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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

Bourke.—The ss Victoria and barge left down stream on Wednesday last, at 5.10 p.m…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

March 10.—The ss Wandering Jew arrived from Brewarrina on Friday and returned on Saturday. March 13.—The s s Jandra arrived up…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 2

March 26.—The s.s. Jandra arrived at Bourke in the afternoon…

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Steamer Yongala Missing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 3

The Adelaide Co.'s steamer Yougala, with passengers and a crew of 70, is missing between Mackay and Townsville (Q) Two search steamers are still out searching…

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The Missing Steamer Yomgala

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 2

There are no tidings of the steamer Yomgala. Two search steamers are still out examining the coast line. The captain of the steamer Grangalla…

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Steamer Quarantined. Freemantle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 2

The P. and O. steamer, Morea, en route to Sydney, has been detained in quarantine, pending an analysis of the blood of a sick member of the Lascar…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 4

Bourke.—The s.s. Victoria and barge arrived upstream on the 29th inst…

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Latest Cables. Steamer Ashore, London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

The London-German liner, Princess Irene, with one thousand passengers aboard, while returning from Italy, went ashore in a fog off Lonehlll, a…

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Cargo Steamer Stranded

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

The cargo steamer Oceano, which left Sydney last night for Port Stephens for the purpose of loading hardwood for San Francisco, wont ashore early this morning on the South Spit,…

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Steamer Grounded. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

The cargo steamer, Oceano, 4657 tons, Sydney to San. Francisco, while loading hardwood at Port Stephens, went ashore at the South Spit, near…

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Wreckage Seen

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

The steamer Lavuka came across a large quantity of wreckage floating between Selim Island and Townsville…

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The Steamer Boveric. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 2

A telegram received yesterday states that the steamer Boveric (4445 tons), with 7400 tons of cargo on board for San Francisco from Sydney, which is…

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Latest Cablegrams. British Steamer Stranded. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 2

The British steamer, Inversk, from New York to Yokohama, stranded at Juan de Nova Island; on the West Coast of Madagascar. No lives were…

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Steamer Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 4

Louth—The s s Victoria and barge arrived down stream at 8 a.m. on the 12th inst…

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More Yongala Wreckage

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 3

Portion of a boat, supposed to belong to the Yongala, was washed up on Green Island…

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A Trip to the Solomons; Or, Two Months on an Island Steamer. Article I.

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 7

This narrative must begin at the beginning. In Charles Dickens' story of "The Cricket on the Hearth," he says, "If I am to tell a story I must begin at…

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A Steamer Lost

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3

The steamer Trooper sank after a common with the steamer Indralema off Dungeness. The crew escaped…

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Steamer Fares Raised

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3

Passenger rates on inter-State steamers will be increased from May 1st…

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A Trip to the Solomons; or Two Months on an Island Steamer. Article Ii. Nearing Gizo

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 7

We have been fix charming days at sou, during which every experience worth recalling and relating has been exchanged by the new happy family…

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