captain Halliday stated that about 2.30 in the morning (4th inst.) the…

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General News. the Wrecked Tathra

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

The steamer Tathra, [?]cently lost through foundering, was built and owned by Mr. N. Cain, of Hastings River, and [?] a time traded between Sydney and the…

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Another French Steamer Seized. Paris

Northern Star · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 5

The Italians have seized the French steamer Tavignans on the Tunisian Coast and taken it to Tripoli…

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Latest Cablegrams P. AND O. Steamer Launched. London

Northern Star · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 5

The P. and O. Coy.'s steamer B[?]ana has been launched on the Clyde…

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Coastal Wrecks

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 4

The ordinary annual re turn issued by the Navigation Department contains the wreck roil for the coast of the…

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Fire on a Steamer. Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 5

A fire was discovered in Melbourne today on board the steamer Manapouri, but was soon got under. The amount of the damage was not large…

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The Years Wrecks

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 10

During last year ton wrecks occurred on the New South Wales coast, involving the loss of 41 lives. The list was as follows:—Steamers…

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Steamer Damaged. Capetown

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

The steamer Lochringen from Antwerp to Melbourne has arrived at East London with her propeller damaged…

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Terrific Weather Norwegian Steamer Damaged. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

The Norwegian Consul at Sydney received a cable this morning from Captain Neilsen of the Norwegian steamer Hornhelen, of 3766 tons, from Auckland, where…

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Shipwrecked Schooner. Crew 14 Days Without Food. London

Northern Star · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 5

The British schooner Hibernia, while voyaging between. Nova Scotia and Barbadoes with a crew of seven, was wrecked in midAtlantic on December 29. They have…

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Overdue Steamer. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 5

The overdue steamer Shinyo Maru arrived at Newcastle to-day…

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Steamer on Fire. Desperate Fight with the Flames! Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 5

Bound from Geelong to the United Kingdom, the steamer Etelwplf arrived at Fremantle unexpectedly with a fire raging in her bunkers. The vessel called at Bunbury…

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Derelict Adrift. Schooner Paris Capsizes. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

The pilot steamer A[?]ax was despatcnc[?] this morning to search for the derelict reported to he adrift. off Catherine Hill Bay, and telegrams to Sydney state that the…

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Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

ThE steamer Dorrigo has been driven ashore, in the Lau Group, near Fiji, and is severely damaged…

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Fatal Steamer Collision. Tokio

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

The steamers Ryoha Maru and Mori Maru sunk after a collision. Forty-six passengers and the crew of both vessels were drowned…

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Arab Prisoners. Found on British Steamer. Malta

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

Three Arab prisoners were found heavily ironed aboard the steamer Euna, en route from Sicily to Tripoli. They are to be detained pending the British Government's…

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Said to Have Jumped From Channel Steamer

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 12

Mr. Edgar W. Mix, a well-known aeronautical expert and a pro[?]ent member of the American colony in Paris, has been missing since Sunday last. There are…

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Dinghy Washed Ashore. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 9

A dinghy has been washed ashore at Bird Island, and it is thought to be part of the wreckage of the ill-fated schooner Paris…

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Wreckage on a Reef. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 5

A quantity of new wreckage recently seen on Middleton Reef is supposed to have belonged to the scow Whangaroa, which was abandoned at sea last year…

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