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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 4 March 1908 · page 2

The Advance and barge passed Louth down stream on Monday afternoon…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

Advance and [?]arge passed Louth upsteam on Thursday afternoon…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 2

Maggic passed Tilpa up stream with two barges at 3 p.m. on Monday. Jandra arrived down At Louth at noon on Saturday and left down again at 6 a.m. on…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

The Ca[?]o arrived down at Louth at 7a.m. on Thursday. The Advance arrived up at Bourke on Thursday afternoon…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

The Jandra arrived at Bourke on Saturday evening last…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

The Maggie and barge left for Wileannia with 50 tons of general cargo on Wednesday afternoon. The Advance and barge, loaded with 15…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

Maggie left Tilpa down ssteam at 1.30 on Monday. The Ja[?]dra left Bourke down stream on Monday…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

Maggie and barge passed Tilpa up-stream at 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday…

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A Trip to Louth. the Steamer "Advance" Puts Up a Record. Louth Amateur Race Club's Annual Race Meeting. Bourke Wins the Double

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

For many years past the good people of Louth have held race-meetings, and for just the same time many Bourke people have patronised the historical…

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Steamer Bega Founders. Sensational and Mysterious Occurrence

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 3

A sensation was created in Sydney on Monday when news was received of the loss of the steamer Bega, belonging to the fleet of the Illawarra and…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2

Jandra passed Louth down stream on Saturday last…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

Jandra passed Louth up stream at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Maggie, Maude and barge passed Louth down stream at 4 p.m. on Saturday…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

April 23.—Maggie, Mande and barge arrived at Wileannia on Thursday morning…

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Attempt to Wreck the Express. A Startling Discovery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

WHAT appears to have been a daring attempt to wreck the Sydney Express was made at Jindalee Siding, six miles from Cootamundra, on Thursday night. The night officer, when he…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

May 5.—Advance and barge passed Tilpa down steam at daylight on Tuesday…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

May 11.—Barwon arrived up, and the Maggie arrived down at Wileamia yesterday morning…

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Shipwreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

The barque St. Mary's Bay, from Newcastle, has been totally lost on the coast of Chilli. All hands were saved…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage, The case of Mrs.E.COLE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 6

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

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Shipwrecked Sailors. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

A Brazilian training ship discovered apon an island in the Pacific twenty ship wrecked sailors, who are supposed to be survivors of the battle of Taushima…

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The Bega Wreck. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

At the resumption of the inquiry into the Bega wreck Captain Grainger gave expert evidence to the effect that the vessel was in a perfectly stable condition when she left…

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