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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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Lusitania Wrecked. London, June 27

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 2

The steamer Lusitania, from Liverpool to Montreal, with 500 passengers aboard, was wrecked at Cape Ballard. All hands were saved. The rougher element among the…

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Wreck of the Lusitania

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 5

The steamer Lusitania is a hopeless wreck. The rougher element among the passengers was panic stricken, and they tried to rush the boats, using knives, and the officers with difficulty…

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A Liner Ashore. London, July [?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 2

The liner Armenia is ashore at the [?] Fundy…

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Steamer Disaster. London, July [?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 2

The steamer Mohawk, with nine [?] American excursionists, struck a [?] Glen Island, and sank in 20 miuntes terrible panic ensued, but the shall[?]…

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Wreck on the Coast

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

Out of a crew of five men on a drogher, wrecked on the coast, Alexander Berry was the only one rescued, though all the crow had life- belts strapped on. Two of the men were seen…

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Gales and Wrecks. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 3

Bad weather continues. The sea yesterday was the heaviest for years. The Manly traffic had to be suspended. Several shipping disasters occnrred,…

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Another Wreck. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 4

Another tag, the Alexander, is reported as wrecked on Long Point, near Shellharbor. One man reached the shore…

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WRECKS. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 3

An Italian battleship is ashore at Gallipoli, Southern Italy. Another liner, the Armenia, is ashore at the Bay of Fundy…

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Steamer Manly Disabled. Narrow Escape from Wreck

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 6

Whenever a big blow comes along the New South Wales coast, people naturally think of ships at sea, and also of the Maitland gale. On Sunday the wind blew with…

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The Wreck of the Drogher, Alexander Berry

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 2

The following thrilling account of the wreck of the Alexander Berry which was wrecked off Shell harbor last week[?] is given by the Only survivor, Walter Pierce…

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Wreck of the Lusitania

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 6

Particulars were received by the R.M.S. Miowera on Monday of the erstwhile Orient liner Lusitania, off the coast of St. John's, Newfoundland. The steamer was wrecked…

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A Wreck. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 1

The barque Lizzie Bell went ashore on the New Zealand coast. Twelve of the crew were drowned…

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Jack Ashore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 4

Montagu is a fine English name, and there is no more worthy holder of it than Rsar-Admiral Victor Montagu, who becomes sixty years old shortly. The…

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A Wreck. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 6

The barque Lizzie Bell went ashore on the New Zealand coast. Twelve of the crew were drowned…

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Wreck of a Barque

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 5

The French barque Notre Dame, has been wracked near Noumea, but the crew were saved…

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Attempt to Wreck a Transport

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 3

When the transport Mechanician was about to sail from New Orleans with hoses for South Africa, and infernal machine attached to the anchor wire exploded, damaging the bows…

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Inter-state. a Schooner Foundered Sydney, August 16

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 2

The schooner Jessie Nichol foundered off the New Zealand coast. The crew were saved…

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A Wreck. London, August [?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 2

The Yukon steamer Islander struct iceberg near Junean, Alaska, and [?] within 25 minutes. Sixty five lives [?] lost and 107 saved. Gold valued [?]…

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The Grounded Steamer. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1901 · page 3

It is feared that the steamer Oakland, which grounded oil the Richmond bar, will became a total wreck…

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A Ship Wrecked Cre[?] Sydney, September

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 2

The steamer Quirang signalled [?] ton to-day that she had on board [?] wrecked crew of the steamer [?] which was bound from Ocean Is[?]…

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