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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 2

December 31.—The s.s Jandra left Louth up stream early this morning…

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Steamer Traffic. January 3

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 4

The Advance and barge arrived down stream at Louth at 4 p.m. yesterday, and returned up-stream at 7 p.m…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

The s s Jandra arrived at Bourke on Saturday evening, with a cargo of wool from down the river. The s s Advance and barge arrived up…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

The s s Jaudra left Bourke down stream on Wednesday afternoon last, with 40 tons of mixed cargo. The s s Advance and harge, with about…

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Rain Reports. January II.—Yetman 8, Boggabilla 2. Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

January 14.—Brewarrina and barge passed Louth clown stream at p.m. on Monday. January 14.—The Advance parsed Tilpa…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

January 15.—Brewarrina and barge passed Tilpa down stream at 8.30 p.m. January 16.—The Mundoo and barge left Bourke down stream on Wednesday…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

Brewarrina and barge arrived down at Wil[?] at midday on Sunday. The Randell and barge arrived down at Wilca[?]ia on Monday…

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Steamer in Distress

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

A big steamer near Fort Hacking is flying signals of distress. Another, steamer has proceeded to the scene…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

The Norwegian steamer Thode Fagelund, 4300 tons, from Adelaide, bound to Sydney for the purpose of being docked, went asbore on a [?]eef at Cro[?]lla Beach, Port…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

Brewarrina left Wilcannia up stream on Tuesday last, Mundee and barge left Tilpa down stream at daylight, this morning…

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Shipwreck at Cronulla. A Horwegian Steamer Lost

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

THE Norwegian steamer Thode Fagolund, boand from Adelaide to Sydney, for docking, drifted schors in a southerly gale on Wednesday night on the rocks, on the southern end of Cronulla…

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The Stranded Steamer

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 3

Attempts to float the stranded steamer Throde Faglund had proved unsuccessful…

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A Wrecked Steamer. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

The latest news from the stranded steamer Thode Fagelund states that the position of the ship is unaltered, but a heavy sea is working up, which is likely to prove…

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Shipwreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 5

The steamer Myall has been wrecked near Townsville. She has settled down half a mile from the shore. The crow are still on board…

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Another New Steamer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

The Pericles, the large steel twin-screw steamer of the Aberdeen line built by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, to the order of Messrs. George Thompson…

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Facing Death. Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6

The fully-rigged French ship Leon has gone ashore three miles northeast of Quilty, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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Wreck of a German Battleship

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5

The German battleship Lesson is ashorb near Luxhaven…

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Accident on a Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 3

This morning the second offer of the steamer Noorebar wr[?]truck at Byron Bay by a case of iron weighing a ton, and sustained shocking injuries, which will probably prove fatal…

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Shipwreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

The ship Emily Reed, bound front Newcastle to Portland, has been wrecked off the Oregon coast. Eleven of the crew were drowned…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Oa[?] of Mrs. E. [?]OLE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 8

A narrative well worth reading is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Colo, of No. 78 Carlton Crescont., Summer Hill, in the company of a…

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