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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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Missed From a Steamer. Supposed Clue. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

The unknown man who was missed from the steamer Kallatina about a month ago is now believed to be named Beaumont, a resident of Redfern…

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A Big Blow. Wind 66 Miles an Hour. a Floating Bath Wrecked. Danger to Lady Bathers. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

The temperature to-day reached 93, but with a southerly change fell to 67 in a few minutes. At one time the velocity of the wind…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Fire on a Ship. Steamer Buteshire Burning. Several Narrow Escapes. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 2

Very early this morning, or rather shortly after midnight, Tuesday, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to a fire on board the steamer Buteshire, lying at…

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Dangers of the Deep. New South Wales Wrecks

The Worker · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 5

Labor-member Sam Smith has obtained a return showing—(1.) The name of vessels, sail and steam, wrecked or lost upon the coast of New South Wales…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Overcrowding a Steamer. a Captain Fined. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

The captain of the steamer Manly was fined £5, and 5s per head for 123 passengers carried in excess of the number for which his vessel was licensed, on Eight Hour…

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A Tug Ashore. Two Schooners Safe. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 3

The tog Port Jackson whilst towing the schooners Handa Isle and Hannah Nicholson went ashore at Catherine Hill Bay. The schooners were saved by dropping…

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Later Cables. Through Reuter's Agency. a Cruiser Wrecked. the Infanta Maria Teresa Founders. Her Crew Safe. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

The curtain has been rung down on at least one actor in the recent war drama. News baa been received that the armed cruiser, Infanta Maria Term, one of the…

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A Harbor Collision. Ferry Steamer and Launch. the Launch Sinks. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 3

The North Shore Ferry steamer Wallaby collided with the Government launch Lelia to-day off Kerribilli Point. The force of the impact was such that the…

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Later Cables. (For the " EXPRESS.") THfiOUGH Beuter's Agency. a Shipwreck. Stranded at Dunkeld. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 2

The ship Mary Augusta, bound from the Baltic to Port Pirie (South Australia), has been stranded at Dunkeld, on the Scotch coast…

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A Disabled Steamer. Being Towed to Port. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

Huddart, Parker and Co.'s steamer Tambo, which runs between Sydney and Tasmania, has been reported as disabled off Kiama. She has been picked up by the…

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A Schooner Wrecked

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 2

The schooner Garfield was wrecked off Tasmania. All hands were saved…

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Cablegrams. the Mohican Wreck London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 3

A verdict has been returned to the effect that the disaster of the Atlantic liner Mohican was due to the fact that the vessel was steered wrongfully…

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More Terrific. 200 Wrecks Recorded an American [?] Great Loss of Life. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 2

The latest [?] to [?] shows that the [?] raging on the coast of New England [?] and [?] first supposed…

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Gales in the Atlantic. the New England Coast. Strewn with Wrecks. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 2

Heavy snow [?] sales have occurred in the State of New York, paralysing traffic through an[?] drifts and intense cold, At Boston, the capital [?]…

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Shipwreck. a Passenger Steamer Founders. 23 Survivors at Lisbon. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

23 survivors on the disaster to the steamer Clan Drummond, 2,908 tons of the Clan line owned by Messrs Cayzer, Irvine, and Co., of Glasgow and bound from Liverpool…

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Explosion on a Steamer. a Seaman Injured. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 3

The bill light used for signalling for the pilot burst aboard the French steamer, St. Louis, whilst off the Heads to day on her way to Sydney from Noumea…

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An Atlantic Disaster. the Steamer Londonian. Survivors at Baltimore. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

The steamer Vedamore has arrived at Baltimore, having on board 45 persons rescued from the steamer Londonian, which had recently to be abandoned in the…

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Cable News. the Wreck of the Londonan. Heroic Efforts of the Vedamore. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

Further particulars are to hand respecting the loss in the Atlantic Ocean of the four-masted steamer Londunien, 5.532 tons. of Hull…

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West Australia. Wreck of a Barque. Four of the Crew Missing. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 December 1898 · page 3

The barque Sepia, bound from London to Fremantle, struck a reef near Carnac Island a couple of days ago. The vessel sank in a few minutes…

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