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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

16 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Wreck of the G.e.r. Steamer Loss of Twenty-one Lives Feared

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

All hope for the safety of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Yarmouth was abandoned yesterday, October 29, the company…

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One-fourth of the Schooner Vesta

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

The schooner Vests turned into the Sexifrage River under full sail, and after traversing nine miles of that placid stream, Captain Pumphrey ported his…

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Jack Ashore. British Tars at Smyrna. £30,000 Spent

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

Never has the city of Smyrna beheld such an impressive sight as that presented by the portion of the British Mediterranean fleet which…

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New Orient Steamer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched from theirs yard at Govan on November 21 a twinscrew steamer of 12,000 tons for the…

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British Castaways. Three Weeks on a Wreckep Steamer. Crew in Constant Fear of Attack by Natives

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 4

A thrilling story of the sea—of three weeks spent on a wrecked steamer, and of constant danger from a tribe of savages—has been…

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Thrilling Sea Adventure. a Barque and Schooner

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

The Warren liner Iowa has reached a Liverpool from Galveston, after a very rough passage, during which the after wheel-house, 35ft above the sea, was…

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Another Shipwreck. Appalling Death Roll

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 5

ONE of the most appalling maritime disasters that has taken place on the New Zealand coast occurred on Friday night, near Cape Terawhiti, in Cook…

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Another Wreck

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

The U.S. Co's steamer Penguin, 824 tons, has been wrecked at Cape Terawhiti while on the voyage from Nelson and Picton to Wellington…

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Rammed by a Whale Schooner Sunk. After an Exciting Battle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 4

A graphic account (reports the London "Daily Mail" of November 1st) has reached Liverpool of an encounter In the North Atlantic Ocean with a huge sperm…

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British Steamer Lost. Twenty-one People Missing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 4

The steamer Oak Branch has been totally wrecked through striking a derelict off the South American coast. There were some forty people on…

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Trouble on a Steamer. the Indravelli Stuck Up. Wellington (N.z)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 2

Considerable trouble has arisen in conne[?] on with the Indravelli, which arrived here Tuesday last on a voyage between Canada and New Zealand. The crew had been…

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Mystery of a Warship. Wrecked Condor Discovered. After Eight Years

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 7

An English naturalist named Bonny-caste Dale has arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, with tidings of the discovery, near Barclay Sound,…

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Heroes of the Berlin Wreck Dutch Captains in London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 November 1909 · page 4

A remarkable welcome was given in London yesterday (7th March) to the heroic Dutch skippers, Captains Sperling and Jensen, who effected…

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All-irish Steamer. a New Idea

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 4

The Heroic, the new twenty-knot passenger steamer of the Belfast Steamship Company, made her maiden journey across the Irish Channel on 27th April…

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The Steamer Traffic

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 2

THE wool shipments at Nelligen just now are causing a stir in the little township reminiscent of the days of old. King's Birthday was a very busy day there, no less than ten horse and bullock…

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The Clyde Steamer Service

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

THE South Coast S.N. Company is still regularly running a steamer to Nelligen and carrying wool and other produce to Sydney as well as [?] cargo [?] reform. The [?] now being [?] the…

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