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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

14 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Tragedy of the Sea. Steamer Founders. Men Go Mad with Fear. Only Two Survivors. London, Sunday Night

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 3

The two survivors—the captain and a seaman—of the Danish steamer Volmer, which foundered off the Lizard in the great gale, and who were rescued from an open boat,…

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British Steamer Wrecked. Entire Crew Drowned. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

The steamer Hawkwood has been wrecked at Flamborough Head, the range of limestone rooks extending along the shore for several miles on the North Sea front of the county…

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Rudderless Steamer. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

After having been 50 days out from Philadelphia, and having been practically given up for lost, the steamer Snowdon Range, 3060 tons, owned by the Neptune Steam…

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Bird Chorus on a Wreck

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 4

Several men who clambered over the rocks and entered the cabin of the battered Danish steamer, G. Koch, which was wrecked near Aberdeen, with a loss…

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Our Trade with England. New Steamer Service Proposed. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 6

Mr. W. Watt, Premier of Victoria, accompanied by Mr. Donald Mackinnon, M.L.A., has inspected the Hull railways, docks,canals, markets, and exchanges…

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"Chasing the Devil." Peculiar Ceremony on Tramp Steamer. Chinese on the Warpath. NEWCASTLE

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 4

During the passage of the steamer Knight of the Garter, which arrived here to-day from Valparaiso, one of the Chinese firemen was suffocated in the bunker coal…

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Indigestion and Kidney Trouble. Became a Wreck, and Often Wished for Death.—complete Health Restored by Bile Beans

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

MRS. M. SCANLON, of 1 Avon Place, off Haines-street, North Melbourne, says: "Four years ago I was a great victim of indigestion, which laid me up for…

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Wrecked Above the Clouds the Resource of the Airman

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 4

The French aviator, Garros, thus describes in "The Aero" his experiences above the clouds while breaking the world's attitude record…

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Panic on Board Wrecked Vessel. As on Titanic Passengers Sang "Nearer, My God."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 4

The story of an exciting wreck off Madagascar, has been told in Marseilles, where 49 survivors of the steamship Salazie have been landed,…

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Terribly Sudden. the State of California. How the Wreck Occurred. Janeau, Alaska, Tuesday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 6

Additional details of the loss of the steamer State of California, on an uncharted rock show that the vessel was travelling at fall speed when the struck, and the greater…

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Scotch Empress Wrecked

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 4

Early on December 24, 1910, the midnight express from St. Pancras to Carlisle and Glasgow was wrecked on the lonely moorland…

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Doomed Steamer Volturno. "For God's Sake, Help Us." Passenger's Graphic Narrative. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 6

Herr Trintepobi, a German passenger aboard the ill fated Steamer Volturno, who was rescued by the Carmania, told a graphic story of the scene on board…

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Daring Attack by Pirates. Steamer Held Up

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 October 1913 · page 2

A daring attack by pirates in chinese waters is reported by the officers of the steamer Taiyuan, which arrived on Saturday from…

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Cotton Steamer on Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

The cotton steamer Sowwell, 2170 tons, (late Kenley), had a sensational experience white en route from Savannah to Havre. The cargo caught fire during a…

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