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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Shipwreck. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 3

THE ship Gairloch, bound from Onehunga to Opi[?]aaki, New Zealand, has been totally wrecked off New Plymouth. The crow were saved…

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Ship Wrecked. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 3

A Norwegian barque has been wrecked on the coast of Oregon, U.S.A.; 18 of the crew were drowned…

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Wreckage Found

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 3

The hull of a vessel, about 60 tons burthen, has been cast up on the beach near Port Macquarie…

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Unique Discovery. Spanish Galleon's Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 3

BY the Brisbane mail, which reached Sydney on Sunday, there returned to Sydney Captain John Strachan, of the barque Envy. It is about three years ago since Captain Strachan…

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The Handy Man Ashore

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 7

ONE of our bluejackets was walking down the Old Kent Road, London, when he observed an old lady standing on the edge of the pavement signalling to a…

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WRECKED. (Copyright.)

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

"Confound it, Belle, when a man comes home tired and discouraged, he can't stand this eternal worry about bills."…

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Ferry Stea.mer Overturned. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 3

On Saturday a ferry steamer was overturned on Hudson River, North! America; 19 people were drowned…

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Cablegrams. Steamer Missing. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 4

The steamer Ansgar with a large cargo of wheat and floor for Sydney from New York is posted as missing. The insurances on her cargo total…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

April 22.—Wave and barge arrived at Wilcannia, down stream. April 23.—The Pilot and Maude arrived at Louth up stream at 12 o'olook, and left at…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

April 30.—The Mundoo left up stream this morning…

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Disaster at Cootamundra. Many Buildings Wrecked

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 3

Cootamundra, the scene of the recent flood again claims prominence, this time [?] a centre of a mysterious electrical or atmospheric disturbance…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

May 8.—Menindio reports that the s.s. "Emma" arrived there last night…

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Steamer Founders. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 3

The steamer Cakland, which foundered on Wednesday morning off Long Island, left Newcastle on Tuesday for Richmond River, with a cargo of coal…

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The Wreck of the Oakland. Awful Experience of the Crow

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 2

THE steamer Oakland founded off Cabbage Tree Inland, a little to the north of Port Stephens, at 4.30 a.m. on Wednesday, and 11 members of the crew were drowned…

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Vessel Wrecked. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 4

The well known collier [?]llaroo, wich left Sydney last night for Newcastle, empty, during the gale and heavy rain, was wrecked at Catherine Bay at 7.30…

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Wreck of the Oakland

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 4

A quantity of the wreckage of the steamer Oakland has readied shore at the entrance of the Manning River, 60 miles from the scene of the disaster…

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Arrival of Missing Steamer. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 3

The missing steamer Wollumbin has arrived safe at Byron Bay…

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Wreck at Smoky Cape

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 5

The new schooner Elliston ran into Trial Bay on Sunday for shelter. Owing to the exposed position of the bay, the heavy easterly gale on Monday compelled her to put out to…

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Latest Cablegrams. SHIPWRECK. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 3

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Acriquipa foundered at her moorings in Valparaiso Bay during a storm. Captain Todd, his wife, four…

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Shipwrecked Sailors. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 3

Eight shipwrecked seamen from the German barque Edith, which foundered off the coast of New Caledonia, arrived at Brisbane yesterday. The crew took…

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