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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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N.D.L. Steamer Arrives. Tales of Earthquake, Murder, and Heavy Weather. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 5

The N.D.L. liner Prinz Sigsmund arrived from Japan, via German New Guinea, yesterday afternoon, and left again last evening for Sydney. The…

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Schooner Ashore. Crew Leave Vessel. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 5

The schooner Cur[?] is ashore on the Nambucca bar. She is reported to be in a Perilous condition. This crew left the versel, but are standing by. When the…

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Complete Story. (All Rights Res[?] the Wreck

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 6

"It would be a pretty morning for a sail on the sea,' said Mrs. Chollop, clearing away the breakfast things and gazing out of the parlour…

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Wreck of a Barque Frozen to Death in the Riggings. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 3

The Italian barque Castagna struck the cuter bar at Cape Cod, and the Massachusetts crew of eleven lashed themselves to the rigging…

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Frozen to Death. Wrecked Sailors' Sufferings. New York

Northern Star · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 5

The Italian barquo Castagna yesterday struck the outer bar at CApe Cod. and the crew of 11 men lashed themselven to the rigging. [?]prtain Garva and three sailors…

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Ill-Fated Expedition. Wrecked in Hudson's Bay. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 5

The Norwegian Arctic explorer, M. Leden who started out with an expedition to study the ethnographical problems of the Eskimos of the…

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Wrecked During Tempest. Rescue Party Missing. London

Northern Star · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 5

"The Norwegian vessel Mexico became straaded at Saltees during a tempest and two of the crew got ashore badly injured. A [?]oat from Fethard was driven back…

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Ketch Ashore

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 4

"The ketch Curiew, is ashore on the inner edge of the bar. Her hold is full of water. Part of the deck load has been washed away." This was the contents of a…

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Lifeboat Capsizes. Wrecked During Tempest. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 5

Three lifeboats kept near the Mexico for an entire day. The crew except the four men who were drowned, took refuge upon a wave-washed rock. The Fethard lifeboat…

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Marine Mishaps. Youths Boat Ashore. Youths Nearly Drownap. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 5

A privately-owned motor boat went ashore on the north side of Banks' Point, near the Heads, on Saturday night. Three occupants had an unenbiable experience,…

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Jetsam. Wreckage at Camden Haven. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 3

A telegram has been received by the Department of Navigation from the pilot of Camden Haven, stating that among some wreckage picked up was…

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General Cablegrams. Marine Mishap. Wreck of the Mexico, London

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 5

One of the Mexico's crew list from exposure. The rescued men include five of the Fethrad lifeboatmen…

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Wreck in Bay of Biscay. Captain and Some of Crew Drowned. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 3

The Danish steamer, Ekliptika from Tyne to Cagliari, foundered during a gale in the Bay of Biscay. The Captain and ten of the crew…

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General Cablegrams. Marine Mishap. Cruiser Ashore. Paris

Northern Star · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 5

The French cruiser Waldeck Rouss[?] has gone ashore in the Gulf of Jonat. She is stated to be deeply embedded in the mud, and her machinery is seriously damaged…

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A Liner Ashore. Australian Cargo Aboard. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 3

The Marine Underwriters' to-day were advised by cable that the German liner Plaven, which left Sydney for Antwerp on December 12, went, ashore…

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The Danish Wreck. 14 Survivors Landed. Corunna

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 5

The German steamer Wildenfels landed 14 survivors of the Danish steamer Ehliphiki, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay during a storm on February…

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Shipwrecked Sailors. Eat Fish and Cocoanuts. Wellington

Northern Star · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 7

Seventeen members of the French barque Hatour d'Auvergne, which was wrecked at Pap[?], have arrived at Wellington. The crew lived on the island for 80 days,…

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Steamer Collision. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 5

A collision occurred last night off Fort Macquaric between the ferry steamers Kangaroo and Kirribill. The Kan[?]aroo was somewhat d[?]aged, but no persons were…

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TELEGRAMS Launch Cut in Two. Run Down by a Steamer. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 2

A motor launch belonging to a firm of shipping and provedoring agents, had just cast off from the steamer Lord Cromer at Watson's Bay, yesterday,…

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Steamer Grounds. Taree

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 4

The steamer Boambee, of the Manning River-Newcastle service, laden with limestone, grounded on the spit last evening, whilst endeavoring to cross outward in…

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