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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

13 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Deiven Ashore

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 2

Boom ! It is half-past five in the morning, and the little town lies fast asleep in the darkness. All eight long the wind has been…

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Wrecked in Sight of Home

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 1

On the morning of the 20th of October 1859, a cottager of Lianallgo, Anglesey, was aroused from sleep by the roaring of the Wind and the stripping of his roof tree…

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Kail and Steamer

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 2

The Nowra people seem to be gratifies be cause the work has been commenced of removing certain rocks from the channel of the lower [?] of the Shoalbaven [?],…

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Stranded Schooner

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

The schooner Australia, stranded in one of the Northern Rivers, is reported to be now in a good position for salvage. It is unlikely she will be refloated…

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Latest Wires. Sydney, Monday. Shipwreck

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

The P. and O. Company’s Royal [?] steamer, Australia, inward bound from London and ports, when entering Port Phillip Heads, at 2 o’clock this morning, struck [?]…

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A Shipwrecked Crew

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

Captain David and officers and crew of the French ship Ville de Saint Nazaire arrived in Sydney last night. The wreck which lay party submerged on a coral reef…

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Wreck of the Australia. an Ex Queanbeyanite on Board

The Age · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 3

BY special message yesterday morning the news was received at the AGE office of the wreck of the P. and O. R. M. S. Australia one of the finest liners that come to those,…

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Wreck of an Emigrant Steamer

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 2

MORE detailed particulars have been received of the loss of the Danish emigrant steamer Norge, off the Rockall Rock, 600 miles west of the…

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A Shipwrecked Schooner

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 2

The schooner Bellflower, which was stranded and sank at Newcastle on Saturday, still remains in the same position as when it sank. There is a good chance…

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Wreck of Another Steamer

The Age · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

THE wreckage recently found along the the Cornulla beach is discovered to be from the s. s. Nemesis, a screw steamer vessel, the property of Messrs Huddart, Parker,…

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British Destroyer Ashore. Dazzled by a Searchlight

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 1

During a night attack upon Portsmouth Harbour, arranged for the delectation of Prince Henry of Prussia, the destroyer Teazer went ashore…

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A Disabled Steamer

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 2

The steamer Dorset, from America, reported to have been on fire at Adelaide, has proceeded on the voyage to Sydney…

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Wrecked Submarine Raised

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 2

The ill-fated submarine boat, Al on being raised was towed into Portsmouth dockyard. It will be remembered that she foundered…

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