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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

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Total Wreck. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

The Norwegian ship, Askoy, 1610 tons, bound from South America to Newcastle, became a total wreck on Elizabeth Reef. The ship struck last…

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The Year's Shipwrecks

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

Fifty-one lives were lost by shipping disasters off the coast of New South Wales during the year. Of these 26 went down in the ill-fated North Coast liner Rosedale :…

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A Steamer Unloaded by Clerks

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 4

The steamer Chillagoe was unloaded by clerks at Brisbane yesterday…

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Barque Driven Ashore. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

The German barque Pindos, bound to Chill, was driven ashore on the rocks at The Lizards during a gale. The vessel was completely wrecked. Twenty-seven of…

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HAS Thore Been a Wreck? Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

The Navigation Department received A telegram stating that some 6000 feet of timber, which had only been in the water about 12 hours, had been washed…

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Overdue Steamer. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

There is increasing anxiety In West Australia as to the whereabouts of the overdue steamer Komba[?]a. Search vessels are being sent out in all…

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Big Linor Wrecked. New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

The White Star linor Titanic, inward bound, has sent a wireless message, stating that she collided with an icebeg, and is in need of assistance. The…

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Titanic Foundered. Great Loss of Life. Tuesday evening 5.30

The Western Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 3

News has been received in London that the Titanic bas foundered. 675 persons were saved. Great loss of life is feared…

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Shipwreck. The White Star Liner 'Titanic' Largest Liner Afloat. Collision with an Iceberg. 1500 Persons Reported Drowned Greatest Maritime Disaster. New York

The Cobar Herald · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 5

The Atlantic liner, Titanic, the latest, addition to the White Star Fleet, and the largest vessel in the world, whilst on her maiden trip…

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The Titanic Wrecked. 1500 Lives Lost. Millions of Money Go Down

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

The White Star liner, Titanic, 45,000 tons, with 1380 passengers and 650 crow, collided with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland on Sunday last…

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Wreck of the Titanic. Terrible Loss of Life. 1500 Persons Missing

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 4

The loss of the steamer Titanic with possibly fifteen hundred lives, as reported in our cables last issue, is one of the most appalling tragedies of the…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

A quantify of wreckage has been washed ashore at Warden Head, near Ulladulla…

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The Wrecked Titanic. NEARLY 1000 SAVED. New York

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 3

The Carpathia states by wireless that she has 705 survivors, and expects to arrive early on Friday. Unvouched for wireless reports state…

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The Titanic Wreck. Truth at Last. New York

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 3

The Carpathia arrived at 8.30 this evening. The interest was intense. Never in its history has the city been so terribly impressed. Not…

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Wreck of the Titanic. The Passion for Records. Counting Death Roll. 1635 Lost; 705 Saved. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

The White Star Company has issued an official report showing that 1635 persons perished and 705 were saved, of whom 85 are now in hospitals…

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The Titanic Wreck

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 6

The Carpathia arrived at New York on Friday night, last at 8.30 with the survivors from the Titanic. Never in the history of America was a city so…

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The Wreck of the Titanic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

On Sunday evening in St. Andrew's the Rev. W. H. Ash will speak upon the recent great shipping disaster. Suitable congregational music will be…

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Another Wreck

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

The North Coast steamer Bellinger has been wrecked at Nambucca Heads, The boat was coming down the Nambucca with a cargo, when she was…

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Another Ship Wreck

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

The steamer Bellinger was totally wrecked off Nambueca Heads. The crew took to the rigging and remainded there all night, but was eventually…

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Latest Wires. INTERNATIONAL. (By Cable.) London, April 28; Titanic Wreck

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

A sensation was caused at the inquiry into the Titanic disaster by one of the crew of the steamer Californian declaring that the signals of distress…

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