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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

18 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Aquidaban Wreck. Three Admirals Lost

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 3

The "Daily Mail" of 13th February wrote:— The explosion which sank the Brazilian Ironclad Aquidaban on the night of…

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A Large Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 2

The steamer Pericles, bound from Sydney to London, struck a rock off Cape Leeuwin, on the south coast of Western…

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The Wreck of the Pericles

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 5

The steamer Monaro has left Flinders Bay with all hands from the Pericles on board, and was expected to reach Fremantle early On Saturday morning…

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Explosion on a Steamer. LONDON, Friday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 5

When the Newcastle liner Cairnrona, bound to America, with 900 Russians and Armenians, was off Beach Head in was discovered that the coal bunkers were afire. An…

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Wreck of S.s. Satara

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 2

FOLLOWING quickly on the loss of the Aberdeen liner Pericles, off the West Australian coast, comes the news of another disaster of a similar…

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Another Wreck

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 2

Still another addition has been made to the long list of fine steamships lost on the Australian coast, the British India S.N. Company's big cargo steamer Satara, having foundered in the vicinity…

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In the Grip of Debility and Liver Trouble. Health Wrecked by Overwork. a Nurse's Striking Cure by Bile Beans

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 6

NURSE'S BALDWIN, residing at 106 Bourke Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, writes: "You have many heartfelt thanks for the benefit I received from Bile Beans…

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Magnetised Ship. Weird Experience of a Cardiff Steamer. Meteorite's Plunge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 4

"We have been struck by a comet or a thunderbolt, and our ship is disabled," was the report of Captain Davies, the master of the…

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Jack Ashore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 4

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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Deep Sea Treasure Hunting. a Century-old Wreck

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 4

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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A Criminal Band. at Their Guilty Work. Burglary, Fires, Wrecking

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 4

The "Express" reports that the extraordinary series of outrages, including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted train-wrecking, which has occurred in…

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The Wreck of the 'Scrape-the-sky

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 4

It was the airship Scrape-the-sky, That sailed o'er the sleeping town, And the skipper had taken a feather-bed,…

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When a Comet Fell on Earth. Should Halley's Comet Be Shipwrecked?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 4

Our readers already know that Haley's comet is on a visit to us for the 29th time in 2,000 years. We have also chronicled some queer facts…

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Treasure Hunt. Company's Attempt to Salve Rich Wrecks. Four Millions Sterling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 1

Another expedition in search of lost treasure is likely to be started shortly by a new limited company, the National Salvage Association. It is to be…

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Bill Chaszmore, A. B. His Adventures Ashore When He Deserted His Ship at Port Phillip

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 3

There never was more g[?]teel sailorraz that Bill Chasemore The amazing [?]tility and im[?]ence of bill got him into A vast variety of…

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The Steamer Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 2

MR. T. H. JACKSON, the General Manager of the Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Co., accompanied by Mr. Cains, the Nelligen Agent of the Company, has been in Braidwood for the past…

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Wrecked Crew's Adventure Hardships in an Old Indian Fishing Camp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 3

The details of a little drama (writes the London "Daily Mail" of 13th February) of the sea have reached Newport Monmouth…

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The Monte Carlo Ship Wreck

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 4

An officer in the Russian Navy, whose name will have to be concealed under the fictitious one of Pulkow-ski, commanded a second-class…

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