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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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A Terrible Wreck. Sufferings of Passengers. All Eventually Saver. January 11

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 2

The mail [?] "Be[?] has been wrecked on the [?] Rocke, near Mar[?]es, For a [?] a very high sea [?] all efferts to [?] the [?] and passengers, who…

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Wreck of a Steamer. 150 Lives Lost. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

THE Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, from Hongkong to Yokohama (Japan), struck a ledge at the entrance to the Golden Cate, San Franciso,…

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Disastrous Wreck. at the Golden Gate. Loss of 150 Lives. Warning Disregarded. [By Cable]. London, February 28

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, from Hongkong and Yokohama to San Fiancisco, struck a ledge at the entrance of the Golden Gate, San Francisco, in a fog…

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Wreck of the City of Rio De Janiero

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

The total loss of life at the wreck of the City of Rio de Janiero, was 104…

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Terrible Shipwreck

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 2

The Pacific Mail S.S. Company's steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, 3,548 tons, from Hongkong and Yokohama, struck the ledge at the entrance to the…

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Short Story Among the Wreckage

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

Business with Sir Augustus Harris took…

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Wreck of the Karrakatta

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 3

The steamship Karrakatta has been wrecked on Main Point, on the West Australian coast, but all hands were saved…

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Wreckage at Sea

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

The sleamer Audania, which has arrive. at Adelaide, reports having sighted a quantity of wreekage, consisting of cattle fittings near Cape Everaid…

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The Wreck of the Federal

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

It is unfortunately, certain row that the steamer Federal was lost with all hands, off which Island during a gale which played havoc along the coast there. No…

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A Shipwreck Scandal. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 4

The New Zealand inquiry into the stranding of the yacht Ariadne is creating considerable interest. Some witnesses assert that land was distinctly…

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Wreck of a Barque. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 5

THE barque Angola has been wrecked near the Phillipine Islands and only two of the crew survived. They tell a thrilling story of privation…

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Tragedy of the Sea. Newcastle Barque Wrecked. the Angola on a Reef. Castaways Adrift on Rafts

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 4

About the middle of last year the bar[?]e Angola—a Nova Scotia-owned [?]essel—sailed from Newcastle, bound for Manilla. She carried a cargo of…

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A Quarantined Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 5

The steamer Ormuz, on arrival at Melbourne, was placed in strict quarantine…

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Smallpox on the Mail Steamer. Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 4

The mail steamer Arcadia has arrived from London. The steward on the boat is suffering from email pox. About 116 passengers are on board, 40…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 2

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following study better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the [?]ries of acute indigestion I was…

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Wrecked in Chesterfield Reef

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1901 · page 2

Nobody cap tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…

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Wrecked on Chesterfirld Reef

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 2

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, " I first experienced the miseries of s[?] indigression. I was…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 4

Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was…

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Wreckage Found. Sydney, June 21

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 2

A quantity of wreckage has been found on the South Australian coast, including a lifebuoy with the name Glenrosa…

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