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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Latest Particulars. Great Excitement in Broken Hill. Armed Men Patrolling the Streets. Bomb Exploded on Block 10. Attempt to Wreck a Warehouse. Effects of Explosion Felt for a Mile Around. Monster Procession Sunday. Police Denounced As Hired Assassins. Leaders Urge Respect of Law and Order. President of A.M.A. Determined. When All the Men Are Gaoled the Women Will Continue the Fight. Holman's Free Advice. Premier Will Preserve Law and Order at All Costs. McGOWEN Against Strikes & Lock-outs. Trade in Dreadful State. £5000 Strike Fund Expected This Week. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

The greatest excitement still prevails at Broken Hill. It is stated that the majority of the men who patrolled the streets…

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Steamer Wrecked. Sydney,Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

The coasting steamer Narooma ventured too close in shore, near Broken Bay, to load sleepers last night, and was driven ashore. The steamer is being swept by the heavy…

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Another Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

The steamer Narooma, engaged in the Sydney-- Broken Bay trade, went ashore at North Head off Broken Bay yesterday afternoon, and became a total wreck. The light…

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The Clan Ronald Wreck. the Second Engineer's Heroism

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

Later particulate to band concerning the wreck of the Clan Ronald state that the disaster happened with startling suddenness. The chip heeled over practically…

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Clan Ranald Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 3

The diver who examined the wrecked steamer Clan Ronald is unable to find any damage to the hall that would account for the disaster…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Sixty-eight Lives Lost

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

On Friday night last the passenger steamer Penguin, 824 tons, was wrecked off Cape Terawhi[?]i, New Zealand, while on a voyage from Nelson and Picton to…

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A Tragedy of the Sea. Fearful Wreck in New Zealand

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

THE passenger steamer Penguin, 824 tons, has burn wrecked off Cape Torawhili, New Zealand. Of the 50 passengers aboard only 13 are believed to have been saved. Sixteen of the…

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Another Vessel Wrecked

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 3

The cargo steamer Lady Mildred was wrecked near Wilson's Promontory, on Sunday night, during thick weather. The steamer was bound from Newcastle to Melbourne…

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The Lady Mildred Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 3

No d[?]ls are to hand in regard cruses of the wreak the steamer Lovely Mildred. The bottom Lady of the vessel has been torn out by the rocks…

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Dutch Steamer Overdue. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Von Spilbergin is 12 hours orerdue on her voyage from Gobo to Sydney…

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Another New Zealand Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 3

The barque forest Walliscrow was endeavoring to round Cape Maria Van Dieman when the vessel was carried into the breakers before anything could be done to save her…

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The Wreck of the Penguin

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 3

The Nani[?]al [?] has found that the cause of the wreck of the Penguin was the preas[?] of an exceptionally strong flood tide, coupled with a breach of the regulations for the…

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Mishap to A. Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 3

The steam collier ' Wallsend ' went ashore at Belambi Roof last night while on a voyage from Sydney to Wollongong The crow left the vessel fearing she would become a total…

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Broken Bay Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 3

Wreckage has been picked up near the entrance to Broken Bay, apparently belonging to a motor launch. Amongst tho wreckage was a camera…

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Discovery of Wreckage. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 2

Some wreckage has been picked up on Putty Beach, Broken Bay. It consisted of cedar lining boards and what appeared to be the bed of a motor engine. A portion…

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Army Aeroplane. Wrecked After Flight. a Marvellous Escape

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 3

Again Mr S. F. Cody, the inventor of the British Army aeroplane, has encountered defeat when victory seemed within his grasp. This morning (said the…

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A Steamer Run Down

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 3

A collision occurred off Christiania, Norway, between the British steamer Oxford and a Norwegian steamer. The latter was sunk. The captain, his wife, a passenger, and 16 of the…

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Baby in a Wreck. Father's Frantic Appeal

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 6

A pathetic story of a shipwreck—of which one of the victims was the baby son of the captain—was told at Lowestoft, where nine members of the crew…

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Forest Fire Causes Wreck

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 May 1909 · page 4

The natural beauty and richness of Newfoundland are hardly equalled—certainly not surpassed—by any other British Colony. Its wealthy…

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Two Wrecks. Hobart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

The Norwegian barque, Orison, bound from S[?]ychelles Island to Dunedin, foundered twelve days ago about 200 miles from the West coast of Tasmania. The crew,…

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