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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Wreck of a Schooner

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 3

The schooner Countess Ra[?]ly, from Sydney to the New Hebrides, was totally wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia…

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Wrecked at New Caledonia. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 2

It is reported that the schooner Countess of Ranfurly, bound from Sydney to the New Hebrides, is a total wreck on the coast of New Caledonia…

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The Pericles Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 5

Captain Simpson, giving evidence before the Marine Court inquiry, said he was steering a sm[?]r cou[?]s to that taken on former [?] The lighthouse knaper stated that the par[?]…

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The Wrecked Pericles

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 3

The ex[?]ct position of the wreck of the Pertc[?]s is two limes seven chains from the Leenwia light house. The masters of the steamers Karonla and Aus[?] lodged affil[?]ative…

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A Schooner Wrecked

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 3

News reached Sydney yesterday of the total loss of the schooner Malekula, in Chesterfield group, on January 9th. The captain and officers reached the Queensland coast yesterday in…

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A Missing Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 5

The steamer Carpentaria, which left Sydney for London via ports on March 18, is overdue from Natal. Later…

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A Missing Steamer. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

The steamer Carpentaria, which left Sydney for London via ports on March 18th, is overdue from Natal…

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The Satara Wreck

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 5

The Marine Court found that the loss of the steamer Satara was due to the [?]gence of Captain Hugill, and called upon him to show cause why his certificate should not be…

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The Satara Wreck. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

The Marine Court found that the loss of the steamer Satara was due to the negligence of Captain Hugill, and called upon him to appear to show…

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The Wreck of the Satara

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 4

At the Marins, Court yesterday morning, the certificate of Captain Hugill, master of the steamer Sataru, which foundered near Seal Rocks, was suspended for six months…

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Jack Ashore

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

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…

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The Steamer Pericles

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 3

About 6ft. of the mast of the steamer Pericles is now visible above water near Cape Leeuwin, gales having shifted the wreck…

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Deep Sea Treasure Hunting. a Century-old Wreck

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

The search after hidden wealth is a most engrossing subject for the man in the street. Partly because wealth is always fascinating to hear…

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Wrecked in a River

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 5

A steamboat with 94 workmen aboard struck a rock in the River Deisper, at Alexandovsk, Russia and sank. Forty-seven of those aboard were drowned…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 3

The steamer Kilburn, coal laden from Newcastle to Guaymas, South America, has been wrecked on the Ethel Reef, in the Pacific Ocean. The chief officer arrived at Fiji…

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Story of the First Lifeboat

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 6

The story of the invention of the selfrighting lifeboat was told says the "Westminster Gazette" by Sir John Cameron Lamb in an address before…

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Submarine and Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

A French submarine came into o[?]tifion with a steamer in the English Channel, though the weather was fine and dear. The former sank Immediately, not being seen after the collision,…

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Wreck of the Kilburh. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

The crew of the wrecked steamer Kilburn arrived at Suva on Thursday; The vessel struck a reef on Friday last. The rocks pierced the bottom of the…

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Wreck of the Swanhilda

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 3

Recent cable news of the wreck of the Swanhilda, of 2150 tons, neat the coast of Argentina, revives an incident in the barque's history. She came…

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The Swanhilda's Wreck. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 4

Fourteen men were drowned by the wreck of the Swanhilda…

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